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Has the
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lost plot?
I AM writing regarding a letter in last week’s Derbyshire Times (‘What about customers?’) regarding the situation in the market hall.
Has the council lost the plot?
In my eyes they will loose the tradition of the town, as this iconic building is changed to be a modern waste of space.
In a previous article (Derbyshire Times, Thursday, October 14) claimed that, ‘tenants and stallholders will be temporarily relocated to the town centre’.
Yes.... Maybe, but only if they find there own business premises themselves. That’s the overall picture been drawn up by businesses and stallholder currently trading in the market hall.
With several food stalls still without temporary businesses to trade, there has been very little assistance in finding suitable premises for these businesses.
They will stand to loose the good will they have built up in their businesses, with some investing half their lives in them.
The effect of this development will be to destroy profitable businesses.
The priority in England surely, is to create businesses that are employing people, and drive down unemployment.
So we have to ask, ‘what is the £4.3 million actually for?’
We are led to believe it is to regenerate the historic gem that is today, or is it to loose the historical feel it currently has.
Time will tell, but fear is in the air among stallholders and business about their future!
Mark Carey,
Holme Hall
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ripz01uk
Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 05:02 PMAll agreed but some of your info is a bit inaccurate. According to information given to the local forums, the council does not have money to put into the refurbishment. The money being spent is mainly the lottery funding which is not 4.3m. Some stories being told there. The news in the paper (inc Derbyshire Times) is that the old businesses are being offered first chance at going back in. Not according to those questioned, including the butchers, fishmongers and cafe. Councillor's telling fibs. Surely not?. The council have no interest in the market hall as part of a market town. As usual, people with no idea have the control of money to be spent without proper consultation of the people it affects most. They only want a showpiece. Businesses closing means nothing to them. Another case of the those making the decisions being the least qualified. The general rule with most decisions made by the council is that the least qualified pen pushers make decisions on spending our money that they are least qualified to make. Common sense should always prevail and that won't happen whilst they have control of the purse strings. Talk to the people in all things. They are the ones affected most by your stupidity. Paul Lisi Staveley resident.
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