{"id":25518,"date":"2018-02-16T16:33:22","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T16:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=25518"},"modified":"2018-02-16T16:33:22","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T16:33:22","slug":"arcade-hit-store-shuts-front-door-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/16\/arcade-hit-store-shuts-front-door-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"Arcade hit as store shuts front door to beat shoplifters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SMALL business owners in Cardiff claim they are struggling to stay afloat after a Nisa store closed its front doors two months ago.<br \/>\nCardiff council and councillors from Pentwyn and Llanedeyrn asked the store manager at the Maelfa arcade to re-open the front entrance in January, instead of restricting customer access to the back but nothing has changed.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25585\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25585\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25585\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4954-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4954-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4954-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4954-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4954-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4954-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4954-500x375.jpg 500w, 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https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4954-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4954-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4954-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4954-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4954-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> Nisa&#8217;s back entrance, Maelfa<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nNisa&#8217;s store manager Mr Khan, was unavailable to comment to\u00a0<em>The Cardiffian<\/em>.<br \/>\nA worker at the Maelfa Nisa store, who wishes to remain anonymous, said the entrance was shut because of repeated shoplifting, and a leak behind it which poses a safety risk.<br \/>\nSince Nisa&#8217;s front doors shut, the Llanedeyrn business owners in the Maelfa shopping arcade say they have lost business.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25602\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25602\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25602\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4937-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4937-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4937-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4937-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4937-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4937-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4937-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4937-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4937-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25602\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4937-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4937-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4937-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4937-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4937-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4937-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4937-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4937-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4937-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> Nisa&#8217;s closed front entrance to the Maelfa shopping arcade<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nLou Bee, of Coed Y Gores, has worked at Churches Together community shop for three years and says the shop has less than half the profits they were making before.<br \/>\n&#8220;We have not made the rent the last three weeks and we have made it for the last 25 years. It is hard to stay afloat,&#8221; she said.<br \/>\nHowever, Ms Bee also said potholes and limited parking have contributed to poor business over the past year, as a result of construction work from Cardiff Council&#8217;s Maelfa Regeneration Build.<br \/>\nMs Bee, 30, explained that these road difficulties and the lack of lighting inside the arcade have driven customers elsewhere.<br \/>\nShe said: &#8220;It is a forgotten land up these ends. It is so bad, it is so dark up here they are too scared to come up the arcade anymore. Half of our people have been going elsewhere because they can\u2019t park.<br \/>\n&#8220;We are even bringing people in with free tokens for tea to get them back in here,\u201d she added.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25584\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25584\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25584\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4948-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4948-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4948-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4948-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4948-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4948-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4948-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4948-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4948-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25584\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4948-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4948-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4948-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4948-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4948-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4948-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4948-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4948-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4948-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> Maelfa&#8217;s Churches Together Community Shop staff. From left: Jaqueline lane, Jade Davenport, Lou Bee, Kevin Austin<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nJaqueline Lane, 56, of Pennsylvania,\u00a0manager of the Churches Together community shop,\u00a0said: \u201cWe are planning on opening up the back entrance and getting new signs made to try and get customers in the back way.\u201d<br \/>\nTrixie Hughes, is the practice manager of R.N. Roberts Opticians, which has been in Maelfa for over 30 years.<br \/>\nMs Hughes, 62, of Greenway Road, said: &#8220;We are all struggling to keep going, it is the same for everyone here.\u00a0We have lost about a third of our patients.<br \/>\n&#8220;It has not helped that Nisa have closed their doors and just have the back entrance now. We have lost trade as a result of Nisa shutting their front door, as we&#8217;ve lost passing trade from people going in and out of Nisa.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Mr Khan the manager is never available to discuss this,&#8221; she added.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25588\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25588\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4952-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4952-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4952-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4952-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4952-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4952-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4952-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4952-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4952-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25588\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4952-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4952-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4952-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4952-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4952-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4952-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4952-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4952-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_4952-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> Inside the Maelfa Shopping Arcade<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nCoun Joseph Carter, Welsh Liberal Democrat Councillor for Pentwyn and Llanedeyrn said:\u00a0&#8220;Mr Khan should never have closed the entrance and despite calls by us and council officials he has failed to re-open it. We urge him to think of other businesses and the damage he is doing to our community and reverse this decision.<br \/>\n&#8220;Our local businesses are in a difficult situation and the closure of the entrance from Nisa to the Maelfa has been devastating. Customers have stopped walking around the outside to reach the shops with many convinced the shops are closed.&#8221;<br \/>\nCardiff Council was unable to provide a comment at the time of publication.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More information about Cardiff Council&#8217;s plans for the Maelfa shopping arcade can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiffneighbourhoodregeneration.co.uk\/index.php?section=schemes&amp;option=Maelfa_Regeneration_Project\">here.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMALL business owners in Cardiff claim they are struggling to stay afloat after a Nisa store closed its front doors two months ago. Cardiff council and councillors from Pentwyn and Llanedeyrn asked the store manager at the Maelfa arcade to re-open the front entrance in January, instead of restricting customer access to the back but nothing has changed. Nisa&#8217;s store manager Mr Khan, was unavailable to comment to\u00a0The Cardiffian. A worker at the Maelfa Nisa store, who wishes to remain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":25588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,113],"tags":[816,1291,52,20,5632,5633,5634,21,1101,138,1350],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-25518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-pentwyn","category-uncategorised","tag-business-owners","tag-cardiff-2","tag-cardiff-council","tag-llanedeyrn","tag-maelfa","tag-maelfa-regeneration","tag-nisa","tag-pentwyn","tag-potholes","tag-shops","tag-small-business-owners"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Arcade hit as store shuts front door to beat shoplifters - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/16\/arcade-hit-store-shuts-front-door-customers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arcade hit as store shuts front door to beat shoplifters - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SMALL business owners in Cardiff claim they are struggling to stay afloat after a Nisa store closed its front doors two months ago. 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