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But what if I don’t have COVID and instead need windscreen wipers?
Obviously no one cares about Halfords really, and in big places like London it’s no great shakes when small retail and hospitality units are lost, but little old Cambridge is becoming [even more] devoid of culture because of the expense of property making it impossible for fun people to make small businesses work here. Not important to the wealthy introvert nerds but sad if you want to chat with other humans away from your house. I should probably just move.
Hefty-
little old Cambridge is becoming [even more] devoid of culture because of the expense of property making it impossible for fun people to make small businesses work here
I lived there 2010-13 and it was a sea of chain shops even then. I think that for a lot of shops the rates bill is a bigger problem than rents.
NickCJ
Hate to stick my head above the parapet in support for capitalism but this is what productivity gains look like, no?
It is not a natural law that people born in the UK are unable to get the right credentials to do these jobs... if you take Keir at face value he has a plan for this.