THIS WEEKEND saw the last day of trading for St Andrew’s Bookshop, Bury St Edmunds, closure announced in a brief notice on facebook earlier this month: “Just to let you know the shop (St Andrews Bury St Edmunds) will cease trading on Saturday 26th January 2013. Thank you all our customers for your support over the years.” This follows on from the closure of St Andrew’s Shirley branch in the run up to Christmas last year — also announced via facebook — and leaves the company, once fifteen branches strong, with only six stores plus an outlet at the Jesus Celebration Centre, Milton Keynes.
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“The short-sightedness of helping an industry cause its own collapse is staggering.”
I spotted this on the Times online, an ad in the header of last Saturday’s article about Christian bookshops, The call goes out to keep Jesus on the High Street: It’s an excerpt from an article about overfishing of bluefin tuna, which begins: Two weeks ago a single bluefin tuna sold in Japan for a … Continue reading
Debts of the former SPCK bookshop chain: Church Times letter
Matt Wardman writes:
We have a letter published in the Church Times this week about the former SPCK bookshop chain. Kudos to the CT for putting it outside the paywall, where everyone can see it.
A fuller version, with a few points about the J Mark Brewer attempt (known to us as the Great Texan Wild Goose Chase) to dodge debts by putting a sort-of conflation of various bits of his organisations into Bankruptcy in South Texas, declaring lots of debts but none of the assets, is in this week’s Bookseller – but they don’t always put letters online. Continue reading
(Updated) Former-SPCK/SSG Bookshops Interim Manager advertises for Creditor Claims
Matt Wardman writes: This advert appeared in this week’s Bookseller. Note that you only have about a fortnight to write in. ST STEPHEN THE GREAT CHARITABLE TRUST This charity has been in the press over recent years as a result of concerns expressed over its operations. In April 2009 the Charity Commission appointed Peter Gotham … Continue reading