Has Blighs been a success for Sevenoaks?
PKK: Yes I think that’s perfectly evident. Someone once made the comment in the early days when we were starting Bligh’s that the problem with Sevenoaks is it’s a large village that wanted to be a town and now it’s a town it’s not quite sure what to do with itself. Clearly I don’t think if you were to ask that question of anyone who understands town centres and retail and things there would be any dispute. If Bligh’s hadn’t happened then this high street of Sevenoaks would have collapsed. IR: That’s quite a claim. PKK: No, you only have to look back now at what London Road used to look like. There were plenty of empty units in London Road. Now you come into Sevenoaks – OK it’s a bit of an exception now because of the exceptional circumstances – but under normal circumstances, normal trading conditions, there are very few empty shops available in Sevenoaks and we’ve never had any real problem in re-letting any unit. It’s not a question of letting it, it’s a question of having the right
