However, he said that since Rudy’s opened and erected the shutters there has been a noticeable decline in custom.
"Now they can’t see me and my business has gone down. They [Rudy’s] were closed on Monday and you couldn’t see the shop at all.”“I came back and I called the landlord and said ‘what’s going on?'," he said. Mr Tsiknakis said that his landlord put a complaint into the council and received a letter from the planning department which confirmed that planning permission was not granted for the changes.
"The property is set within a Conservation area with certain controls and the roller shutters are considered to be out of character with the area.”