{"id":17809,"date":"2016-12-28T00:49:26","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T23:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=17809"},"modified":"2016-12-28T00:49:26","modified_gmt":"2016-12-27T23:49:26","slug":"abingdon-town-centre-changes-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=17809","title":{"rendered":"Abingdon Town Centre Changes in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

2016 was a good year with more business gains than losses in Abingdon town centre .
\n\"Changes
\nPress on Changes in 2016<\/a> for a bigger (pdf) version of the map showing the changes.<\/p>\n

Key:<\/span>
\nGreen is a shop that was vacant at the start of the year which is now occupied.<\/span>
\nYellow means a change of business.<\/span>
\nRed is a vacant shop premises that was occupied at the start of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Change in 2007<\/a> ( 6 green, 5 yellow, 10 red ) \u2013 Net Loss 4
\nChange in 2008<\/a> ( 10 green, 8 yellow, 13 red ) \u2013 Net Loss 3
\nChange in 2009<\/a> ( 9 green, 6 yellow, 6 red ) \u2013 Net Gain 3
\nChange in 2010<\/a> ( 9 green, 6 yellow, 5 red ) \u2013 Net Gain 4
\nChange in 2011<\/a> ( 2 green, 8 yellow, 5 red ) \u2013 Net Loss 3
\nChange in 2012<\/a> ( 6 green, 1 yellow, 7 red ) \u2013 Net Loss 1
\nChange in 2013<\/a> ( 6 green, 8 yellow, 6 red ) \u2013 Net Change 0
\nChange in 2014<\/a> ( 6 green, 8 yellow, 6 red ) \u2013 Net Change 0
\nChange in 2015<\/a> ( 6 green, 8 yellow, 6 red ) \u2013 Net Change 0
\nChange in 2016<\/a> ( 10 green, 5 yellow, 5 red ) \u2013 Net Gain 5<\/p>\n

Welcome to:<\/strong>
\nAbingdon Picture Framing
\nCosta (in front of the Old Gaol) – I need to add this to the map
\nDorindos (restaurant)
\nKhushi’s Eyebrow Boutique (beauty)
\nLeona Noronha (natural hairdresser) – opening soon if not opened yet
\nMarmaris (men’s Turkish barber)
\nPeacocks and Edinburgh Woollen Mill (clothes)
\n\"New
\nR&R (coffee + cafe)
\n\"New
\nSimpsons(Estate Agents)
\nVelvet Creations (beauty)
\nWildwood Kitchen (restaurant)
\n\"New
\nGoodbye to:<\/strong>
\nCottage Imperial
\nFantasia Bridal
\nFine Guitars
\nLucky 7s (betting)
\nStan James (betting)
\nTechnoC – still in Suffolk way
\nThe Olives<\/p>\n

Move to new premises:<\/strong>
\nSuperdrug – move to bigger shop
\n\"New
\nAvicenna – was Smiths before the move to an ex-pub near the Abingdon Surgery<\/p>\n

Change to similar business in same premises:<\/strong>
\nBroad Face – re-opened after major refurbishment
\n\"New
\nChaba Thai – expanded to also use the downstairs shop
\nJhoots Pharmacy – was Lloyds Phramacy
\nPatisserie Pascal – new owner after previous owners retired
\nSmarts (fish and chips) – re-opened after major refurbishment<\/p>\n

(let me know any mistakes in this annual roundup)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2016 was a good year with more business gains than losses in Abingdon town centre . Press on Changes in 2016 for a bigger (pdf) version of the map showing the changes. Key: Green is a shop that was vacant at the start of the year which is now occupied. Yellow means a change of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}