No the issue isn't the idea the business model, i don't think it's even the pricing. It's not just F2P arcades that don't survive. Great independent restaurants do well for 3 years then they all close up even when they are thriving. Small interesting interesting coffee shops don't survive. Small interesting snack food don't survive. Stationary and arts stores don't survive. In the UK, and this IS A UK problem (EU has far more variety.) the costs between business rates AND RENTS is too high. In the UK it's all about property value, and large portfolios have massively over invested. There is a bubble that noone wants to burst, which means it needs to keep inflating. But offices and high street are just not worth that much. Near me even the busiest medium size minimarket chain closed up because of rents apparently. The quality of life in UK is frankly dismall because of lack of variety. If your not into chain Italian, Nero Coffee, or Greggs, Indian curry your plumb out of luck. You won't find 'artisan' anything. Patisseries, Donuts, Creperies, small Lebanese, real bakeries (greggs doesnt bake sht) hobby/enthusiast shops like Table top gaming shops, comics, arcades, even gaming cafes. Even fish and chips now fails unless it's part of a huge chain selling mushy over frozen fish. Think about it? What is there near you that is 'unusual' or 'niche'? Nothing. I can bet on it. That is only normal in the UK.
These things can't survive if they aren't MASSIVE volume chains with the power to negotiate half decent rents, and they struggle too. There is nothing in the UK. If you go to America it's totally different. Japan totally different. France, italy Greece, totally different. They all have Amazon too. Costs are too high here. There needs to be s commercial property crash, which needs to then stick. There need to be tax adjustments for small businesses, paid for by large businesses. UK basic standard if living in 'variety' is dismal. If you rave about greggs and nandos, shame on you frankly. It's garbage and you don't even know it because that's all there is. You've probably never tasted a real cornish pastie. You like sausage rolls instead because the Cornish pasties you 'can' get are just awful.
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No the issue isn't the idea the business model, i don't think it's even the pricing. It's not just F2P arcades that don't survive. Great independent restaurants do well for 3 years then they all close up even when they are thriving. Small interesting interesting coffee shops don't survive. Small interesting snack food don't survive. Stationary and arts stores don't survive. In the UK, and this IS A UK problem (EU has far more variety.) the costs between business rates AND RENTS is too high. In the UK it's all about property value, and large portfolios have massively over invested. There is a bubble that noone wants to burst, which means it needs to keep inflating. But offices and high street are just not worth that much. Near me even the busiest medium size minimarket chain closed up because of rents apparently. The quality of life in UK is frankly dismall because of lack of variety. If your not into chain Italian, Nero Coffee, or Greggs, Indian curry your plumb out of luck. You won't find 'artisan' anything. Patisseries, Donuts, Creperies, small Lebanese, real bakeries (greggs doesnt bake sht) hobby/enthusiast shops like Table top gaming shops, comics, arcades, even gaming cafes. Even fish and chips now fails unless it's part of a huge chain selling mushy over frozen fish. Think about it? What is there near you that is 'unusual' or 'niche'? Nothing. I can bet on it. That is only normal in the UK.
These things can't survive if they aren't MASSIVE volume chains with the power to negotiate half decent rents, and they struggle too. There is nothing in the UK. If you go to America it's totally different. Japan totally different. France, italy Greece, totally different. They all have Amazon too. Costs are too high here. There needs to be s commercial property crash, which needs to then stick. There need to be tax adjustments for small businesses, paid for by large businesses. UK basic standard if living in 'variety' is dismal. If you rave about greggs and nandos, shame on you frankly. It's garbage and you don't even know it because that's all there is. You've probably never tasted a real cornish pastie. You like sausage rolls instead because the Cornish pasties you 'can' get are just awful.