“Bring back the old market nexted to holy trinity that will get people going down there”

“And how is one-twelfth of £1 million going to help?”

“Will the HDM please tell us who is on the 'panel of experts'?”

“Its not about shifting retail units from one part of the city centre to Whitefriargate, its about attracting a new brand of shop etc.

Contrary to popular perception Hull City Centre even in these challenging times Hull
out-performs York in retail spend.

As for reducing rents, if it were that simple landlords would do just that - the fact of the matter is lowering their rents lowers their capital value and their ability to borrow from the banks - thus the reason they are left vacant.

The East bank of the River Hull has certainly stalled but we are in a recession you know and I think you'll find that has happened everywhere - Leeds for example has thousands of unsold apartments in high rise blocks in their abortion of so called city centre living off Wellington Street.”

“So if this is successful retail units will shift from other areas onto Whitefriargate. How does that solve anything, it just shifts the problem doesn't it?

It's a plain and simple fact that Hull does not have the commerce or industry to support the number of retail units in the city many of which opened up during the credit boom.

There isn't the money in Hull and people will never ever travel from far and wide to shop in Hull, not like they do to Leeds, Newcastle, York etc. I'm sorry to say that but they won't.”

“the good old days when u didnt have to pay to park your car,”

“Yes reduce the rent then small quality shops will brighten up the city centre , shops like Hullaballoon , serendipity , Pineapple , and more local shops would look even better in the city centre and would give them a lot more custom as well. Less hairdressers , loanshark shops and poundshops (poundland excepted) and more wonderful window displays.”

“Hull is a backwater, plain and simple, why would people want to come and spend a day here shopping? Go to Liverpool or Manchester and see how many people visit those cities from nearby towns in the North West, on a weekend the trains are full of visiting shoppers, train fares are alot more reasonable out there, however, getting to Hull on train from nearby towns in East Yorkshire costs an arm and a leg, Selby to Hull cost £14 last time I looked, Beverley to Hull was over £5, then there is the Humber Bridge toll which put people off (although the will be halved), so just getting into Hull from nearby towns in the East Yorkshire is enough to put people off.”

“The last time I walked down there, everybody looked homeless, on drugs, or both.
The only solution is to get rid of the entire population of Hull and import some nice people from Leeds or somewhere like that.”

“the main reason shops and businesses are struggling,is its nearly impossible to make a profit high rents,business rates,electric,gas,fuel,which also prevents people taking the plunge,to start up a new business.
having said that whitefriargate,is a unique beautiful street,i think the glass roof idea is a good one,it would attract high end shops and restaurants,hull city centre in general needs brightening up,still far to many east Yorkshire people prefer to shop else were,because hull city centre,is not a pleasant place to shop.
hull does not also attract enough out of town people,to visit hull,how many people get off the north sea ferries for example and spend a day in hull ?.
hull city council has to do much better,also of course it doesn't help that hull is losing jobs all the time,British aerospace and ideal standard and the caravan industry,just to name a few.
the boom development,that was proposed for the nearby east bank,which collapsed,like many other hull schemes,would have helped whitefriargate prosper.
by the way,how is the new river hull footbridge coming on,its took about 3 years to build ?.”