Kate Baldock
BBC Radio Shropshire
Bbc
Helen Upton said she hoped that buyers would understand why price increases were needed
The merchants of a Shropshire city ask people their continuous support, the prices that should increase.
The new fiscal year has brought increases in tax, water and advice tax invoices, and employers will also have to pay more in national insurance contributions and the minimum wage.
Helen Upton, from Catherine’s bakery to Bridgnormh, said traders should transmit some of these costs, but added: “I hope that Bridgnorth’s public will see that price increases will come for their survival, not to achieve an additional profit.”
Sally Themans of Love Bridgnormh said: “If a local community does not want to see its high street fall, it must go out and spend this money locally.”
Ms. Upton thinks that Bridgnormh stores were suffering for several reasons, including parking costs, and she said: “Many of them are at the limit and have just decided enough.”
She also said that she had noticed that people were more careful with their money in recent years and bought smaller breads to reduce costs.
But, she said, Saturdays were the exception because tourists visiting the city “felt a little easier because they are on a day”.
Becky Bratt said that the loss of customers from Severn Valley Railway was a problem for some companies
Becky Bratt from the Petal Bar Florist said that she had spent a good weekend for Mother’s Day and that Bridgnorth is a relatively rich neighborhood.
But she said that parking was a “big problem” and the big problem “and that the recent closure of part of the railway line of Severn Valley due to a landslide had an impact on trade.
She said that an advertising owner had told her that the loss of additional visitors had made a big difference.
Despite this, Ms. Themans, who is also part of the Love Bridgnormh group who campaigns in the name of the city, said: “There are signs of people who still want to come and open businesses on our main street.”
She agreed that it was a “difficult” period, but said that the city offered “a value for money and a tailor-made customer service”.
Bridnorth High Street state
