'I'd rather have heating than a Christmas tree.'
Dozens of protesting traders walked out of The Lochs Shopping Centre amid claims that pleas to meet with their landlord have been 'ignored' and the centre is 'falling into disrepair'.The Easterhouse protest to ‘Save our Shoppy’ kicked off at noon today as the small business owners and members of the community that ‘felt like they had no choice’ gathered outside the centre.
Further, the protesting business owners claim that bills of up to £16,000 on top of their centre service charges will force them to close, which would be a devastating loss to their community. and landlords City Property Glasgow had been ignored and claimed issues like faulty heating, an inoperative escalator, and a damaged parking lot were also negatively impacting their businesses.An important hub for the Easterhouse community
"If people start having to shut their shops down it's not going to be a community centre anymore, there's going to be nowhere for these older people to go, this is their social life." She added: “We just feel as if we need to speak up because nobody else is speaking up for the people of this community.“We don’t want this centre to close. I grew up in Easterhouse and I was born in Easterhouse, it means as much to me as it does to everybody else.
One of Wee Betty’s regular customers, Theresa Hart, 67, told the Glasgow Times that the cafe was very important to her because she lives alone.“Wee Betty’s, the girls in there, they do a lot for the community.Betty Connelly, 75, added: “It’s important for everybody because that is a community for us.“The girls are so good to us. It’s a community for us all, a chatter natter.”
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