The owner of Sally’s Vintage Chic, which is located on Summerland Place in Minehead, has expressed her frustration over new guidelines on A-boards.
Proprietor, Sally Mclean, had been using an advertising board to attract customers to her small high-street shop until she was instructed to remove it.
Ms Mclean said: “I received a letter a few weeks ago from the Highways Agency, telling me that I needed to remove my advert board by early November. I completely understand the health and safety aspects, and I don’t want to cause an accident, but they should have gone a better way about it.”
The shop owner added that measures implemented by West Somerset Council to improve signage for local stores, have had little impact on her business.
“They might benefit other businesses, but not mine,” she insisted. “The signage isn’t appropriate, there’s too much information… the worst thing is [that a no-entry sign] blocks the view of my shop.”
A spokesperson for West Somerset Council claimed shop owners are only asked to remove A-boards if initial requests to relocate them to a “more reasonable position” are ignored.
Here at The Sussex Sign Company, we implore shop owners who have been disadvantaged by the new guidelines on A-boards to consider alternative forms of signage.