SIR – What a pleasant surprise to discover that Bon Marche has reopened its Broadway branch in the city centre.

A welcome boost to the otherwise desolate looking shopping precinct and a show of confidence in the city’s struggling retail sector.

Now the ladies need to get behind it so they can stay in business – a case of use it or lose it!

Plus I note that the former Yates’s Wine Lodge on Queensgate is to reopen as a new venue, providing a further vote of confidence in our city centre.

If only Westfield would now provide us with a positive announcement so we can truly believe that our city is finally moving forward.

Jack MacPherson, Killinghall Road, Bradford