West End Extra - LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Published: 9 March 2007
Act now to save your independent book shop
INDEPENDENT bookshops in Britain are an endangered species. On average one closes every month. They are suffering as the big chains rely on slashing prices and supermarkets cherry-pick the best-selling titles.
Amazon on the internet and Waterstone’s on the High Street dominate the book trade in Britain. They are doing to the book trade what Starbucks have done to coffee shops and every high street looks the same – homogenised and centralised with...> more
Park your bike where?- I SYMPATHISE with John Edwards (March 2, 2007) who found that some cyclists park their bikes inconsiderately. > more Water palaver- WE are very sorry that some people are having problems in Queen’s Park Court. > more
Save on your bills - OVER the last 12 months many businesses in the West End have suffered from soaring energy bills. I thought they may find the following... > more