Save Southside's local shops (part 2)

The Wandsworth Guardian has picked up on the campaign to save the local family shops that are being booted out of Wandsworth's Southside (Arndale) Shopping Centre in the New Year because for some reason they don't fit the management's idea of proper local shops.

I'm not happy about this: while no doubt the shopping centre can make a lot more money cramming in the big brandname stores, the damage this trend does to local businesses and community links is significant.

Apparently, the council - the major influence within the Southside management - is claiming it can help the evicted businesses "find new premises". I'd like to know where, locally? Southside has already been largely responsible for eradicating small shops in Wandsworth High Street, and you need to trek quite a long way down Garratt Lane before you get to the Earlsfield local shopping area. While there are plenty of available premises in places like Roehampton High Street - where they'd be very welcome, this is hardly keeping shops local to Wandsworth town.

If you agree with me, please sign my online petition to save Southside's local shops.

And here's the Wandsworth Guardian story.