Shopping centre jewellery shop closes

7:56am Saturday 9th March 2013 in News

A TOWN centre jewellery shop has closed after the owners decided not to renew its lease.

The Goldsmiths shop, which was in the Crompton Place shopping centre, was shut earlier this week.

The chain has other North West shops including at the Trafford Centre, Manchester city centre, Wigan, Blackpool, Stockport, Warrington and Liverpool. Centre manager Malcolm Angus said: “Goldsmiths has decided not to renew its lease at Crompton Place.

“However, we are in negotiations with other well-known retailers who wish to open at Crompton Place and we are working very hard behind the scenes to ensure we continue to attract new businesses to the shopping centre for the benefit of our loyal customers.” A Goldsmiths spokesman said the firm did not want to comment, and would not say how many staff were affected or if it had plans to open elsewhere in Bolton.

He said: “We have logged your enquiry with head office but Goldsmiths is unable to offer further comment.”

The news follows the closures of other wellknown shops such as Jessops and Comet, which employed 60 people at its Trinity Retail Park site in Bolton and at Middlebrook.

However, McDonald’s is recruiting between 40 and 60 new staff at its four Bolton restaurants while electrical firm Horwichbased DRL is taking on 200 new workers at its Appliances Online website operation and warehouse

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Rememberscarborough says...
10:49am Sat 9 Mar 13

Yet another rat leaving the sinking ship?

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bwfc58 says...
11:06am Sat 9 Mar 13

I feel very sorry for the people that are trying to run businesses in Bolton town centre . as from the beginning of April the business rates are going up a full 1% . and with plus with this council also putting up shop rents there will be many more closing down what i can not understand how can Manchester city Centre charge lower rents for shop owners than Bolton FACT. Bolton was want voted the best shopping Centre in the north west FACT. now it is one of the worst FACT. all i can say to this is very well done to the very big fat controller and is crones . one day i hope i can move away from my home town Bolton which i never thought i would here me say this and move to some where nicer and cleaner may be Devon .

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Bob Shaftoe says...
11:58am Sat 9 Mar 13

bwfc58 wrote:
I feel very sorry for the people that are trying to run businesses in Bolton town centre . as from the beginning of April the business rates are going up a full 1% . and with plus with this council also putting up shop rents there will be many more closing down what i can not understand how can Manchester city Centre charge lower rents for shop owners than Bolton FACT. Bolton was want voted the best shopping Centre in the north west FACT. now it is one of the worst FACT. all i can say to this is very well done to the very big fat controller and is crones . one day i hope i can move away from my home town Bolton which i never thought i would here me say this and move to some where nicer and cleaner may be Devon .
Bolton council nor any other council do NOT fix shop rents, FACT, they are set by greedy landlords who will, from April, have to pay rates on their empty premises therefor they will be taxed for having empty units. Good.

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boltonnut says...
2:55pm Sat 9 Mar 13

Pound shop or mosque,you can get the odds at the betting shop next door.

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bwfc58 says...
4:12pm Sat 9 Mar 13

Sorry i got the rents wrong it is just the Business rates which just for one small shop will cost thou'sands of pounds around £40.000 per year and with this full 1% will kill a lot of the small shops down Fact . and the one shop a was running about 2 years ago in Bolton was costing the company i worked for £60.000 in Business rates so we move to the Centre on Manchester got a fare bigger shop for £45.000 Fact so you should blame the Council of Bolton as they set the rates the very fat controller . and a matter of fact the shop my Company had is still very much Empty because no one can afford the cost of running it and like i said when the new 1% comes into affect on the 1st of April well i think i have said enough FACT.

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Bob Shaftoe says...
4:36pm Sat 9 Mar 13

bwfc58 wrote:
Sorry i got the rents wrong it is just the Business rates which just for one small shop will cost thou'sands of pounds around £40.000 per year and with this full 1% will kill a lot of the small shops down Fact . and the one shop a was running about 2 years ago in Bolton was costing the company i worked for £60.000 in Business rates so we move to the Centre on Manchester got a fare bigger shop for £45.000 Fact so you should blame the Council of Bolton as they set the rates the very fat controller . and a matter of fact the shop my Company had is still very much Empty because no one can afford the cost of running it and like i said when the new 1% comes into affect on the 1st of April well i think i have said enough FACT.
Sorry, your wrong again. Business rates are set by central government.
Local authorities just collect them on their behalf. FACT

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wsw69 says...
7:33pm Sat 9 Mar 13

Bolton Council, and the parasite Fat Controller known as Cliff Morris have been a total disaster for the town. It's a complete dump, dreary looking, no vibrancy at all. As for all the pubs, well, those that are left, they look totally un-kept.

Beirut looked better at the height of it's troubles! And let's NOT get on the subject of the utterly ruined and characterless Market Hall.

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Comment777 says...
9:05pm Sat 9 Mar 13

Another one bites the dust...keep it up the good people of Bolton, do not spend your hard earned money in such a dreary town...go to Bury or the Trafford centre in fact anywhere but Bolton Town Centre...make the councillors and the greedy landlords pay. The employees will get better jobs in other shopping centres, shoppers will benefit from free parking and a pleasant shopping experience and with any luck the councillors and landlords will be hung out to dry...

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Rubester says...
4:19am Sun 10 Mar 13

Business rates are increasing by 2.8% as far as I can see the business rate multiplier has increased from 4.58p to 4.71p this is set by central government not the council.

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saj70n says...
12:01pm Sun 10 Mar 13

Boltonnut we do need a mosque in the town centre good idea Trafford Centre has one why can't we

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Bob Shaftoe says...
1:45pm Sun 10 Mar 13

saj70n wrote:
Boltonnut we do need a mosque in the town centre good idea Trafford Centre has one why can't we
Why?
We have men walking around in pyjamas and women dressed like little black daleks.
Top that Trafford Centre.

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buckfuzzby says...
7:25pm Sun 10 Mar 13

Bolton town centre has become a really dismal place to shop, that is if you can find a shop that's managed to stay open.
It's a real breath of fresh air to go to places like Bury where there is still a wealth of great shopping opportunity, Bolton has been going backwards for years, and this from a town that wants city status....not a chance, you councillors need to wake up and smell the coffee.

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Kayj21 says...
10:05pm Sun 10 Mar 13

So another shop packs up and leaves, (hope they keep their other stores open in Trafford centre), its not a surprise. I went in town a few weeks ago, walked around for 30 minutes (if that) went to a coffee shop and got a drink to take away and went home. I shouldnt have bothered going in town at all. There's nothing left in the town centre. The only time I walk through town now is to get to the train station to go to Manchester. Bolton town centre lost its appeal when they went ahead with 'doing up' the market place against protest from shoppers. It won't surprise me if another pound shop opens up because we really need more of them don't we. (Not really)

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Comment777 says...
12:10am Mon 11 Mar 13

saj70n wrote:
Boltonnut we do need a mosque in the town centre good idea Trafford Centre has one why can't we
A mosque in Bolton town centre, what a very good idea, but no need to build a special building as the Town centre already looks like a meeting place already...

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adatherton says...
11:34am Mon 11 Mar 13

Bolton has got a thriving shopping centre; it's called Middlebrook. Or the Trafford Centre. Bolton are thinking of a little bit of free parking. Middlebrook has what, 2,000 spaces. TC has 12,500. This is the kind of free parking investment needed to make the town centre work again.

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moosa says...
12:27pm Mon 11 Mar 13

Bring back the Football club from Horwich & then see the town thrive again !!
Win win situation all the way for all!!

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boltoncity says...
12:54pm Wed 13 Mar 13

moosa wrote:
Bring back the Football club from Horwich & then see the town thrive again !!
Win win situation all the way for all!!
oh yeah , with all the extra traffic and thugs fighting after having got drunk in town ? that will really improve the shopping experience ...no thanks

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BAGITHANDBAGS says...
7:43pm Thu 14 Mar 13

Wake up Bolton Council!! What has happened to our once thriving town that we were all proud of. it's now a dirty disgrace full of takeaways/pubs/cheap shops. How long will be be before Marks & Spencer/Beales pull the plug on Bolton. You ought to be ashamed of yourselves and be made accountable for the death of our town centre.

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Dobbler says...
2:28pm Fri 15 Mar 13

Apart from the centre being so down market these days, Goldsmiths will have left Bolton because of the general populace. Goldsmiths are a quality national retailer with aspirational customers - Bolton does not fit that criteria these days.
How depressing and down market is the town centre these days? Full of chavs and scruffs - pasty in one hand, fag in other. Newport street is like the league of nations with all sorts of unsavoury trash milling around. It reflects standards generally. years ago the centre used to have smartly dressed people there - with decent shops to go to. The stupid council have done a wonderful job in driving people away. There should be 100% free parking on council owned sites along with lots of other incentives to get people there and to get shops to locate there (there 2 things benefit each other) RIP Bolton Town Centre

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mixedspice5 says...
11:55pm Fri 15 Mar 13

Bob Shaftoe wrote:
saj70n wrote:
Boltonnut we do need a mosque in the town centre good idea Trafford Centre has one why can't we
Why?
We have men walking around in pyjamas and women dressed like little black daleks.
Top that Trafford Centre.
Cultural dress has nothing to do with religion.

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