Friday, February 25, 2005

Thank you the Richmond and Twickenham Times!

for pointing out yet another Tesco bully-boy tactic. From page 5 of today's paper:

"Beleaguered Tesco stores in the borough have yet another complaint to deal with as residents declare that a cash machine has been set up at the St Margarets site without planning permission.

Residents in the area said that the previous postmaster asked Richmond upon Thames Council whether he could have an ATM, and they said no.

Now Tesco have erected its machine without applying for permission and this claim has been substantiated by the council.

A spokesman for Tesco admitted the ATM had been put in place without planning permission... 'It is not something we make a habit of'..."

If we had done it?...

See the application at
http://tinyurl.com/4vf2f

Why not lodge an objection? Let's have an ATM, but in a sensible place, for the benefit of a local shop, not a multi-national - The community Post Office has said they would be wiling to apply again, with our support.

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