northernboy

I hope it’s a success. They must be confident that it will attract plenty of customers, given the size of the food hall. Definitely not somewhere I would go to eat, but I wish them well.

Demolition was considered as an option, but renovation was judged to have considerably less environmental impact - plus, a group decided to get the building listed, including the car park, making demolition significantly more difficult to get approved.

It will take a significant length of time to get this building ready, no matter what company takes on the task. I think the plan is for the lower floors to be ready some time in 2027. But at least something is being done, and progress is being made.

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I’m surprised that any WH Smith branches outside stations and airports make any money to be honest, not sure why they keep them open.

She’ll be sadly missed… shame she’s not going for about 18 months, but I expect their new-ish chief executive will be making most of the decisions in the meantime.

The Monki logo means they are destined to always be called MONKL, a bit like the old Gwhat Shop - remember them? I think they were behind Debenhams roughly where the Light cinema is?

Urban Splash then. Hope they make a success of it.

https://sheffnews.com/news/cole-brothers-urban-splash-named-as-preferred-bidders-with-plans-to-create-exciting-mixed-use-space/

This page hasn’t been updated since last September, but it does seem to show reliability getting worse each year

https://travelsouthyorkshire.com/en-gb/newsupdates/bus-punctuality#Sheffield

I bet someone still stood up and shut the window!

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The shelter at that location was demolished when a car crashed into it. I was hoping the pole was a temporary replacement until a new shelter could be installed, but it’s looking more like it will be permanent.

1 hour ago, Resident said:

£2 cap extended until 31st October. 

Fare cap will then rise to £2.50 until 30th Nov

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-extends-2-bus-fare-cap-and-protects-vital-services

All services that were barely used before they were cut.

That’s £2.50 until November 2024 by the way, not just for one month

5 hours ago, HeHasRisen said:

It's not going to be a little Waitrose. There is a Waitrose only a few miles away and I dont believe there is a single "little Waitrose" up north (happy to be corrected there). Plus that unit is well away from the other Woodseats shops.

There is one in Nottingham, but I really don’t think we’ll be getting one on Woodseats, partly due to the large Waitrose (one of their biggest stores in the country), and partly due to how badly they are doing financially. Plus, the “Little Waitrose” prices are even higher than the main stores!

I was thinking earlier about the plan to provide free Wi-Fi throughout the city centre. There’s still a website about this but it doesn’t seem to have been updated since 2019. I know they started to install the access points and there was a limited service in a very small area, does anyone know if it’s still going?

The original costs of this project (£300,000 later increased to £446,000) were met from central government funding via the "Get Britain Building" fund. Has it been stated whether the latest costs will also be met by central government or will the council have to make up the difference? (I know it all comes out of our taxes in one way or another, but local council funds seem to be particularly squeezed at the moment.)

Here's the latest version from The Star : https://www.thestar.co.uk/business/container-park-sheffield-dismantling-costs-shoot-up-to-ps95000-due-to-time-pressures-4030530?fbclid=IwAR0a9Diin3_cfLfWwRg_NmAYcUW3R5nk4LJwOYZ72CLRhsRDHfqprhbxlBw

The original operator and the council have "fallen out"!

I bet the "secure brownfield site" where the council plan to store them ends up being the old Norton Nurseries, which should technically be part of Graves Park but is used as a general dumping ground instead.

Can anyone confirm whether B road is open or closed? So far we’ve got one for for definitely open and one for definitely closed. I phoned the Hallamshire reception number and they didn’t know (?!) My mum’s got to go there on Friday, she’s getting on a bit and it would help her to know in advance.

That BBC report is very interesting. Paying for an electricity supply that they didn’t know had been removed? The cost of providing generators due to the lack of power. The upstairs bar and terrace will not open. Even more of a shambles than I thought!

Was it like those lorries that used to collect our home recycling, with two separate compartments within the lorry?

I know the original construction was paid for from central government funding, but does anybody know whether this funding includes the cost of relocation?

The Star are now suggesting that the containers could be dismantled in the new year. I wonder if it will actually open before it closes...

Report from the Star confirms that at least one tenant has pulled out, as mentioned above

https://www.thestar.co.uk/business/container-park-sheffield-desperate-plea-for-occupier-after-unit-comes-free-at-last-minute-3880920

The Star think it will open in just over a week from today.

There is an “event” on Facebook for 15th - 17th November, which looks fairly official, but as that is Tuesday to Thursday it seems a bit unlikely.

7 hours ago, Andy C said:

Evening services decimated!

Andy, do you have some knowledge of what will be in the “timetable to follow” entries? I’m not seeing much detail about evening services at the moment.