Wednesday 1 September 2021

Why don't shopping centres in the UK give free parking?

That would be nice wouldn’t it? Not having to pay a fee every time you visit. But when you own a bit of land, there’s money to be made. You might be gracious and occasionally let people park for free when you’re encouraging them to visit, but sometimes charging the shops inside for rent doesn’t always cover the cost of powering those lights, lifts, fountains, and paying fat guys to walk around in suits all day long. Sometimes it’s nice to be able to spend a bit of money to organise events to encourage more people to visit the centre. But sometimes you want to keep your centre as safe as possible so you want to encourage them to leave or not take advantage of other nearby facilities whilst depriving you of any income and occupancy space. Of course, there are other ways of visiting. If you haven’t got a lot of shopping to do you could take the bus, or better yet go even greener and walk. Or you could even try somewhere else. 

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