Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,932
when I look at Ashford shopping centre
then st james,,,,,
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Business confidence in Dover must be high when Next close a store in Folkestone in order to open here.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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We have to hope it takes off
there is no alternative
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
Parking is still free.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
The free parking is a bit of a double-edged sword with people mostly filling it all up before 9 am not leaving many spaces left for shoppers. Additionally DDC are losing a lot of parking revenue particularly in Stembrook.
ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
- Posts: 2,158
Indeed, Howard. I walked down before 9am today and there was hardly a free parking space to be seen. Yet M&S was virtually deserted and not a great deal appeared to be happening when I meandered past the other outlets. Workers availing themselves of a free opportunity, perhaps?
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Not forgetting the Travelodge guests too Ray, I notice the parking wardens have been very active around town recently now there are not so many chances to catch someone overstaying in Stembrook.
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,316
Apart from a camera and an intercom on the entrance and exit there are as yet no devices for charging. No machine to issue tickets or take coins. I wonder when they will arrive.
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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wont be long if we know DDC
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Not DDC Keith, the site owners/operators. Saw two ticket machines earlier, one in front of the cinema and the other to the side of Costa.
Pablo- Registered: 21 Mar 2018
- Posts: 614
There’s another by the corner of M&S. They’ve all been there since it opened but with signs on, indicating not yet in use.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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if profits are being lost they wont be long
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Pablo- Registered: 21 Mar 2018
- Posts: 614
A brief conversation with a staff member of the parking company a couple of weeks ago revealed the information that they are waiting for the software for the system that operates the machines and barriers to be installed.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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We should always encourage more,,,,
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
b&m are defo, going into the old m & s building . got the info from security guard.
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,881
Brian Dixon wrote:b&m are defo, going into the old m & s building . got the info from security guard.
I asked the staff up at Whitfield about this a few weeks ago and was told they will be in by Christmas and the shop will probably focus on food items.
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Guest 1395- Registered: 5 Nov 2014
- Posts: 463
B&M at Whitfield apparently cannot sell alcohol as Tesco objected when they applied for a licence. Clearly Lidl had no problem!
Lew Finnis
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
lew, the closeness of tescos and b&m is very close. tescos probably frighted of near compition.
