madger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Really sad that a local business is having to > close, the Cookshop on Lordship Lane, because of a > huge rent rise applied by their landlord, Parkhill > Properties. It seems really important to keep > genuinely local businesses on Lordship Lane, not > least because the high street is still quite > unique in London in retaining so many independent > shops. I often go to Peckham if I need something > from one of the chains and I like the variety of > shopping the whole area provides, using the local > shops on Lordship Lane for convenience, choice and > the pleasure of chatting with the fantastic > dedicated shop owners and staff. I think they give > such a fantastic backbone to the area, and are one > of the things I love most about this area since > moving here in 1999. I can't imagine any local > businesses being able to afford the astronimical > rent rises being imposed by this company. Does > anyone have any ideas about what can be done to > protect them? What will the rent be?