which neatly exemplifies what has happened to our traditional town centres in the last thirty years. In the face of this trend, which owes a lot to the World Wide Web, the means by which you are reading this, as well as a reduction in disposable income of the shopping public, it seems perverse to create a new shopping complex in the centre of Neath "which will involve up to eight medium to larger retail units". Now I am no longer in the loop and perhaps Neath Port Talbot council or its agents have already pencilled in tenants for the development, but in view of the retrenchment at House of Fraser and Homebase one has to be sceptical. Perhaps Marks & Spencer will be the "anchor tenant" - but then what happens to the existing M&S store on Green Street? M&S itself has been slimming down, so may not wish to commit to a new store in Neath.
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