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Fruit and veg displays saved from the chop



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Published Date: 26 February 2008
A TRADER has won his battle with the city council to display boxes of fruit and vegetables outside his shop.
Joe Hussain, who has owned the Westend Store in Melville Place for 19 years, had been given until yesterday to stop storing goods on the pavement outside.

But a late compromise was reached. The area directly in front of the shop is private land owned by Mr Hussain and the goods displayed there have been allowed to stay.

But he has had to remove flowers that were placed further out on the pavement, as the council cracks down on clutter on streets that will be used for bus diversions while Shandwick Place undergoes trams ground works.

Mr Hussain said: "I am happy this has been sorted out and that I get to keep my boxes outside.

"However, this is only a temporary victory as we need to get something sorted for all of the shops across the city that display goods outside."





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  • Last Updated: 26 February 2008 9:46 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

Neanderthal75,

Rocky Mountains USA 26/02/2008 10:49:55
Hello All,


This is well and truly ridiculous: the narrow minded gits at City Hall can't see the forest for the trees!

Displaying one's wares in the front of an owner's shop is historically found EVERYWHERE in cities across the globe!
These displays are part of a market and indeed, a city's positive 'atmosphere', and one which makes people WANT to travel to these markets and cities!

It is a DRAW for both locals and tourists, not to mention the business owners.

Since most City Hall politicians have NEVER owned a business or actually run one, they have ZERO understanding of what it takes to make a business profitable, economically sustainable, and fit to EMPLOY others for working there!!!!

Take the gits down to the harbour, attach a couple dozen stone worth of lead weights, and see if they can, as obviously they do believe, WALK ON WATER!!!

I'll be there to cheer them on-at least for the first step off the boat-then it's back to the Pub to CELEBRATE!!!

Cheers from the Rockies
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20something,

Edinburgh 26/02/2008 11:05:28
No, they can't see the forest for the junk on the pavement and that's the problem. And what's ridiculous about a compromise? Seems pretty fair to me.
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fruitmachine,

Edinburgh 26/02/2008 12:24:54
I think if you look back 20+ years, you'll find that there was an enforced ban in Edinburgh on placing anything on the pavement: 'A' Boards, boxes of fruit, clothes rails etc. Everyone knew where they stood. I was involved with a chain of shops in Edinburgh, and woe betide anyone that transgressed.

Since then we've had a creeping infiltration, not just of goods in front of shops, but in a much buigger way by the Council, who completely clutter our streets with everything from parking ticket machines, through excessive sign posts, to communal wheelie bins. They've only themselves to blame for all the shopkeepers copying them with their own wares.
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Urban Guerrilla,

Edinburgh 26/02/2008 13:37:21
Excellent news. Well done, Mr Hussain, and two fingers to the idiots on the "cooncil"!
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Bascule,

Embra 26/02/2008 17:44:38
Well done, Joe. A long and miserable fight against petty bureaucrats.
For those that don't know the shop, the pavement is wide, the display racks are custom-made and their contents provide a welcome spot of colour in a drab street. I'm utterly opposed to clutter, and the prospect of Edinburgh becoming like downtown Mumbai (as would Joe, because he's a proud Pakistani), but this is a special case.
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...Groundhog,

26/02/2008 19:18:00
In general they don't pay business rates for the land outside their shop, they don't pay rent for it. It is for people to walk on not part of their business.
This case is different and some of the land outside is owned by the shop so they are free to do what they want. Seems fair in this case. All other cases, if you don't own/pay for the land then get it cleared!

 

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