by Annabel (admin) » Mon May 25, 2020 12:26 pm
A petition has been launched asking the landlord of White Stuff on Northcote Road to help save the shop from closing after more than 20 years in the area. http://chng.it/6ctBkNnMN6 The shop is due to close permanently as it has not been able to secure a reduction in rent to help it through the current crisis. Without support from landlords many of our much-loved local shops and restaurants could soon disappear. Retail was already suffering before the virus but now shops and restaurants have been closed for months and once they re-open their takings will be dramatically reduced due to social distancing measures. We’ve already seen so many independent businesses disappear from Northcote Road and chains closing their doors too. If the landlords (apparently only 2-3 own many of the shops on Northcote Road) can’t be persuaded to be flexible and help their tenants to survive this crisis, we will lose our few remaining independent shops and have many more empty shopfronts, potentially changing the character of Northcote Road forever.
Please sign the petition (it’s very quick and easy to do) and share it as widely as you can. You could also consider writing to our Northcote Ward councillors and the local MP:
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[align=start][size=100][color=#222222][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Please sign the petition (it’s very quick and easy to do) and share it as widely as you can. You could also consider writing to our Northcote Ward councillors and the local MP:[/font][/color][/size][/align]
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[size=100][color=#222222][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][size=100][font=Helvetica,sans-serif][color=#333333]Councillor Louise Calland: [/color][/font][/size][email=cllr.l.calland@wandsworth.gov.uk][size=100][font=Helvetica,sans-serif][color=#0075a1]cllr.l.calland@wandsworth.gov.uk[/color][/font][/size][/email][/font][/color][/size][/align]
[align=start][size=100][color=#222222][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][size=100][font=Helvetica,sans-serif][color=#333333]Councillor Peter Dawson: [/color][/font][/size][email=Cllr.P.Dawson@wandsworth.gov.uk][size=100][font=Helvetica,sans-serif][color=#0075a1]Cllr.P.Dawson@wandsworth.gov.uk[/color][/font][/size][/email][/font][/color][/size][/align]
[align=start][size=100][color=#222222][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][size=100][font=Helvetica,sans-serif][color=#333333]Councillor Aled Richards-Jones: [/color][/font][/size][email=cllr.a.richards-jones@wandsworth.gov.uk][size=100][font=Helvetica,sans-serif][color=#0075a1]cllr.a.richards-jones@wandsworth.gov.uk[/color][/font][/size][/email][/font][/color][/size][/align]
[align=start][size=100][color=#222222][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][size=100][font=Helvetica,sans-serif][color=#333333]MP Marsha de Cordova: [/color][/font][/size][email=marsha.decordova.mp@parliament.uk][size=100][font=Helvetica,sans-serif][color=#0075a1]marsha.decordova.mp@parliament.uk[/color][/font][/size][/email] [/font][/color][/size][/align]