Morning, guys.
Pontypool and Blackwood is open.
Risca will be back open tomorrow.
I've just come from a clearance.
They were selling this online and they've given it to us for free.
So yeah, they've given us this clearance for free because they know it's going to a good cause.
So I'm in Newport, I am.
On my way back now.
It looks like a nice day.
Beautiful stuff in this one.
Lovely sets and stuff.
Getting a little bit lost down Newport now.
Still looking for a big venue in Newport.
A little venue ain't going to do us in Newport because we've got a big following down here.
So if we were to come to Newport, we're going to need a big venue.
Something huge.
Big warehouse or something.
So I'm still looking for that.
There's a few buildings that's shut down here and I just think, well, we could be getting something for them, couldn't we?
Where's that?
Is that the court over there?
That might be the court.
So I think I might know where I am roughly.
I don't know.
I think... is the hospital on the left of me?
Somewhere?
I don't know.
I don't know.
I think that's where I am.
There's a castle bingo over there.
I didn't know there was a bingo.
But...
I'm on my way to Pointypool.
It's open.
The staff are in there.
So it is open.
But yes, you know, at Newport I am.
Forgotten about it.
I'm looking.
I am.
The rents are still too high.
You know, there's too many rents.
You know, they need to look at the rents and bring it down because they ain't going to get it.
You know, they might get it this year.
They might get it next year.
But after that, people are going to say, no, we can't afford it.
We got to go.
So, you know, you either want somebody long term or you want somebody short term and have a bit more for it, isn't it?
Continuity is best for everybody, isn't it?
But like I said, if you've got something three, four, five hundred...
That's a goer for us.
But easy.
Easy.
We can make that.
Because we've got to be able to make the rent, pay the bills...
And buy stuff for the food bank and the nappies and the formula and the rest of it.
That's what we've got to be able to do.
So if you're charging ridiculous rents and you won't get it, you know, two years from now...
Everybody's going to be like a ghost and I can tell you that.
Everybody will be shopping online.
But there will still be a market for second hand businesses like ours.
So you either want somebody who's got continuity and the customer base...
Because we have the customer base, you see.
You know, we've got families and mothers that shop with us.
That is the customer base.
That is your best customers at the moment.
I think I know where I am now.
That's next, isn't it?
Well, obviously it's next.
I've got a big sign on it.
There's the bull.
So where's the hospital?
Further back.
Is it beyond the left?
Am I in the right place?
I think I am.
I think I know.
Well, I'm on satnav, so I can't get too lost this morning.
Don't forget we're on 75% off.
Quite a few people took advantage of that in Blackwood Shop yesterday...
And went up and got things that they've been looking at that's been a little bit too expensive.
That is where we put out designer staff.
Yeah, this is... I think this is...
We even need to be here all over on the industrial park.
And we are in Newport now.
The town centre is not worth it.
We're just not going to get the footfall in Newport Town.
It's gone, isn't it?
So, where does this one me to go?
I don't know.
I think it's this way.
Well, we're this way now.
So yeah, and don't forget, a free £5 spend for the children.
Because we've got plenty of toys.
It's to celebrate my birthday.
Tomorrow is my birthday, they.
But it's to celebrate my birthday.
Do you hear that?
They're sleeping.
