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The Link Magazine • July 2006 Free classifieds now available
Vision not borne out in reality
Mansfield Begbie MP says Swindon needs to put more behind mere words
M B In a House of Commons speech on 25 May, North Swindon MP
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]J ]J U Associates Ltd Michael Wills praised the vision on which the town is based but
criticised Swindon Council's lack of ambition for its future.
Mortgage Brokers
Speaking in the Whitsun Ad- Mr Wills also criticised the coun-
Providing mortgage services for the community since 1987 journment Debate, he first praised cil's visionary theme for Swindon:
the foresight of the post-war La- 'the UK's best business location'
bour town council, saying, "at a saying "any town is likely to want
BE A time when it was not a fashionable to be that, but we must look a little
more deeply to avoid a bland and
occupation for Labour councils, it
wooed businesses to meaningless phrase."
WINNER ^^ come to Swindon, and "There is nothing in
that has been the basis of the Local Area Agree-
our prosperity for many ment to suggest why
AFTER A decades." Swindon is going to be
However, Mr Wills the best business loca-
MORTGAGE warned that Swindon tion. I very much hope
needs to remain attrac-
that it will be, but we
tive to employers and have to work at that,
employees and that the not just assert it and
REVIEW town's prosperity should not be assume that it will be true."
taken for granted. "We must re- Mr Wills referred to a meeting
main attractive to the employers almost two years ago with the
You could be surprised by who are going to bring in the high- leader of the council and repre-
skilled, high-value-added jobs on sentatives from leading cultural
how much you could save which our future prosperity de- institutions to discuss ways to
transform Swindon. "After the
pends. That means not only that
we need the right skills base but meeting, I wrote a note summaris-
that the town must have an attrac- ing some of the ideas that were
We may be able to find you tive environment." proposed and sent it to the bor-
"The town council has a vision ough council. I asked how it would
a lower interest rate. You may have to pay
for the town centre, working with like to proceed and how I could
an early repayment charge to your the New Swindon Company, that help it, but to this day I have re-
existing lender if you remortgage. will undoubtedly result in a sig- ceived no reply and, needless to
nificant improvement on what we say, none of the ideas has been
have now. Any hon. member fa- pursued. A truly ambitious coun-
Whether you're planning to move to a miliar with Swindon town centre cil would have taken those ideas
new house or to remortgage your property, will know that that would not be and run with them."
with over 17 years experience hard to achieve. However, when In conclusion, he said that all the
the town council talks about build- decisions facing Swindon now "re-
providing mortgages in Swindon, ing a desperately needed new li- quire a bold and ambitious vision
Mansfield Begbie Associates aim to provide brary why does it not talk about if the town is to compete success-
building one of the best libraries in fully with other towns in the UK
an excellent and personal service. Britain or Europe?" and across the world. Time is run-
"We are also talking aboutbuild- ning out, as the important deci-
There may be a fee payable at completion ing a new concert hall in the town, sions are being taken as we speak."
for placing your mortgage. The precise amount but we are not talking about a con- The full speech can be found by
cert hall that would be capable of visiting www.partiament.uk and
will depend on your circumstances attracting world-class performers. searching Hansard for the Whitsun
but we estimate it will be £300. We should be." Adjournment Debate.
However, no completion no fee.
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