“Is Bluewater’s expansion killing Kent’s High Streets?”
Tim Radley, CEO VM-unleashed, interviewed on Radio Kent as part of its debate on retail in the county. Bluewater Shopping Centre has recently been given planning permission for a number of expansions including a leisure development around its lake complex and the arrival of a new Primark flagship. Already under pressure from the regional super-shopping centre local towns are bracing themselves for another blow to their high streets. But-