General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Wots screwing a lot of businesses are business rates, which was put up a lot by the last Labour Party Government, it was one of those 'stealth taxes' and when yoo let in millions of folk into the country, like wot that Tony Blair did, those millions need somewhere to live, doctors, skools and it costs the country money, which is why taxes were put up 'stealthily' add on to that, massive increases in gas and electric and water and transport costs, bus fares were once just loose change in your pocket, but Labour cut the subsidies and now it is cheeper to use a taxi, than to get a bus and this new bus station, will be three quarters empty, because there are not the bus services there to use it ....

That is why stores are closing down, their overheads are to high and they are loosing money, it is an economic fact and like the noble tomplum said, firms like Lidle and Aldi are dooing well because they have more injuns than cheefs ....

Same with Primark, that is always busy and that will never close down and it is a lot cheeper than M & S ...