Town misses out in Portas share-out

11:20am Saturday 28th July 2012 in Trowbridge By Mike Wilkinson, Senior Reporter

ANOTHER 15 towns are to receive money from the Portas Pilot government scheme to revitalise Britain’s ailing town centres – but there are no Wiltshire towns among them.

Trowbridge has failed in its bid for the second round of money, which also comes with support and advice from Mary Portas, the TV personality famed for turning around failing high street shops.

The 15 new pilot areas are Ashford, Berwick, Braintree, Brighton, Hatfield, Royal Leamington Spa, Liverpool, the Waterloo area of central London, Forest Hill in south London, Tower Hamlets, Loughborough, Lowestoft, Morecambe, Rotherham and Tiverton.

Comments (7)

2:32pm Sat 28 Jul 12

candid friend says...

It's nothing but hype and personal publicity for Portas.
The Council would be better advised to seek advice, if they need it, from real profesionals.
Not publicity hungry politicians and TV personalities.
It's nothing but hype and personal publicity for Portas. The Council would be better advised to seek advice, if they need it, from real profesionals. Not publicity hungry politicians and TV personalities. candid friend

3:03am Sun 29 Jul 12

Mrs Donnyfly says...

Portas Pilot.... sounds almost biblical.
Portas Pilot.... sounds almost biblical. Mrs Donnyfly

7:12am Mon 30 Jul 12

AMVanquish007 says...

Or maybe passing a £46m development at Innox Riverside with 400 plus jobs would have stopped the stagnation--but these herberts in the council, it appears, dont want to listen to professionals who have worked in the private sector but instead rely on jobsworths who have never set foot in a privately owned business- i think that the closest any of them have ever come to the private sector is when they did a paper round when they were 14..
Or maybe passing a £46m development at Innox Riverside with 400 plus jobs would have stopped the stagnation--but these herberts in the council, it appears, dont want to listen to professionals who have worked in the private sector but instead rely on jobsworths who have never set foot in a privately owned business- i think that the closest any of them have ever come to the private sector is when they did a paper round when they were 14.. AMVanquish007

8:25am Mon 30 Jul 12

Mrs Donnyfly says...

Mr/Mrs A M Vanquish, I look forward to seeing your name on the ballot paper come the next election.
Mr/Mrs A M Vanquish, I look forward to seeing your name on the ballot paper come the next election. Mrs Donnyfly

2:21pm Mon 30 Jul 12

PCS_Wilts says...

AMVanquish007 wrote:
Or maybe passing a £46m development at Innox Riverside with 400 plus jobs would have stopped the stagnation--but these herberts in the council, it appears, dont want to listen to professionals who have worked in the private sector but instead rely on jobsworths who have never set foot in a privately owned business- i think that the closest any of them have ever come to the private sector is when they did a paper round when they were 14..
Mike - How come you are not President of the World?
[quote][p][bold]AMVanquish007[/bold] wrote: Or maybe passing a £46m development at Innox Riverside with 400 plus jobs would have stopped the stagnation--but these herberts in the council, it appears, dont want to listen to professionals who have worked in the private sector but instead rely on jobsworths who have never set foot in a privately owned business- i think that the closest any of them have ever come to the private sector is when they did a paper round when they were 14..[/p][/quote]Mike - How come you are not President of the World? PCS_Wilts

7:11pm Mon 30 Jul 12

BathBadger says...

PCS_Wilts wrote:
AMVanquish007 wrote:
Or maybe passing a £46m development at Innox Riverside with 400 plus jobs would have stopped the stagnation--but these herberts in the council, it appears, dont want to listen to professionals who have worked in the private sector but instead rely on jobsworths who have never set foot in a privately owned business- i think that the closest any of them have ever come to the private sector is when they did a paper round when they were 14..
Mike - How come you are not President of the World?
I think you are already in the post Shaun! ;)
[quote][p][bold]PCS_Wilts[/bold] wrote: [quote][p][bold]AMVanquish007[/bold] wrote: Or maybe passing a £46m development at Innox Riverside with 400 plus jobs would have stopped the stagnation--but these herberts in the council, it appears, dont want to listen to professionals who have worked in the private sector but instead rely on jobsworths who have never set foot in a privately owned business- i think that the closest any of them have ever come to the private sector is when they did a paper round when they were 14..[/p][/quote]Mike - How come you are not President of the World?[/p][/quote]I think you are already in the post Shaun! ;) BathBadger

7:15pm Mon 30 Jul 12

PCS_Wilts says...

BathBadger wrote:
PCS_Wilts wrote:
AMVanquish007 wrote:
Or maybe passing a £46m development at Innox Riverside with 400 plus jobs would have stopped the stagnation--but these herberts in the council, it appears, dont want to listen to professionals who have worked in the private sector but instead rely on jobsworths who have never set foot in a privately owned business- i think that the closest any of them have ever come to the private sector is when they did a paper round when they were 14..
Mike - How come you are not President of the World?
I think you are already in the post Shaun! ;)
*insert sarcastic laugh* Really?
[quote][p][bold]BathBadger[/bold] wrote: [quote][p][bold]PCS_Wilts[/bold] wrote: [quote][p][bold]AMVanquish007[/bold] wrote: Or maybe passing a £46m development at Innox Riverside with 400 plus jobs would have stopped the stagnation--but these herberts in the council, it appears, dont want to listen to professionals who have worked in the private sector but instead rely on jobsworths who have never set foot in a privately owned business- i think that the closest any of them have ever come to the private sector is when they did a paper round when they were 14..[/p][/quote]Mike - How come you are not President of the World?[/p][/quote]I think you are already in the post Shaun! ;)[/p][/quote]*insert sarcastic laugh* Really? PCS_Wilts

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