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While the local politicians were pleased with the business centre, some others were unhappy and claimed that it had shrunk the size of the car boot sale, reducing footfall. Former dancer and local Janine Sterling, 65, was browsing the stalls outside the Sunspot business centre. She said the village needed "a lot more" visitors. "This used to be a huge boot sale site and it was very, very busy, three times a week," she said. "People used to get here at six o'clock in the morning and they'd still be busy at 10 or 11. "I preferred it [to] having the Sunspot, because nothing seems to happen here now. It cost five point something million and no-one does any business. "In the summer months it's not so bad." Colin, 62, comes from Maldon to sell his wares at the boot sale every Thursday. "It's not like the old days here when we had a decent boot sale," he said. "Every Tuesday and Thursday when we had them, it was packed with sellers [and] buyers, and then on the Sunday it was half packed, but nowadays it's nothing."
