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Kenilworth Town Centre Businesses open, trading and happy (to see you) Kenilworth Town Centre businesses and business organisations are urging residents not to desert the town centre because of a misplaced view that the town centre is inaccessible. Town Centre Manager, Joe Baconnet, is concerned that residents and visitors may not have realised that the town centre is open and actually very easy to get around. “Clearly works of this magnitude have an impact, but the Severn Trent works start at Waverley Road and will head towards the Jet Garage at St Johns, so there is very little impact on the town centre itself.” He continued “Severn Trent should be clear of the junction with Waverley Road by the end of this week (2nd May) and that will make things a lot, lot easier.” To highlight the fact that the town centre is unaffected by Severn Trent, some businesses are planning special promotions to encourage customers to continue shopping, eating and drinking in the town centre. Bill Campbell, Manager of Sainsbury’s is bullish about the prospects for the next few weeks “I’m surprised how easy it is to get around town at the moment. The expected traffic chaos hasn’t happened at all and I’m pleased that we should be getting additional reassurance signage for the town centre saying we are all open for business. It’s good that Severn Trent have also implemented a signage scheme that clearly directs visitors around the works to the town’s car parks.” Cllr Andrew Mobbs, chair of the Count on Kenilworth group Is also urging residents and visitors to make the effort “we’ve produced a great map to help people find their way around and I know the town centre has a whole host of businesses happy and waiting to see you.” Sue Powell of Kenilworth chamber of Trade is concerned that the right messages are being given to everyone “Kenilworth town centre and the businesses there are open and it’s key that everyone understands that” For further information: please contact Joe Baconnet, tel; 01926 456011 / 07887 684059