[lg policy] UK: No M&S Foodhall sign amid Welsh language planning row

[Harold Schiffman]

No M&S Foodhall sign amid Welsh language planning row

   - 23 March 2017
   - From the section Mid Wales <http://www.bbc.com/news/wales/mid_wales>

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Image caption The store's Park Avenue entrance has no external Foodhall
sign

A new Marks and Spencer store has opened in Aberystwyth without its
foodhall sign after it refused to provide a Welsh language translation.

Ceredigion councillors said all signs at the new branch should be in Welsh
and English.

But the firm said "Foodhall" was a brand name and was not translated
anywhere.

M&S removed the planned sign from its original application to allow the
store to open but has now lodged a fresh one.

The firm's new application reiterates its claim that M&S Foodhall is a
brand name under the Marks and Spencer trademark.

It said there was no legal requirement for it to provide bilingual signs as
the law only applies to public sector bodies and private firms in the gas,
electricity, postal and railway industries.

It added it did not translate branded signs in its international stores in
countries such as Turkey, Ireland and India.

Aberystwyth Town Council has once again objected to the application, saying
it expected the Welsh language "to be at least as prominent as the English".

Chris Bentley, M&S Aberystwyth store manager, said: "All directional
signage in-store will be bilingual and colleagues that speak Welsh can be
identified via badges this is in line with our language policy created with
the Welsh Language Commissioner."

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-39367129


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