About 60 Belper shops completed a short questionnaire recently about their hopes and concerns for retailing in the town. The Civic Forum felt this was necessary to gauge the opinions of an important section of the community, one which does a great deal to shape the character of the town.
About 140 town centre shops and high street businesses (from a total of around 200) were invited to fill in a single sided A4 survey between November 2007 and July 2008. These included businesses on Bridge Street, Chapel Street, King Street,sized retailers’ views about their intentions, problems and the wider prospects for the town, particularly in the light of the possibility of a large retailer coming to the Meadows’ Edge area in the shape of Tescos. The full survey can be read here. Retailer’s survey