Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
The Ghost Tescos
Interesting article on BBC News Magazine about the effect on communities when development and/or reliance revolves around one provider such as Tesco (which is closing its South Tottenham branch as part of their plans to cut costs) - what happens when that provider pulls out or closes, especially if the planning, closure of local businesses or building work has already been completed?
Of course, I recognise that disaster often struck in the past when communities relied upon one factory or large industry to provide jobs that brought money into a community, but with Haringey councillors proposing moving services like children's centres into supermarkets and the pressure on small business from large chains are we simply not learning from past mistakes that over reliance on one provider is a risky business?
Read the article here
Tags for Forum Posts: Tesco, development, regeneration
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NB That's the Tesco Express local store in South Tottenham - not the huge brick thing on the High Rd. That small Tesco is/was in the regenerated Golden Stool pub, yet another of the pubs that become other things - and a handful of LuxuryFlats above. Presume Tesco has the freehold so can still get their income from the flats. The free ATM will be missed. Will an enterprising family take it back to being a useful corner shop? There's already a bookies' opposite so another of those is blocked by the clustering laws, or are they not in force yet?
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