This morning, Test Valley Borough Council Chief Executive Roger Tetstall, Leader Councillor Phil North and I had a long and, at times, heated meeting with representatives of Marks and Spencer at the UK House of Commons. We warned them that it would be a grave mistake for the company to leave Andover. Thank you to everyone who signed the petition organised by Councillors Iris Andersen and John Cockaday, which has already gathered nearly 3700 signatures. I have written again to Chairman Archie Norman asking him to reconsider and am arranging a meeting with the Director of Retail at M&S, Sacha Berendji, later this month to continue to press the case.
M&S Meeting Update
