Live and work in Central London, there are definitely more people around. The west end has been heaving because of the Beach Volleyball and Hyde Park stuff, maybe people just aren't buying rock memorabilia or going to we will rock you. That said, i walked past the hard rock the other day and there was a queue stretching about 100m, perhaps your man should head out leafleting the area...
dont beleive a word hendy says.if you were getting an 80 grand bonus you would bullshit as well.im with soundasa£.out last night and it was very quiet.
So that's another liar then. I can see its all a conspiracy......
dont beleive a word hendy says.if you were getting an 80 grand bonus you would bullshit as well.im with soundasa£.out last night and it was very quiet.
So that's another liar then. I can see its all a conspiracy......
seems like you dont want to see
Right-o. Which facts do you think have been made up then?
Well Knightsbridge has been swamped for the last month with tourists. I would say busier than last summer - but that is just my opinion, I have not conducted any actual statistical analysis.
dont beleive a word hendy says.if you were getting an 80 grand bonus you would bullshit as well.im with soundasa£.out last night and it was very quiet.
So that's another liar then. I can see its all a conspiracy......
Not suggeting for one moment there's a conspiracy....just that some folk will put a different spin on things for what could be a host of reasons (who is playing the flute whilst others dance?).....which is quite easy to do from the pages of a national newspaper etc. This may sound a bit daft but rather like the 'wrong snow on the line syndrome' we could also be having the 'wrong kind of punters in London' at the moment as far as the retail sector is concerned. I'm being told that vendors can't wait for it all to be over so things can get back to normal....whatever normal is in these tough uncertain times! As for the Olympics themselves, I'm loving every moment of it, despite it not having served up the increase in business I had been hoping for.
(Sorry that reply was for Darts - didn't mean I thought you thought there was one!)
I think you have hit the nail on the head there Soundas. I do sincerely hope the expected increase in tourism (seen in the past few Olympics) in the months after the games have finished, affects your business in a positive way
Live and work in Central London, there are definitely more people around. The west end has been heaving because of the Beach Volleyball and Hyde Park stuff, maybe people just aren't buying rock memorabilia or going to we will rock you. That said, i walked past the hard rock the other day and there was a queue stretching about 100m, perhaps your man should head out leafleting the area...
Strange Eddie...the guy who owns The Flag Consultancy is on the same trading estate as myself and he's been telling us all that central London is very quiet....he's there every day putting up flags and bunting for the Olympics. He's earning a fortune and it all kicks in again for him with the Para Olympics in a few days time....lucky chap. He also has a lot of government contracts.
Live and work in Central London, there are definitely more people around. The west end has been heaving because of the Beach Volleyball and Hyde Park stuff, maybe people just aren't buying rock memorabilia or going to we will rock you. That said, i walked past the hard rock the other day and there was a queue stretching about 100m, perhaps your man should head out leafleting the area...
Strange Eddie...the guy who owns The Flag Consultancy is on the same trading estate as myself and he's been telling us all that central London is very quiet....he's there every day putting up flags and bunting for the Olympics. He's earning a fortune and it all kicks in again for him with the Para Olympics in a few days time....lucky chap. He also has a lot of government contracts.
Agreed, very strange - clearly a matter of perception. I guess me, you, the flag guy and the rock memorabilia man will have to agree to disagree!
Look, let's get this straight. Central London is NOT "very quiet" or a "ghost town".
Whether it's busier than "normal" is a different issue, and I would suspect that it is for some but not for others. But isn't that the way it always is?
I mean, if it was so bloody quiet why is it that everyone in London seems to be on my tube at ridiculous o'clock?
Off it - agreed on the tube, though i get the sense that commuters are being far more tolerant than they would usually be. I hardly hear the requisite tutting of a morning, no matter how many Americans cram on!
Look, let's get this straight. Central London is NOT "very quiet" or a "ghost town".
Whether it's busier than "normal" is a different issue, and I would suspect that it is for some but not for others. But isn't that the way it always is?
I mean, if it was so bloody quiet why is it that everyone in London seems to be on my tube at ridiculous o'clock?
It's not an opinion though. It's a fact. I work in central London. There are lots of people here. As I look out the window there are people everywhere.
I work in Stratford and I can tell you it is heaving ;-)
Anyway, nothing is busy compared to working in one of the biggest department stores in London the Weekend before Christmas, so in that context yes London is quiet, but I wouldn't say it's any more quiet than normal, just more people using the tube to get around instead of walking. Overheard an American family deciding the tube from Bond Street to Oxford Circus, then another tube to Piccadilly Circus, in reality it only takes 15 minutes to walk it!
It depends if you end up asking some lone individual wandering around the club shop er, superstore at half time during a home game. They will tell you Charlton/Chelsea/insert stadium here is deserted. Even if you show them the gate receipts for that day. Ask one of the thousands of people a hundred feet away and they may give you a different answer!
Travelled on a bus down Oxford Street and Regent Street last Wednesday night. Looked pretty busy. Lots of Primark bags. Value for money seems the key factor for shops at the moment.
From a Deloittes report studying the effects of the first week of the games:
"Some 68% of companies in the hospitality, travel and leisure industries reported a boost, while retailers posted a 59% rise in demand. Existing customers provided a 27% boost to trade, compared with 77% for new customers."
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Which facts do you think have been made up then?
I would say busier than last summer - but that is just my opinion, I have not conducted any actual statistical analysis.
Off to Wembley on Saturday - really looking forward to it.
This may sound a bit daft but rather like the 'wrong snow on the line syndrome' we could also be having the 'wrong kind of punters in London' at the moment as far as the retail sector is concerned.
I'm being told that vendors can't wait for it all to be over so things can get back to normal....whatever normal is in these tough uncertain times!
As for the Olympics themselves, I'm loving every moment of it, despite it not having served up the increase in business I had been hoping for.
I think you have hit the nail on the head there Soundas.
I do sincerely hope the expected increase in tourism (seen in the past few Olympics) in the months after the games have finished, affects your business in a positive way
He's earning a fortune and it all kicks in again for him with the Para Olympics in a few days time....lucky chap. He also has a lot of government contracts.
Whether it's busier than "normal" is a different issue, and I would suspect that it is for some but not for others. But isn't that the way it always is?
I mean, if it was so bloody quiet why is it that everyone in London seems to be on my tube at ridiculous o'clock?
ok.ok.i bow down to your greater OPINION.
Anyway, nothing is busy compared to working in one of the biggest department stores in London the Weekend before Christmas, so in that context yes London is quiet, but I wouldn't say it's any more quiet than normal, just more people using the tube to get around instead of walking. Overheard an American family deciding the tube from Bond Street to Oxford Circus, then another tube to Piccadilly Circus, in reality it only takes 15 minutes to walk it!
"Oh No your not !!" ...... D'oh !
Coat please!!
Take the yellow brick road
shoper, superstore at half time during a home game. They will tell you Charlton/Chelsea/insert stadium here is deserted. Even if you show them the gate receipts for that day. Ask one of the thousands of people a hundred feet away and they may give you a different answer!I think that covers it!
;-)
If sales don't increase in the next few months, resurrect this thread in a year!
"Some 68% of companies in the hospitality, travel and leisure industries reported a boost, while retailers posted a 59% rise in demand. Existing customers provided a 27% boost to trade, compared with 77% for new customers."