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Friday, May 18, 2018
City's salon in final for national awards
News 3
f Pret A Manger can expand in city
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f The staff celebrate at the salon in North Street
BY KELLY WICKHAM kelly.wickham@sussexpost.co.uk A CHICHESTER salon is celebrating after reaching the finals of two major national awards. Q Hair and Beauty, Chichester’s multi award-winning salon in North Street, is through to the finals of the national Salon Business Awards 2018 and the HAIR Awards 2018. The Chichester salon is a finalist in both the best team and best customer service categories, while the Midhurst salon, which opened last year in West Street, has been shortlisted for the best local salon award for the Salon Business Awards and in the HAIR Awards they are
up for the regional salon south. Q managing director Dawn Lawrence Grant, pictured right, is thrilled to be in the final. She said: “We’re absolutely delighted to be recognised again in this way. "Competition for these awards is really fierce so it’s a tribute to the wonderful teams we have in both Chichester and Midhurst. "It is an honour for a local independent business like ours to be through to the finals in such important awards among leading salons from all over the country.” The Salon Business Awards winners will be announced on Monday, June 11, at the Rumpus Room, Mondrian, London. For more information visit: qhairandbeauty.co.uk
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"I think at last count, we had 82 cafés or places to have a coffee in Chichester, so there is no desperate need for them to expand. "And we have lost a good, useful, small retail unit here. "The policy is a good one and is so we get a good mix of uses in the city centre particularly and make sure we retain the retailing side of it. "What is the point in setting the limit and go over it? "The gage is 25 per cent and this is over 25 per cent and should be rejected." Cllr Jane Kilby agreed on the loss of another retail unit but did not object to the proposal. She said: "I, too, regret the loss of a retail unit in the city centre. I find it difficult to object on the policy when it is .02 per cent over. "However, I do think with the change in retail trends we have to be very careful what we keep in a very vibrant city with a mixture of uses in the city. "The coffee shop has reached the point where is enough is enough. I think, also, the council needs to look at our policies within the prime
shopping area and how we keep that vibrant city and uses within it. People do their shopping on the internet but come into town for a coffee." Cllr Tull said: "We are going to have to be realistic and accept that people are not shopping in towns in physical shops in the same way they used to. "It doesn't seem to have altered the footfall in the town. The town is full of people and I don't agree with Cllr Plowman. People do enjoy coming to Chichester. "We have some very high quality shops so I am not going to vote against this. This is a high-quality, national chain with a good reputation." Cllr Mark Dunn said: "There is no point in setting a limit if it will be fudged. If we have a limit, I think we should stick to it." because if this goes through, we will be hard pushed to fight off any others." Pret A Manger's food offering is such that no primary cooking operations take place on site. The food preparation kitchen (to be located on the ground floor) will be used for the preparation and heating up of food items. The food sold would be consumed on and off the site.