and the engineering.” He also notes that just before Christmas Chorley was named among Britain’s happiest places to live and he says: “The vision for us as a council is that Chorley’s a great place to live and to work.”
Lewis Heyes is sales manager for specialist storage solution company Brysdales, which has been based in Chorley since it was founded in the early 1970s.
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Council leader Alistair Bradley says it is all about Chorley not standing still or resting on its laurels. He says: “You’ve always got to be looking at what you haven’t got and what needs doing.
“Chorley’s a market town, that’s what it’s known for. The question is, how do you keep that moving into the 21st century?”
He says that like most towns, changes in shopping habits have had an impact, despite the mix of boutique and family shops that he describes as “the backbone of Chorley”.
The response is to invest in regeneration that includes town centre living – giving those shops customers on their doorstep and saving green field sites from development.
He says: “You’ll have seen in the papers our battle with the government about more and more houses across Chorley on more and more green field. The more we can regenerate
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the town centre, for me it makes for green, convenient living.”
Alistair, who lives in the centre himself, adds: “You’ve got everything on your doorstep. Town centre living is critical for the future.”
However, he is quick to stress that investment
He applauds the efforts to develop town living and says: “Things are changing, the big retailers are now unlikely to be seen in small towns.
“So, town centres like Chorley do need to change and a lot of that should be around residential. Improving the residential offer will only benefit business in Chorley.”
Laura Leyland, managing director of Fresh Perspective, which provides recruitment, HR and recruitment training support, says the work
Town centres like Chorley do need to change
and a lot of that should be around residential. Improving the residential offer will benefit business in Chorley
in the future includes using government funding to improve life in the borough’s rural villages. Chorley has received nearly £500,000 for rural regeneration.
Alistair adds: “Agriculture and food production is massively important in our area but it’s sometimes forgotten alongside the shiny sheds
already delivered in Chorley has sparked its “comeback” as a market town.
She points to its mix of shops, bars and restaurants and says: “You don’t have to go to Preston or Manchester to actually go out for a nice meal with your family and friends and some drinks.”
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Richard Slater, Lancashire Business View (Chair) Stephen Alty, Festive Lights Councillor Alistair Bradley, Chorley Council Lewis Heyes, Brysdales Laura Leyland, Fresh Perspective Sharon Myers, Park Hall Hotel Carl Spencer, Thule Media Rob Woolley, FI Real Estate
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