Re: Paul Robinson

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Brean is packed to the rafters with contractors working on Hinkley Point C . EDF alone has booked 1,000 chalets for 5 years at Pontins Brean Sands. Every local Caravan Park is packed too


this is actually quite bad for local businesses as most these people go to work (plus many are working shifts) ... come back ... have a beer on site and go to bed .... and don't spend anything locally.

I find it hard to believe that 1,000 or so building contractors never leave the camp, instead they go to bed early every night, and the whole idea of holiday camps like Butlins or Pontins is you never have to leave the camp. I am sure local businesses have as much scope to make money now as they did when Pontins catered for Holidaymakers, with the added bonus that the contractors will be there 52 weeks of the year.