#HeadlineTherapy

It seems the first thing I do when I get up in the morning is check the News Headlines on my phone. Increasingly I’m beginning to think this is incredibly bad for me and now I realise my reactions to this bombardment must be managed. So each day I will take a Headline and create a piece of writing from it.

“Dessert Shop closes in Town Centre as New Store Moves In”

I remember walking through town about three years ago and there were very few retail outlets that were familiar, all the “brand” names had gone, but I noticed small delicatessen style independents, which looked very appealing and who sold cream cakes and beautifully decorated sponge cakes which looked delicious and very appealing to the eye. The presentation, preparation and hygiene( I assume, I did look for a five star environmental health sign but don’t remember seeing one); was I think impeccable.

I could see a problem though, who was going to buy them and who would make a trip especially into a derelict town centre to buy these delectable sweets , yet not have access to all the shops that you would normally associate with a Town Centre.

The above Headline brought the memories of that sortie into the town centre flooding back. The dessert shop would be replaced by another Phone Shop, an independent retailer who specialises in technology. Just what the Town Centre needs another Phone Shop. I suppose the good news the businesses are owned by the same man, and obviously the “cakes” didn’t work out so he’s moving back to what he built his orignal business with and feels will be more profitable.

It struck me how do these business’s afford the Business Rates, or perhaps small business’s get special rates? Whatever, Marks and Spencer’s didn’t think it was worth their while to stick around. However, a little technology shop that supplies whatever technology is needed by the people that use the Town Centre most of whom are now very much economically challenged. Is this a perfect match, I’m not so sure.

I suppose in some ways it’s just another form of “sugar” to titillate those who are deemed to be economically challenged.