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| No...the market does that. If they can't achieve £20 p sq ft, it'll become a Zone B area (in the jargon), which will wipe millions off the value of the property, and likely force a firesale by the pension funds. |
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A mate of mine brought some photo's like that back from Thailand !!  |
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Only if the downgrade Northbrook Street to secondary retail (a la Bart St), which looks increasingly likely.
Who's they? WBC? |
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Possibly, if there is competition for the available units, but if a large amount of units sit there empty for a long period of time landlords will, if they want any income, have to reduce rents, surely?
Only if the downgrade Northbrook Street to secondary retail (a la Bart St), which looks increasingly likely. |
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The more big names they attract, it will push up rents for prime retail....
Possibly, if there is competition for the available units, but if a large amount of units sit there empty for a long period of time landlords will, if they want any income, have to reduce rents, surely? |
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That's not the way the market works. The more big names they attract, it will push up rents for prime retail....the local agents expect 15-20% rent rise upon completion for units in Northbrook St. And with all the chains in Park Way, and independents priced out, the only units who can afford these prices will be charity shops, who don't pay business rates.
Apart from the increased competition from chainstores in Park Way, anyone else left in Kennet Centre or elsewhere will have to compete against supermarkets. Remember, Sainsburys expects to extract £5m a year in non-food sales from Newbury Town Centre (plus £1m from the retail parks). That was voted through by our councillors.
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Ooh this is fun. Starbucks and Vodafone are also taking shops, so for 100m quid we get to move the high street 50 yards east.
I would assume that there are financial incentives, although probably not the official line, for those taking units in Parkway. But, trying to look on as bright a side of this as possible, if it means that the cost of renting a unit in Northbrook street is pushed down then that can only be a good thing for potential new starts. When the Oracle opened up there were quite a few units in Broad Street (the street, not the mall) that were empty for a time, but now both the Oracle, Broad street and Friar street seem pretty much full.
Also, one good point in the Parkway design, (although I'm not sure if this was intentional) is that the new "street" is right behind Northbrook street, so should integrate well into the town shopping area at the moment. I always felt that the Oracle was a huge shopping mall bolted onto the side of the original shopping area in Reading. And, in Basingstoke, Festival Place seems to pretty much have wiped out the shops in the north end of town because, again, it's a huge self containted shopping centre. At least in theory we shouldn't have this problem with Parkway. In theory. |
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Ooh this is fun. Starbucks and Vodafone are also taking shops, so for 100m quid we get to move the high street 50 yards east.
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This is your last chance to sign the fuel duty petition on the Prime Minister's website to reverse the sneaky 2p fuel tax rise that came in January.
Nearly 100,000 people have already signed the petition to get the tax rise reversed.
Today (12th March) is the last day to let the government know that fuel tax rises like this are the last thing that our country needs in a recession.
The link is here:
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/DutyReduction/
It's about time they listened to motorists! |
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Shhh....... please lads, keep it down, we've already had a visit from Matron telling us off for larking about. So please, none of this smutty and child-like giggling or she'll be back to turn the lights down and take our sweets off of us.
Threep.
ooh Matron! |
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The other option is that they are going to move into Parkway.
I imagine this would be more likely.
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Shhh....... please lads, keep it down, we've already had a visit from Matron telling us off for larking about. So please, none of this smutty and child-like giggling or she'll be back to turn the lights down and take our sweets off of us.
Threep. |
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| ....and the Chancellor adding 2p when VAT went down to cover lost revenue and leaving it there when VAT went back up. |
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That;s the other girl's foot.
Really?!?!?
Could this actually be User 23? would explain a lot. |
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That;s the other girl's foot.
oH..YOU JUST SPOILED HIS FANTASY! |
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It looks like the lady in the middle is actually a man!
That;s the other girl's foot. |
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It looks like the lady in the middle is actually a man!
she's packin'.... |
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| It looks like the lady in the middle is actually a man! |
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Well done to Sainsbury's for raising the price of petrol by 2p in two days. Good going! 
I can understand that fuel prices may creep up when the price of oil increases, but I thought I heard a while back that the price of oil was at it's lowest for a long time, yet the price of petol keeps increasing, and oil companies continue to make record profits! For those who may understand the situation better than I, is there a reason for this, or is it just a case of oil companies charging what they like, just because they can and making hay while the sun shines?
Also, whereas the price of super unleaded used to be as much as 15p more than regular unleaded, it is now usually only a few pence more. I just dont understand it. |
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Travelling through Ashford Hill today we noticed the petrol price at the garage there was £119,9 ltre. Why are the prices so different from garage to garage.
Err, because they are all different businesses, run by different people.... |
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...fashion chain Animal has now announced its departure.
I never really understand the thinking when companies do this. I appreciate that they open up a unit for a while and see how it does, but if you opt for a unit that is arguably located away from the busiest shopping area then what do you expect?
I'm also suprised that they haven't chosen to wait until Parkway is completed, as that should most definately bring more custom for those retailers located at that end of town what with an entrance to the Parkway shops right there.
The other option is that they are going to move into Parkway.
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Does this mean New Look will be vacating the Kennet?
H&M owner, Stefan Persson 14th richest man in the World......needs a bung..... |
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H&M, New Look and Top Shop close in on Park Way Newbury
Fashion chain H&M is close to signing for a large store in Newbury's Park Way development, but is believed to have been offered a big incentive to set up shop.
Property agents also claim New Look and Top Shop are weighing up whether to join Debenhams in the £135m shops and flats complex.
H&M's new store is understood to be similar in size to the Woolworth store in Northbrook Street, which has been derelict for 15 months. But sources have refused to reveal the scale of the handout.
But as the marketing of Park Way swings into gear, Northbrook Street is left with 12 empty shops, with more to follow, as fashion chain Animal has now announced its departure.
Like Debenhams, New Look is already established in Newbury with a presence in the Kennet Centre and at the Pinchington Lane retail park, and insiders are hopeful they can attract back the likes of Next, Dorothy Perkins, and La Senza, who have all disappeared from the town centre in recent months.
When complete, Park Way is expected to create 1000 new retail jobs, and up to 4000 extra car movements a day around Newbury. |
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Picture's like that make you glad you are NOT 30 year's younger!
26 years if you don't mind! |
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| Travelling through Ashford Hill today we noticed the petrol price at the garage there was £119,9 ltre. Why are the prices so different from garage to garage. |
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| Picture's like that make you glad you are NOT 30 year's younger! |
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I'm surprised, as much of the land is owned by the Benyons.
WBC's Local Development Framework is about development in West Berks - driven by a government target of 10,500 new homes by 2026. The 7,500 homes proposed for Kennet Valley (which, as User correctly pointed out is in Reading) would have been part of a wider South-East Development target. When the Whitehall inspectors decided the site was a no-goer they reduced the South East target by 7,500 (quite remarkable really - does the loss of one site really mean that we need 7,500 less homes?)
Whatever their reasons they did not beef up WBC's target to replace any of the 7.500 lost at Kennet Valley (phew!). Since the LDF came out for consultation last year WBC have lost two sites on planning (Pincents Lane and another nearby) so have to find space for the 1,250 homes those sites would have provided and hence have moved Sandleford Park up from a reserve site to one where 1,000 homes will go in the next 15 years. WBC have also been criticised for not providing affordable housing in rural areas - so the latest version of the LDF seems a little less restrictive on rural development.
Ownership of the land is irrelevant - unless you feel our MP has undue influence on the planners?
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No, it was someone else who was originally arrested in conection with the crime, but during the investigations it was Chapman who gradually became the prime suspect. I don't think he was ever arrested here. It was to answer questions relating to the events in Newbury that he was stopped by the old bill and it was at that time he made his 'surprise' confession.
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