Spillers, in the Hayes Market, is standing in the way of a £700 million property development that will bring a new department store complex to the Welsh capital.
The landlords have warned Spillers that they face a rent rise of 50 per cent. Lucrative high street chains such as Zara and Borders are expected to replace independent retailers.
Nick Todd, the co-owner of Spillers, said: “The rent rise was a bombshell. We cannot sell enough records to cover that.” The Welsh band Manic Street Preachers are fighting to save the store, and Owen John Thomas, the Plaid Cymru Shadow Culture Minister, has called on Welsh Assembly members to support a statement to save the shop.
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