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Charges drive custom away
Vic Barlow19/ 3/2008
WITH a whopping 25 per cent rise in some car park charges and an army of traffic wardens about to take to the streets, plus swingeing fines for offenders, town centre shopping is in terminal decline.
How many shoppers will run the gauntlet when they can park at Handforth Dean, John Lewis or the Trafford Centre with no hassle whatsoever? What’s so special about town that they need to risk getting a ticket? Tesco worked it out years ago. Free parking equals busy shops.
We have more card and charity shops than the TC.
slinkywizard, Macclesfield
19/03/2008 at 17:01
19/03/2008 at 17:01
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