“所有银行都关门了”的“废弃”小镇的愤怒居民表示，他们的意见没有被听取——甚至连邮局现在都在关闭

由于客流量不足，东萨塞克斯郡的滨海贝克斯希尔 (Bexhill-on-Sea) 的商业活动遭受重创，许多业主都在乞求“复兴”。

Angry residents of an "abandoned" town where "all the banks are closed" say they aren't being listened to - and even the Post Office is now going.

一个“废弃”城镇的愤怒居民说，“所有银行都关门了”，他们的声音没有被倾听——甚至邮局现在也被关闭了。

Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex is struggling with businesses taking a huge hit in the seaside town due to the lack of footfall and many owners are begging for "regeneration".

由于客流量不足，东萨塞克斯郡的滨海贝克斯希尔 (Bexhill-on-Sea) 的商业活动遭受重创，许多业主都在乞求“复兴”。

Despite having three councils to collaborate on improving the area, residents say "they're not listening to the town" with "local businesses having nowhere to bank".

尽管有三个议会合作改善该地区，但居民表示“他们没有听取镇上的意见”，“当地企业无处可存”。

"If you speak to a lot of shop owners you'll now see a lot of empty shops around. There's more and more shops closing, all the banks have now closed - we've just found out today that our post office is going to be closed. Local businesses have nowhere to bank," said Luke Oliver, owner of Sweets On Sea.

“如果你和很多店主交谈，你现在会看到周围有很多空荡荡的商店。越来越多的商店关门了，所有银行都关门了——我们今天刚刚发现我们的邮局将要关闭当地企业无处可存，”Sweets On Sea 的老板卢克·奥利弗 (Luke Oliver) 说。

Lloyds Bank, HSBC and NatWest are among the companies who have closed their doors for good over the past years, leaving the entrepreneurs of Bexhill unable to access local banks.

劳埃德银行 (Lloyds Bank)、汇丰银行 (HSBC) 和国民西敏寺银行 (NatWest) 等公司在过去几年中永久关门，导致贝克斯希尔的企业家无法接触当地银行。

"It's getting worse because of the local councils - too many councils in the town. We've got East Sussex County Council, Rother District Council and now Bexhill Town Council and they're all fighting each other," Mr Oliver, 48, told the Express. "They're not listening to the town, it needs regeneration. There's been a decline in customers."

48 岁的奥利弗先生告诉记者：“由于地方议会的原因，情况变得更糟——镇上的议会太多了。我们有东萨塞克斯郡议会、罗瑟区议会，现在还有贝克斯希尔镇议会，他们都在互相争斗。”快报。 “他们没有听取小镇的意见，小镇需要复兴。顾客数量有所下降。”

Bexhill has a population of just over 40,000 residents with 34% being over 65 years old. Many locals depend on high street shops for their supplies who are unable to access large stores outside of town.

贝克斯希尔 (Bexhill) 人口略多于 40,000 名居民，其中 34% 年龄超过 65 岁。许多当地人依赖大街商店购买物资，他们无法前往城外的大型商店。

On Wednesday the Post Office announced 115 branch closures with Bexhill being on the list. One resident, Andrew Cotty, claims he will be "out there day and night with a petition, like I did for the public toilets" if it does close. "There have been lots of changes but not good ones, not for the businesses," he added.

周三，邮局宣布关闭 115 个分支机构，贝克斯希尔 (Bexhill) 也在其中。一位名叫安德鲁·科蒂(Andrew Cotty)的居民声称，如果厕所关闭，他将“日夜在那里请愿，就像我为公共厕所所做的那样”。 “发生了很多变化，但不是好的变化，对企业来说不是，”他补充道。

Local Conservative MP Dr Kieran Mullan has launched a petition in protest to this: "The loss of four major banks from our high streets has had a big impact on the town and residents were told that their day to day banking needs could be met by the Post Office. It is therefore vital that we do not lose this service or the highly experienced Post Office staff who understand and serve the community so well."

当地保守党议员基兰·穆兰 (Kieran Mullan) 博士对此发起了请愿书抗议：“我们大街上四家主要银行的消失对该镇产生了巨大影响，居民们被告知，他们的日常银行业务需求可以通过银行来满足。因此，至关重要的是，我们不要失去这项服务，也不要失去那些非常了解社区并为社区服务的经验丰富的邮局工作人员。”

The 'Save Bexhill Post Office' is available to people to sign until December 31, 2024. Being just a 30 minute drive to Eastbourne and a 20 minute drive to Hastings, two larger Sussex towns, local businesses are finding it harder to compete to bring external visitors to their shops.

“拯救贝克斯希尔邮局”可供人们签名，直至 2024 年 12 月 31 日。距离伊斯特本仅 30 分钟车程，距离黑斯廷斯（苏塞克斯的两个较大城镇）仅 20 分钟车程，当地企业发现很难竞争外部访客到他们的商店。

Local butcher Sean Piper says: "There's a lot of retired people that live here so it's very quiet. People tend to go to Eastbourne or Hastings." Piper, 57, explains how this Summer has been "slightly" quieter. "You do walk around the streets and see quite a lot of empty shops at the moment," he adds.

当地屠夫肖恩·派珀说：“这里住着很多退休人员，所以非常安静。人们倾向于去伊斯特本或黑斯廷斯。” 57 岁的派珀 (Piper) 解释了今年夏天如何“稍微”安静了一些。 “你在街上走一走，确实会看到很多空荡荡的商店，”他补充道。