Nick
Administrator
What businesses should we support in the city centre?
Until Coventry people support all of the businesses in their own City and stop getting on the fucking train to Birmingham then the city centre will gradually more represent a student campus for the foreign legions of International students.
That's a shame, Coventry is terrible for independents already and this just makes it even worseKong announced they have closed today
create the supply and the demand will come
council need to get their finger out
think FP or someone said it earlier but the fact there are no big businesses in the city centre means there’s no after work drinking or dining. We are an hour from London on the train ffs let’s dish out some tax breaks or something
I agree but birmingham, manchester, liverpool all have offices for large companies like the big four and have incredible city centres (the latter two anyway), so it’s not London or bust.We tried. That’s what Friargate was about. Then KPMG (I think) pulled out and Channel 4 (I think) went elsewhere and the council had to move in, then Covid hit and everyone scaled back their offices.
The history of the city centre is the council trying to kick start investment and getting nowhere. Then giving up and going to the unis only for Covid to fuck that too.
But this is the case everywhere really. If you’re a large business you want access to the talent pool London offers you and that that point may as well be in London.
Problem is loads of people will say it's a shame but won't have visited in years. I don't think I've been in since the 90s!What a shame. No doubt to be replaced by another shitty fast food or god forbid another convenience store.
Spon St?Me and the wife would walk in to town from Earlsdon every other week and go to the Town Wall Tavern as we always enjoyed the atmosphere, occasionally we would drop into the Windmill for a change. TWT now closed and probably not opening again so we don't bother and just stay around Earlsdon or go to Chapelfields. As much as I try I cannot think of any other pubs in the City Centre that would appeal to us.
Total and utter waste of yet more money.They're commencing City Centre South works
Why is that?Total and utter waste of yet more money.
Gatehouse and Hops D’amour worth visiting. Shame about TWT , great character place, used to do well from the Belgrade until the last couple of years when perhaps the programming at the theatre became a brain numbing succession of Girl power, Black power and shows featuring mainly Indian characters and scripts.Me and the wife would walk in to town from Earlsdon every other week and go to the Town Wall Tavern as we always enjoyed the atmosphere, occasionally we would drop into the Windmill for a change. TWT now closed and probably not opening again so we don't bother and just stay around Earlsdon or go to Chapelfields. As much as I try I cannot think of any other pubs in the City Centre that would appeal to us.
Gatehouse and Hops D’amour worth visiting. Shame about TWT , great character place, used to do well from the Belgrade until the last couple of years when perhaps the programming at the theatre became a brain numbing succession of Girl power, Black power and shows featuring mainly Indian characters and scripts.
Why is that?
. TWT now closed and probably not opening again
Their Facebook page posted the other day that it's under new management so should open again soon!
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gatehouse and windmill are very similar and 5 minutes away from the twtMe and the wife would walk in to town from Earlsdon every other week and go to the Town Wall Tavern as we always enjoyed the atmosphere, occasionally we would drop into the Windmill for a change. TWT now closed and probably not opening again so we don't bother and just stay around Earlsdon or go to Chapelfields. As much as I try I cannot think of any other pubs in the City Centre that would appeal to us.
Seems like the Botanist has now also closed in town sadly.
Leaves a big space for the council to fill.
They’re still advertising on their FB page as of three days ago. Has it been announced it’s closing?
The chain is in trouble and have been closing sites elsewhere, it's under a CVA at the moment. Looks like it owes Shearer Property Group (the CL landlords £700k in rent).
If my experience of visiting town over the Christmas period is anything to go by, I'd imagine their trading figures over that period were exceptionally poor.
It's a real shame as that unit is a nice centre piece to CL.
Expect lots more of this over the next few years as the government fundamentally fails to address the costs of living for people and businesses.
The main problem is our economy has been on pause for 14 years. Cost of living is just a factor of that tbh.
I wouldn't say on pause more functioning as intended, i.e. to extract wealth from the not wealthy to ever more wealthy e.g. through monopoly privatised utilities and services, rampant landlordism, unfair practices from financial institutions. I am not convinced Labour is intent on doing that much to address any of it.
Yeah it's going on SCS been closed down and reopened with ownership change, Tetley tea the same, somebody's losing out in that scenario.The chain is in trouble and have been closing sites elsewhere, it's under a CVA at the moment. Looks like it owes Shearer Property Group (the CL landlords £700k in rent).
If my experience of visiting town over the Christmas period is anything to go by, I'd imagine their trading figures over that period were exceptionally poor.
It's a real shame as that unit is a nice centre piece to CL.
Expect lots more of this over the next few years as the government fundamentally fails to address the costs of living for people and businesses.
Yeah town has been dead. My mate was out Nye and everywhere was quiet.The chain is in trouble and have been closing sites elsewhere, it's under a CVA at the moment. Looks like it owes Shearer Property Group (the CL landlords £700k in rent).
If my experience of visiting town over the Christmas period is anything to go by, I'd imagine their trading figures over that period were exceptionally poor.
It's a real shame as that unit is a nice centre piece to CL.
Expect lots more of this over the next few years as the government fundamentally fails to address the costs of living for people and businesses.
I saw this but why would it be on a listing, online for a pretty obvious locationI don’t know how genuine this is. But apparently this was on Rightmove. “Staff unaware”
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Recent study found that if the rich-poor gap was still the same now in the US as it was in 1974, the average person would have an extra £1k a month for life. Pretty bonkersNah, growth basically stopped in 2010 and never recovered. Not just here TBF but I think post GFC we’ve needed an economic reorganisation, be it socialism or liberalism and it’s never happened. Osborne, Hunt and now it seems Reeves all still tied to the pre 2008 consensus.
Although, I saw something the other day that showed that accounting for extra hours worked and NVIDIAs ridiculous share price rises the last year or two the US economy would be as bad if not worse than the EU so maybe we’re just post growth.
Same story now printed in the CET too ... unless they really do get their info from here!I saw this but why would it be on a listing, online for a pretty obvious location
They do get some stories from clickbait shite on the internet thoughSame story now printed in the CET too ... unless they really do get their info from here!
Covs a shit hole. Still use it , cos it's all we have.Yeah town has been dead. My mate was out Nye and everywhere was quiet.
From what I’ve been told this was put on the scholars Facebook pageI saw this but why would it be on a listing, online for a pretty obvious location
Yeah town has been dead. My mate was out Nye and everywhere was quiet.
No I really don’t think they do. That culture of old has really receded. Back in the day you had to go out to see and meet people and there was very little to do at home for most folk. Now our homes have become entertainment zones in their own right. It’s also so expensive to go out unless you have a night at the ‘ Spoons ‘.I was out just before Christmas and pretty much the same. Obviously no students but even so, I remember the weekend before Christmas used to be rammed everywhere.
Is it us or do people just don’t drink like they used to?
No I really don’t think they do. That culture of old has really receded. Back in the day you had to go out to see and meet people and there was very little to do at home for most folk. Now our homes have become entertainment zones in their own right. It’s also so expensive to go out unless you have a night at the ‘ Spoons ‘.
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