Bristol and Diesel ban

[juice]

We're one of only 3 businesses in City Point now.

Well, not for much longer since we found out that BCC won;t be granting new leases on the office space as they are looking to demolish the building. The Peugeot Garage is first in line and then it'll be CityPoint next for guess what ? Yep - Student accommodation (gotta keep those pennies rolling in).

So we're moving as soon as the new lease is completed and should be in new offices by end of the year I expect. We're now going to be out of the centre and crucially out of the ULEZ zone so we will have absolutely no need to visit the centre ever again and for one I cannot wait.

[Gecko1978]

juice said:

We're one of only 3 businesses in City Point now.

Well, not for much longer since we found out that BCC won;t be granting new leases on the office space as they are looking to demolish the building. The Peugeot Garage is first in line and then it'll be CityPoint next for guess what ? Yep - Student accommodation (gotta keep those pennies rolling in).

So we're moving as soon as the new lease is completed and should be in new offices by end of the year I expect. We're now going to be out of the centre and crucially out of the ULEZ zone so we will have absolutely no need to visit the centre ever again and for one I cannot wait.

Is this what the council wanted to e destroy all economic activity in the area. Loss of business rates alone will have an impact

[juice]

Gecko1978 said:

Is this what the council wanted to e destroy all economic activity in the area. Loss of business rates alone will have an impact

Well given they have the new Campus next to Temple Meads then it was obvious that the Peugeot Garage and Citypoint were going to be ripe for demolition and new apartments for students being built. IMO Bristol is a student campus predominantly now.

I'm not against it per se, as CityPoint is one ugly MF

[GloverMart]

I haven't been into the city since the CAZ came in.

Used to come in every day on a little courier run that I did; I drove a 53 plate Focus estate that always passed its emissions MOT check. Popped into Recliffe Street, Broad Street, King Street and home. Now and again, I'd stop for a bit of food but since the CAZ, nothing.

Gave up the courier run in April as my customers wouldn't pay the extra charge and now work full time out at Almondsbury. At the same time, my Focus failed its MOT (on welding issues) so I scrapped it and bought a cheap petrol Focus that can go into the CAZ but I still don't go in. Not sure Bristol has lost too much money with me not going in but as mentioned, others are not spending thousands in Bristol because of it.

[spaximus]

Had to go into Bristol today to a shop which my wife uses.

Parked in Cabot's and walked through Broadmead. The old M&S is now a community space full of utter rubbish. Debenhams is all bordered up and I have since read it is being demolished to build student and low cost flats. It seems that the council see there is an endless supply of students to fill all these that have been built already and those where planning is agreed

There were beggers everywhere and so many shops closed it looked terrible with graffiti all over the place.

In a coffee shop I met a couple from Spain who were in the city today and Bath tonight and tomorrow and they asked where they should go.

I pointed them to the docks and the historic sites there and Clifton. They were genuinely shocked at how the centre is having read about this vibrant city. Yes there are many good points but everything the city is doing seems wrong and is driving business out.

Cribbs has very few empty shops by comparison and a much nicer safer feel.

Today is also St Pauls Carnival so there was a lot of police and security in the shopping area. Hopefully there will be nothing out of the ordinary tonight

[df76]

juice said:

Gecko1978 said:

Is this what the council wanted to e destroy all economic activity in the area. Loss of business rates alone will have an impact

Well given they have the new Campus next to Temple Meads then it was obvious that the Peugeot Garage and Citypoint were going to be ripe for demolition and new apartments for students being built. IMO Bristol is a student campus predominantly now.

I'm not against it per se, as CityPoint is one ugly MF

There’s a whole lot of garbage near temple meads that needs to be flattened and redeveloped. Never understood how a Peugeot garage could be just there given the potential land value.

[Oliver Hardy]

Seems a lot of demolition going on in Bristol, does it not have an effect on the environment, why can't they convert the debenhams building?

[Simbu]

Oliver Hardy said:

Seems a lot of demolition going on in Bristol, does it not have an effect on the environment, why can't they convert the debenhams building?

The CAZ hasn't actually got much to do with "the environment" as a whole. It is a blunt instrument to solve the air quality issues that the council was legally obliged to fix. It is a quick, enforceable option.

It is not well implemented. Public transport continues to be woefully inadequate. There should be a decent M32 park and ride to the centre. The buses should be reliable. There are large swathes of the city where streets border both RPZs and the CAZ. They have become commuter car parks, applying massive parking pressure on residential areas that have narrow Victorian roads.

Marv the has done such a st job the city decided they're better off without the job entirely. He's also disenfranchised over half of the electorate by stuffing the council cabinet with Labour councillors only, despite over half of councillors coming from other parties. Now the unflushable turd wants to be an MP. I pray to God his prospective constituents see sense. I suspect not.

[GloverMart]

Simbu said:

Oliver Hardy said:

Seems a lot of demolition going on in Bristol, does it not have an effect on the environment, why can't they convert the debenhams building?

The CAZ hasn't actually got much to do with "the environment" as a whole. It is a blunt instrument to solve the air quality issues that the council was legally obliged to fix. It is a quick, enforceable option.

It is not well implemented. Public transport continues to be woefully inadequate. There should be a decent M32 park and ride to the centre. The buses should be reliable. There are large swathes of the city where streets border both RPZs and the CAZ. They have become commuter car parks, applying massive parking pressure on residential areas that have narrow Victorian roads.

Marv the has done such a st job the city decided they're better off without the job entirely. He's also disenfranchised over half of the electorate by stuffing the council cabinet with Labour councillors only, despite over half of councillors coming from other parties. Now the unflushable turd wants to be an MP. I pray to God his prospective constituents see sense. I suspect not.

Beautifully put!!

I think he might be heading my way (Oldland) although I also heard that the boundary changes might mean JRM is coming too. Blimey, what a choice!

[Biggy Stardust]

Gecko1978 said:

Is this what the council wanted to e destroy all economic activity in the area. Loss of business rates alone will have an impact

They still get their salaries regardless. The rest is someone else's problem.