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October 7, 2006
Good counties
The good news is that in these counties during 2005/6 book lending increased above the rate of the previous year:
Buckinghamshire 1.9%
Cumbria 0.7%
Derbyshire 1.2%
Kent 0.6% (although it is still the lowest in the country)
Leicestershire 1.5%
Oxfordshire 4.2%
Staffordshire 0.5%
Warwickshire 9.2%
West Sussex 0.1%
Wiltshire 0.3%
Worcestershire 0.9%
Who says decline is inevitable?
I don't want to boast but both Oxfordshire and Warwickshire have, in the past, listened to my advice. On the other hand, Hampshire, Essex, Lancashire and Somerset have emphatically declined it!
Posted by Tim Coates at October 7, 2006 12:59 PM