Who Is No Help At All.
Some India Buildings shopkeepers
recently asked Nick Small if he would meet with them as they were
having a horrid time. This was because of the inefficient and
ineffectual builders that saw the pavements blocked and at least 10
holes dug in the streets outside their shops. The landlords seemed to
be controlling this as if on purpose. To make thinks more difficult
for the traders.
Nick Small is the assistant Mayor of
Liverpool.
We heard that the builders had bought
the streets around India Buildings from the council for a year.
Buying out all the parking bays and having Fenwick Street closed.
This seemed one of the reasons why all the local shopkeepers were
struggling.
Business was down significantly. Customers could not get
to their shops.
He did not willingly wish to get
involved. It was only when the Mayors office got a call that he
arranged to come out and see those shopkeepers, struggling in his
ward.
He turned up 30 minutes late and one
shopkeeper had to leave right away as they had an appointment booked.
Then right from the off he started
shouting at the small business owners who were worried about their
livelihoods and wished to talk to him.
He was taken into Mr Gazali's
newsagent, City News. This poor guy is being stripped of his ability
to trade by the pavements being closed. There were obstructions and
numerous signs blocking the way people walk.
The council had placed signs in a most
inappropriate way, that did more to hinder movement than assist.
The main sign was a massive one saying
Small Businesses Open As Usual.
This was blocking the Merseyrail
Water Street entrance.
That sign was, in the way. To make
things worse the council placed several more signs in front of it
with arrows marking that pedestrians should walk around........ the
signs that did not really seem to be in the right place anyhow.
We are advised that there
did not seem to be anyone thinking about the situation at all. There
were holes in the pavements. One of the contractors fell in one.
Just have a word with this poor guy he
was asked may not be here that long if it continues like this.
When told of his plight he proclaimed,
in a drunken tone.
“Well we will get other shops in here
when the building is done up”
He went into City News along with
another shopkeeper and he insulted them.
The shopkeeper spoke English as a
second language and luckily for him, he did not get the full gist of
his tone.
“I cant see what the problem is” he
said “The newsagents was busy then when I went in” he was heard
to say out loud. One shopkeeper walked off disgusted with him.
He was not interested at all. He had
another agenda, and it was not to help.
Or even listen to people who had paid
rates for decades. A random member of the public told him “I walk
here everyday and this is dangerous” he said “People are walking
out into the road right from the station entrance. People walk in a
way they are used to.”
He then started arguing with them. The
man went after being bemused.
He created an argument in the street,
defending the developers.
The newsagent was evicted two weeks
later and the other shopkeeper has been forced out by the despicable
Landlord of India Buildings.
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The Post Office has also been forced out
and others are currently fighting eviction by the most unscrupulous
sort.
“Thanks for helping Small businesses
Nick.
Or not.
Lawrence Kenwright has got the measure of you alright.
You were a complete waste of time. You behaved with no respect for
the people who get you elected, your constituents.
It was as if he was employed by the
developers in some capacity. It seems that he is not interested in
those businesses that have been trading for 20 years.
Just insulting them.
A labour councillor in bed with big
business. Just like his mate Gary Millar of Chinatown fame.
This is
not Liverpool anymore. This is not a labour council.
They may as well
be a Tory council.
Even Trevor Jones would not have let this go on.
Betty Braddock must be turning in her
grave.
You should be ashamed of yourself you
nasty, little, or should we say Nasty Small man.
David Ward
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