Advance notice - we've seen the new website, and it's looking very good. Our designers are just putting the finishing touches to it, then we'll announce the address and this blog will continue there.
The response to the new Globe has exceeded all our hopes and expectations and the chief challenge we face now is keeping it looking good. There are a lot of shelves to dust, but fortunately Debbie is a fanatical cleaner and is only too happy to grab a duster and the glass cleaner. Unfortunately she also believes that bleach is one of mankind's greatest inventions and we have to remind her that not all surfaces respond well to chlorinated chemicals. Children, for example, tend to lose their shine if they're scrubbed with Domestos.
As we've said - watch this space.
Wednesday, 24 August 2011
Tuesday, 9 August 2011
A fortnight on...
Things are going very well. We've had a huge number of very positive comments about our rebuild and the way we've kept the character of the building.
There have been three criticisms that I'll try to deal with now.
1. It's the other side of the road. Yes, it is. Moving it wasn't an option so we rebuilt it where The Globe was.
2. There's no parking. Again, undoubtedly true. But there wasn't at our own shop. There are drop-off areas for most of the day in front of us and a half-hour parking area in Edward Street. City premises just don't come with car parking now.
3. You haven't got a big neon green cross. It's a listed building in a conservation area, so the scope for signage is very limited. We have a traditional signwriter painting signs for us but he has very limited access during the week so it's taking a bit of time.
Our new website is almost ready, so as soon as we have an address to announce I'll post it here.
As far as the flats are concerned, the builder thinks it will be about five weeks before we're ready to decorate, so they should be ready at the end of September or early October.
There have been three criticisms that I'll try to deal with now.
1. It's the other side of the road. Yes, it is. Moving it wasn't an option so we rebuilt it where The Globe was.
2. There's no parking. Again, undoubtedly true. But there wasn't at our own shop. There are drop-off areas for most of the day in front of us and a half-hour parking area in Edward Street. City premises just don't come with car parking now.
3. You haven't got a big neon green cross. It's a listed building in a conservation area, so the scope for signage is very limited. We have a traditional signwriter painting signs for us but he has very limited access during the week so it's taking a bit of time.
Our new website is almost ready, so as soon as we have an address to announce I'll post it here.
As far as the flats are concerned, the builder thinks it will be about five weeks before we're ready to decorate, so they should be ready at the end of September or early October.
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