Robertsons in Longrow Closing?

[Ship called Dignity]

The CTA have been trying to secure money to improve shop fronts and signage.

I never knew the local Tartan Army was active in this front! Mind we are the original CTA - formed Feb 1989!

[Scoot For Hoots]

Speaking to a horse who got it from the horses mouth, a local shop opposite the Clydesdale Bank is steadily buying his way, shop by shop, up Longrow, and has already approached the receivers for Wallaces.

Hopefully this won't end up as one of the closed down shops that blighted the town in the 1990's

Hootsmon

[Debi.D]

Man see what I miss when I don't check the forum over the weekend. Michael racist .. That's a laugh!!! Obviously Ticketty Boo U don't know Michael the way a lot of Campbeltonians do or you would not have made such a comment. Also a belated Happy B'day 2 Davie P.

Cheers from afar

[hoots the scoop]

Rumour time again

Lidl still in the running for the Coop

Council have bought the Fiddlers because of ongoing Park Square project

Robertson's is to be the new Argos outlet

McGrory's still hot favourite for Semi - Chem

All the above allegedly true

Hoots

(Not scoop for hoots)

[TYM]

As you will see, I am not, by nature, a "poster", so I have thought long and hard before deciding to contribute to this interesting debate.

Michael is spot on about the importance of money circulating within the local economy. As a local shopkeeper also, I know only too well the struggle to keep trade local. In my case I have the Internet, newspaper promotions, teletext, no-frills airlines etc. to contend with so there is competition. Competition is a fact of life and I know that I cannot expect business to just walk in the door, it has to be earned. However, I would like to add a couple of points that people may not have considered.

I believe there is enough business in Kintyre to employ at least another two people. These people could be your son/daughter/brother/sister or even yourself. I would love to have the finance to support good causes such as Argyll FM and The Picture House, not to mention each and every good cause that presents itself when someone ( whom we never have seen before as a customer) calls in to ask for a raffle prize. All it might take is, on obtaining a price elsewhere, call in and see if the local guy can undercut/match/get close to that price. Then you can decide if you wish to keep the business local but too many people decide to shop outwith the town through perception or for whatever other reason. There does seem to be a much more positive attitude in Lochgilphead in this respect, possibly because they have not been used to such a service until fairly recently.

[hoots the scoop]

As you will see, I am not, by nature, a "poster", so I have thought long and hard before deciding to contribute to this interesting debate.

Michael is spot on about the importance of money circulating within the local economy. As a local shopkeeper also, I know only too well the struggle to keep trade local. In my case I have the Internet, newspaper promotions, teletext, no-frills airlines etc. to contend with so there is competition. Competition is a fact of life and I know that I cannot expect business to just walk in the door, it has to be earned. However, I would like to add a couple of points that people may not have considered.

I believe there is enough business in Kintyre to employ at least another two people. These people could be your son/daughter/brother/sister or even yourself. I would love to have the finance to support good causes such as Argyll FM and The Picture House, not to mention each and every good cause that presents itself when someone ( whom we never have seen before as a customer) calls in to ask for a raffle prize. All it might take is, on obtaining a price elsewhere, call in and see if the local guy can undercut/match/get close to that price. Then you can decide if you wish to keep the business local but too many people decide to shop outwith the town through perception or for whatever other reason. There does seem to be a much more positive attitude in Lochgilphead in this respect, possibly because they have not been used to such a service until fairly recently.

You may have a point there about local people not appreciating local services. I think too many people look outside the boundary of Kintyre when buying and forget about our local businesses.

On the other hand perhaps people in Kintyre, being so remote, are more clued up on things like buying on the Internet?