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Central Napier enjoying business boom

Napier's inner-city businesses are growing strongly, a new survey shows.

Monday, December 22nd 2003

The findings were the most positive since the surveys were begun in 2001, Napier Inner City Marketing spokeswoman Robyn Simon said.

"The results clearly show that the inner-city business economy continues to go from strength to strength," she said.

"They also demonstrate a significant level of overall business optimism for the year to come, compared to the same time last year."

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