Chamber Chatter
What will happen to Malmesbury if Sainsbury’s comes to town?
Dr Anna Palmer, an economics lecturer who lives in Charlton, has ploughed her way through hundreds of pages of the planning application from Sainsbury’s to analyse the true effect such a new store would have on the area.
“Much of what Sainsbury’s puts forward is very appealing for local residents – they are offering jobs and a close, convenient place to shop – but when you look more closely at their claims, and at the wider picture of the effect of out-of-town superstores on market towns like Malmesbury – the picture is not so rosy,” says Dr Palmer.
The real colour of Sainsbury's
The following article has been extracted from the Sunday Telegraph, 12th February 2012. Now we see the real colour of the company we are up against.
“The boss of supermarket giant Sainsbury's will call this week for the High Street to be "shrunk" and empty shops converted into houses and even classrooms.“
Section 106 Contributions
We recently took part in a study with the Town Council and St. Paul's Without Parish Council to assess the community's views on Section 106 contributions from supermarkets. We were the only organisation taking part representing local businesses.
Your business representation
As a Chamber we are only as strong as our membership and we are the ONLY organisation representing businesses in Malmesbury. To join costs only £75 pa, if you are not a member – please join us and give us more power.
All your committee members and myself are volunteers, we gain nothing from this work financially or from a business perspective, we do it because we believe in Malmesbury business, and we are all currently putting long hours in on your behalf, please support us.
Paul Baker, Chairman
Malmesbury & District Chamber of Commerce.
