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The Link Magazine • November 2001 3
Walmart effect about to be unleashed

The November 2000 Link front page asked the question: Is Swindon about to be Walmartised? We WE COME TO YOU
will soon find out.
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This time last year, , Swindon Swindon, generating new jobs, and number of car journeys to Walmart. & delivery
Council's planning committee con- delivering the low prices that Asda However, for those who don't
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after a public exhibition. Thirteen await the arrival of Walmart with easier to go shopping this year. DOCTOR
months after permission to pro WE ALSO SELL
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speed opens on 26 November. Christmas Club now started.
The Asda Walmart Superstore . roc ri r rr i r Small deposit reserves
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selling food, household and elec-
trical goods, covers 150,000 square
feet, almost twice as big as Tesco
on Ocotal Way (82,000 sq.ft.), and
provides jobs for some 800 people.
A second phase, to open next some trepidation. One of Swin-
summer, will provide space for don's biggest retailers, which has
other major high street retail invested in major expansion, esti- Jan Marini advanced skin care,
names, a 20,000 square feet garden mates that it will lose at least eight firming, anti-ageing, scar 0 dybliss
centre, smaller shop units, banks, per cent of its turnover to the new reduction & resurfacing beau e? Aromatherapy
building societies, cafes and res- store. And The Link has been told it Collagen instant repair therapy,
taurants When finished the North could take up to five years for shops say goodbye to lines &wrinkles Swindon's Laser Centre
Swindon Centre will cover 360,000 in the town centre to regain sales
square feet of retail space, equal to lost to Walmart. 4 Scleropathy spider vein therapy
the size of Greenbridge Park. Jean Saunders of Swindon ° Radient Health stockist. Is this
A library, a health centre and a Friends of the Earth also wrote in the most amazing diet ever?
private fitness club are also being last November's Link that busi-
built at the centre which will be nesses in small towns like " Nail extensions & nail art.
reached by bus routes from the Faringdon, Lechlade, Cirencester Beautiful airbrushing on own
towncentre,andviathenewNorth- and Wootton Bassett are going to nails or Kizmet nail tips
ern Orbital Road - story page 9. be seriously affected by the loss of Creche, ample free parking, Up to 40% reduction
In November last year Asda Sen- trade open late evenings or u wanted hair
for Development Surveyor, Mark She also pointed out theenviron- 01793 825525 ner ea h n ser
Turner, wrote that the company mental harm from the increased Stratton Leisure Centre, Grange Drive tea men^f, for ong te rm
hair removal.
was delighted to be coming to
Car park chaos?
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BATTERY SHOP planning laws, it is unlikely that A small selection of our quality used motor vehicles
a development as large as the
Goldstar Services 00 W Vectra 1.8 Club, 5dr, a/c, alloys, e/w, c/I, CD £8,995
North Swindon district centre 99 V
46 Manchester Road could have been built. Ford Fiesta 1.25 16V Ghia, met black, a/c, s/r £5,995
Swindon In 1989 Swindon Council (then 99 S Proton 1.8 Coupe, met green, PAS, alloys £6,995
01793 421509 Thamesdown) objected to town 98 S Ford Ka 2, met blue, PAS, c/I, e/w £4,995
expansion in the north. However, 98 S Saxo VTR, 1.6, 3dr, FSH, e/w, c/I, r/c, silver £6.375
www.thebatteryshop.co.uk after a planning enquiry, the Gov- 98 S Fiesta 1.25 1 6V Zetec, LX 5dr, red, 1 owner, 12k, £5,375
ernment permitted the growth of 98 S Peugoet 106 Zest 3, 3dr, met blue. PAS, e/w, c/I £5,495
Every battery the town by another 10,000 homes, 98 R Vectra 1.8 GLSi, a/c, c/I, PAS, met blue, 34k FSH £6.495
you'll ever,(o, including the North Swindon Dis- 97 R Rover Ascot SE, 5dr, c/I, r/c, met blue, £2,995
trictCentre,withoutanysurveyof
£2,695
97 P Citroen AX Spree, 3dr, 5spd, s/r, met green
the environmental impact. 97 P Toyota Corolla 1.6, CD, 5dr, a/c, c/I, met blue £5,495
need Present planning standards 97 P Suzuki Baleno 1.6GS Auto, PAS, red, 26k, FSH £3,995
Car batteries from £22.99 would restrict the district centre 96 P Ford Escort 1.3 Encore, 5dr, blue £2,995
to a large supermarket, not some-
Cordless phone batteries from £7.99 96 P Peugoet 106 XND 1.5, red, 3dr, FSH £3,995
thing the size of Greenbridge. But
Golf trolley batteries from £43.99 reversing a past planning decision 96 P Rover Metro 114 SLi, 5dr, silver, c/I, s/r, r/c, FSH £2.995
Camcorder batteries from £26.99 would have been very expensive. 96 N Mercedes C180 Classic, 4dr, silver £8,995
Interestingly, new car parking 95 N Mondeo 1.8 LX, 5dr, PAS, e/w, c/I, s/r, met green £2,995
Also batteries for: torches, pagers,
planning guidelines have beenim- 95 N Rover 416 Si, 5dr, blue, e/w, c/I, PAS £3,995
remote controls, computers, key fobs,
posed and the Asda Walmart will 95 N Citroen AX Debut, 1.0 3dr, m/green, 1 owner, FSH £1,995
alarms, toys, electric toy cars,
have 1,900 car parking spaces - 95 M Corsa 1.4 16V GLSi, 5dr, blue, c/I, e/w, 46k, FSH £3,995
remote control model racing,
twenty per cent fewer than when 95 M Mondeo 1 .8 LX Auto, 5dr, blue, e/w, c/I, PAS £2,995
cameras SLR/compact/digital the centre was originally planned. 93 K Volvo 940 2.0 Turbo Wentworth Est, 5 dr, red £4,995
Battery refurbishment service for: Last December we predicted that 92 J BMW 525 Tourer Est SE, manual, met blue, 5dr, a/c £4,995
cordless tools, laptops, camcorders, etc. access roads are going to be
clogged at busy times, and car 103 Chippenham Road, Lyneham, Wiltshire
NEW: NI-MH AA1800MAH parking may prove inadequate.
re-chargeable batteries Asda Walmart have had to agree Tel: 01249 891400
for digital cameras with Swindon Council to imple- Mobile: 07711 861978 Mobile: 07813 343436
ment a 'green travel plan' so that
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