10:13am Friday 27th January 2012
YORK weathers the economic storm and bucks the national trend in employment (The Press, January 23).
This great news shows the policy of commercial expansion to the outers of the city is paying dividends. Those who would like to keep any retail increase to the confines of the city walls should rethink.
The voluble spokesmen of the city centre retailers are quite naturally looking after their own interests. When the new developments on the fringes are built, shops in both the city centre and the outer areas will close.
That is the nature of business. Those that remain will be stronger and will prosper. Trying to cocoon the city centre is definitely not the answer. The latest economic and employment figures show that we cannot afford to be introspective.
Geoff Robb, Hunters Close, Dunnington.
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