Manchester Arndale a shopping centre, it never recovered. Stocks argues that these factors lay behind the Greater Manchester County Council's (GMC) strategic view that the county had too much retail capacity. From 1977 onwards the GMC consistently opposed further development, and would not support any before 1986. Trade increased in the early 1980s, though GMC policy against development and for retaining the relative importance of the retail centres remained. By the mid-1980s, the trend in retailing had moved from city-centres to out-of-town. The opening of Meadowhall Centre in 1990 added to the retail impact in the Sheffield city centre. The GMC was
Newport Retail Park consist of McDonald's, Frankie & Benny's, Harvester and Pizza Hut with a Tiffins opening in 2016. The Megabowl bowling alley was previously empty but the leisure park has now been bought by new owners who are refurbishing and reopening the Megabowl to provide three new operators. The site laid empty from 2005 until 2016 when the building became three new retail units. Newport Retail Park Newport Retail and Leisure Park (known locally as Spytty Retail Park) is an out-of-town shopping centre in the city of Newport. The centre opened in January 1996, South East Wales. It is located in the