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Land was bought for a song 

21 hours ago, twowheelsgood said:

Wrong, Coldwells is a care home, hence being listed on the carehome site linked above.

Sorry , my mistake . 

 Coldwells  is residential , not care . There is a difference 

Lets hope some visitors return . 

5 hours ago, Aylestone Voice said:

Actually do we know if Lakeland as a business is in trouble? Yes they are trying to renegotiate their rents etc but that perhaps does not put them in the same bracket as others.

Perhaps Mark Ellis who I have as the last named owner of the building could explain the position from his point of view?

 

Lakeland trying to negotiate a rent reduction just shows their Hereford store isn't doing as well as they hoped , the town is struggling 

So Herefordshire Council sell a property to Hfds Housing and the business/ commission etc goes to a Gloucester based firm . You could not make it up .  I run a small business and try hard to keep work I farm out elsewhere in Herefordshire , if these free loaders were running their own show they wouldn't last five minutes ffs.

8 hours ago, Slim said:

Another one! Is it every foriegn mini-market that does this?

Yes 

They can't help themselves . Think they above the law . Never a British owned shop is it .

The pot hole crew were doing their thing down the road recently and I really hope they try a bit harder to sort the mess we have to put up with as it was half a job at most , trying to make it look professional but I can see through the slap dash bodges . Could try harder . 

Why ? Do they actually think this is a generous move or a make up for the slow and sorry slaughter of the town with their parking charges . They really are so out of touch with what is going on in this sorry place ( their making b t w ) When the weeping window display has gone things will return to the festering mess they are creating . Seriously clueless 

There was a young bloke who travelled around the country to different locations he was from Hereford but was exposed by a daily newspaper and it was on TV , a few years ago now. 

Someone from the Independant quarter was saying how when the meters were installed their trade went downhill , but it has now picked up on Church St , I wonder how these folk are in business at times , as soon as the window display goes and the reality that parking charges have increased then maybe it will sink in what has happened .

On 23/03/2018 at 19:55, Steve Major said:

Unfortunately I think that they only see the revenue that these meters create.

We drove in to town earlier , and the traffic was very slow and busy but interesting there were a lot of parking spaces at the end of town closer to the weeping window display , so what is going on besides the mess this council has created folk from out of the area must think we are a laughing stock . Really is pitiful what is going on here . 

And so the knife is twisted just months after installation of the meters. Whoever made this decision is so out of touch it is pitiful. We will see a couple of businesses leave soon I fear .

Is the passage way going to be reinstated ??

18 hours ago, Denise Lloyd said:

Poor chap  I hope he is given the help and privacy now  There is far too much that should not be published put in the press nowadays.    

Inc the Hereford Times story recently which was his doing . I have known Bob for years but he should not have done it.

It was / is for sale but what use is it on its own , limited access etc . As others said the cottages should have been purchased as well as the land and do a proper job instead of half baked affair .

I don't need to mention what is happening in the NHS .

On 28/02/2018 at 18:28, Rebecca Morrison said:

I cannot see how people can blame the Conservatives most of the time it is down to poor management at the top with businesses it was no different under Labour, come on! 

Unfortunately this is a sign of the times, I get fed up of going into my local shop and when I cannot find my seize they ALWAYS tell me to go online, nothing like encouraging shoppers to go elsewhere eh.

I am not blaming the Tories solely , I am blaming what is happening and has been for the last few years. In the trade I am in it is the same , people are not spending like they were . It only accounts for a part but austerity kicked in after the banks failed , the banks have paid back 90% but austerity gets harder with no let up. People panic and the weak businesses or whatever will suffer . As an aside since the tories have been in office homelessness/ street sleepers have risen 35 % , that in itself isn't a good advert . We are in really bad times but there is always someone to point a finger at but who is manning the boat ????? 

Tory austerity , clueless politicians handling Brexit = a worried and confused nation . A nation that has zero confidence in it's government so therefore hangs on to their hard earned cash.  These businesses are the tip of the ice berg . 

You can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs . Personally I don't see this is where the bulk of problem traffic is either coming from or going to but it is Herefordshire Council and in their wisdom they will do as they think . NB . The Rotherwas relief road is rarely busy nor it seems is the road to nowhere .

Have spoken in various threads re the KFC traffic lights debacle. It doesn't seem to make sense , the arrows change priorities and have been "tweeked" since the road to nowhere opened . It seems a free for all now after passing the fuel station towards Aylestone Hill.

Has anyone else noticed how the traffic is in turmoil at the lights by KFC heading towards Aylestone Hill , when the road opened it was arrowed in a way that the l/h lane led traffic left to Morrisons or the new road . People were in a pickle due to signage confusing , now it has changed and it seems to be a free for all , it doesn't make sense . I did speak about it before but since it has changed it just doesn't make sense ??