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There was mention yesterday, which may have slipped by some, that the Goverment is about to launch a "pride in place" £5 billion investment into city and town centres to boost high streets, parks and public spaces. I can see two flaws with this. Firstly it's a sticking plaster over a problem that the government doesn't seem to want to tackle. The decline of town centres is largely down to the impact caused by large players including the Internet giants, (non bricks and morter), who seem not to be paying the appropriate amount of taxes or even bypassing them by sending small value items into the UK. Until the playing field is leveled to give high streets an equal chance, consumers will naturally go for the best price. This would also increase the tax revenue the Chancellor has to play with and keep money in the local economy . Second issue I see is that when we are all staring down the barrel of a potential £30 billion tax hike in the budget, is this the right time to be announcing even more spending. Feels that maybe waiting till the economy is tracking better would be prudent. Of course the argument could be, improving the town centre realm , improves consumer confidence to shop locally, but unless the first point is fixed it could be a case of throwing bad money after good. BBC News - Which areas are due to get share of £5bn funding boost? - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1mx8vr2gr1o -
Never mind my opinion just yet. You started a thread calling it disastrous and him losing the plot - but nothing he said matches those descriptions so I’m asking what do you mean? -
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Sam has just done a great job for me - designing and making a lovely table to fit snugly within a bay window (and he did a floating shelf too). The shelf is perfect and, although I wasn't quite sure how the table would work, it worked out a treat. Elegant and sturdy in equal measure, and fits the space perfectly. Sam was great to work with and very easy company. I can't recommend him highly enough. -
Recently used Andy Roscoe at Meabys. Have used Meabys a number of times over the years as have my parents and have always been good. Efficient, pragmatic and responsive. Not the cheapest but as everyone has said above it can be a false economy.
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