The Miu Beautique had their grand opening on 8th June with special offers. They are the latest nail salon in Abingdon, and are located in the the premises previously run by the Ha Noi Cafe.

I did wonder why there so many nail salons set up in Abingdon. According to an old Financial Times article‘The confluence of low start-up costs and the popularity of nail fashions has led a diverse group of entrepreneurs to venture into nail salons.’

‘Nail bars expand by continuously innovating to attract repeat customers: “In nails you can be more outrageous than with cosmetics on your face.”

In Bath Street, Abingdon, two new businesses have opened during May 2018.

H & H Nail Salon have opened where Marie’s used to be. There are already a few nail salons in Abingdon so nail salons must be in great demand.

Hani’s Romanian Restaurant & Shisha Bar also opened in May 2018. This is the first Romanian Restaurant to open in Abingdon.

There has been no Fish and Chips in Abingdon town centre since the Lemon Place and then Smarts closed.

Fish and Chips is a great British Institution, that has taken a battering over the last 40 years with the arrival of pizza, burgers, and kebabs. There will be Abingdon Fish & Chips, where the Chinese Kitchen closed last year. The new blue sign went up last week along with the pictures of Cod and Plaice and Scampi.

Visiting the Fairacres Retail Park at the weekend I see that shop fitting is underway in what was Beales. There is an application for Hammonds, a fitted furniture retailer, to put up their signs. I am not sure if Hammonds will take both units. I did hear at the barber on Saturday that part of it will be a carpet shop but have not seen anything definite.

The Phase 2 development of Fairacres has planning permission and will be started in 2019 where Homebase and AHF Furniture now are. Permission was given for one of the new units to sell food. The name M&S Food was cited in the planning application but we now know that looks more likely to be Aldi.

Carpetright have just made an announcement that they are restructuring and that will mean store closures. Not sure if that will affect Abingdon…