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Popular newsagents Good News shuts after 30 years in Worcester
1:04pm Monday 17th September 2012 in Worcester
By Richard Vernalls, @rvernallsWN #worcsnews
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CLOSING: Bad news as Good News'newsagents shuts
OLD favourite the Good News newsagents has shut after 30 years in the city with the owner saying the business was no longer viable.
Good News' two stores in The Foregate and on The Cross in the heart of Worcester have been serving people for years.
But doors closed at the weekend, with a window notice to customers saying it was a decision taken "with regret" and thanking everyone for their trade.
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Comments(24)
darren3o
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3:53pm Mon 17 Sep 12
imustbeoldiwearacap
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4:48pm Mon 17 Sep 12
darren3o wrote:Too right!
Tesco express was the final nail in the coffin
grumpy woman
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9:42pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Ctrl Alt Del
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10:23pm Mon 17 Sep 12
140354
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9:16am Tue 18 Sep 12
happydays6
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1:14pm Tue 18 Sep 12
CJH
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1:19pm Tue 18 Sep 12
happydays6 wrote:Isn't the future Orange?
I would love to know how that light is orange. WTF
thebest1
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1:20pm Tue 18 Sep 12
CJH
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1:38pm Tue 18 Sep 12
thebest1 wrote:No point supporting a business that isn't making money. Then it turns into charity, not business. It needs to be viable, and the owner says it isn't.
shame as used to use it twice a week, to get the tobacco from as it was cheaper and the staff were friendly as they always knew what my fella wanted. the government should support small businesses no matter how long they have been running.
loginthelog
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3:29pm Tue 18 Sep 12
CJH wrote:I think the point here is that if the Government was to curtail the multi-nationals, like Tesco, there would be more business for the smaller local businesses. Tesco Express should never have been allowed in the old Post Office building.
thebest1 wrote:No point supporting a business that isn't making money. Then it turns into charity, not business. It needs to be viable, and the owner says it isn't.
shame as used to use it twice a week, to get the tobacco from as it was cheaper and the staff were friendly as they always knew what my fella wanted. the government should support small businesses no matter how long they have been running.
CJH
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3:45pm Tue 18 Sep 12
loginthelog wrote:Bit late to debate that now. Anyway, I would rather have Tesco Express (or similar) than a newsagents any day. It's no contest as far as I'm concerned.
CJH wrote:I think the point here is that if the Government was to curtail the multi-nationals, like Tesco, there would be more business for the smaller local businesses. Tesco Express should never have been allowed in the old Post Office building.thebest1 wrote: shame as used to use it twice a week, to get the tobacco from as it was cheaper and the staff were friendly as they always knew what my fella wanted. the government should support small businesses no matter how long they have been running.No point supporting a business that isn't making money. Then it turns into charity, not business. It needs to be viable, and the owner says it isn't.
Hillbilly1
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2:28pm Wed 19 Sep 12
CJH wrote:Its no contest for the retailers either. When Tesco Express opened in the London Road, the off-licence opposite saw a drop in sales of something like £10k a month. Its no coincidence that since Tesco opened, any other convenience store around Wylds Lane/ London Road has as good as shut down. Tescos buying power and influence just can't be competed against. Tesco also owns One Stop of course, so its urban expansion is even bigger than just the Tesco Express shops! Tesco Express opening claimed the small newsagent by Foregate Street, and now its claimed Good News too.
loginthelog wrote:Bit late to debate that now. Anyway, I would rather have Tesco Express (or similar) than a newsagents any day. It's no contest as far as I'm concerned.CJH wrote:I think the point here is that if the Government was to curtail the multi-nationals, like Tesco, there would be more business for the smaller local businesses. Tesco Express should never have been allowed in the old Post Office building.thebest1 wrote: shame as used to use it twice a week, to get the tobacco from as it was cheaper and the staff were friendly as they always knew what my fella wanted. the government should support small businesses no matter how long they have been running.No point supporting a business that isn't making money. Then it turns into charity, not business. It needs to be viable, and the owner says it isn't.
CJH
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2:37pm Wed 19 Sep 12
zx12r
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3:11pm Wed 19 Sep 12
CJH
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3:29pm Wed 19 Sep 12
zx12r wrote:Good time to give up smoking then. Look upon it as an opportunity!
Where do I get my loose pipe tobacco from now Good news has gone. One thing certain forget Tesco they woulden't know what your talking about.
zx12r
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3:58pm Wed 19 Sep 12
CJH
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4:40pm Wed 19 Sep 12
zx12r wrote:Go fly fishing somewhere else? Somewhere midgeless? ;-)
Another one that wants to run my life for me, & tell me CJH how do you keep the midges away when fly fishing in Scotland.
DEMRICS
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5:43pm Wed 19 Sep 12
darren3o
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6:14pm Wed 19 Sep 12
DEMRICS wrote:I must agree with you there
Could the main reason for this shop's demise be because Tesco is cheaper which lead to people shopping there instead of Good News? We either pay more to keep local shops open, or pay less for our goods, so may be the fate of Good News was in our hands and not Tesco's.
CJH
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8:44pm Wed 19 Sep 12
CJH
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11:08pm Wed 19 Sep 12
Arthur Blenkinsop
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8:51am Thu 20 Sep 12
CJH wrote:Perhaps they weren't making a profit!
Where did all the comments go? What did I miss?
clive_james
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6:28pm Sun 23 Sep 12
I suggest we start a list of all the gone but not forgotten family owned businesses that made Worcester unique, and also start to frequent the family run businesses that are left.
Here are some of the shops I remember as I kid which no longer exist:
Claptons - the best cream cakes!
The Cadena Cafe - great coffee
Kitsons - the chemist
Russell & Dorrell - before the furniture focus
Shuters & Flays - grocery shop
Dick Howarth - newsagent
Bobby's - department store
Pratleys - great for china seconds
John Life - TVs and washing machines
Inights - newsagent in the High Street
Jane Eyre - baby clothes in Sidbury
St George's laundry - and dry cleaners
CJH says...
1:42pm Mon 17 Sep 12