AUGUST TRADE NEWS Bad weather blamed for shopping centre delay Chester council  not supporting retailers New rules 'won't help save retail centre' Irish shoppers look abroad for bargains British consumers spend more on beauty products Yorkshire town gets behind plastic bag reduction scheme Rising obesity prompts calls for VAT rule changes eBay restructures fee scheme to make fixed-priced sales cheaper Online sales boom despite slowdown Music retailer goes out of business Matalan named and shamed for how it treats wholesalers BCC slams higher parking charges proposals Booming wholesaler moves to new warehouse Market traders told to only 'shout quietly' London's retailers show growth despite gloom Counterfeit goods dealer sentenced to prison UK's smallest town protests supermarket plan More retailers and wholesalers going out of business Online retail sector predicted to expand rapidly Henley retailers protest development plans Retail sales continue to slow Tiffany appeals US court's eBay ruling Report criticises electricity suppliers' treatment of small businesses MK retailers protest Tesco expansion plan Yorkshire retailers protest supermarket move Manchester wholesaler shut down over fraud worries Businesses welcome plans to reduce red tape Rate hold accepted by small businesses Internet sales put pressure on the high street Huge counterfeit goods haul in Somerset Irish entrepreneur online retail plans Wholesaler sector set to struggle Staycations could help British retailers Retailers 'gloomy' about economic outlook Retailers report footfall continues to decline as consumers cut back Hidden door reveals huge counterfeiting operation in Manchester shop No recession for the UK this year East London wholesaler goes into receivership London mayor reveals plans to support small retailers Toy retailers defy gloom Retailers urged to embrace online sales Trade News Archive August 08 July 08 June 08 May 08 April 08 March 08 February 08 January 08 Subscribe to our newsletter   Go to The Wholesaler UK Directory 11th August 2008 Milton Keynes retailers protest Tesco expansion plan Plans to expand a supermarket in Milton Keynes would put a large number of local independent retailers in danger of going out of business. The Milton Keynes Citizen reported that the expansion of the Tesco supermarket in Wolverton have angered local retailers. David Odell, the chairman of the local business association, said that the expansion could put a number of independent retailers in nearby Stony Stratford out of business. "At the moment Stony Stratford is working very hard to keep the town lively, attractive, a wonderful place to visit and shop and to access various retail services. If Tesco builds this giant of a store, it is likely that the effect will be to kill our town's retail base," he explained to the paper. "The great thing is there's something different in Stony. But if our independent shops cannot afford to continue in business because of competition from Tesco, Stony Stratford will die." Recently, independent retailers from Denaby in Yorkshire warned that plans to open an enlarged Netto supermarket in the town were likely to adversely affect their sales.     (c) 2008 Adfero Ltd. Sponsor of August Trade News Cantilever TV Brackets   Comment on this news story To comment on any story please click on the above link, put the story title in the subject line and please provide your name, trading style ie. retailer or wholesaler and the town where you trade.