A SHOP is calling on more to be done to signpost their businesses as work takes place to build the new tram terminus in Toton.
Work to build a new-park-and-ride site for the new tram line off Bardill's island, at the junction of Toton Lane and the A52, began last year.
But one of the businesses on the Japanese Water Gardens site, next to the roundabout, said it had noticed a drop in trade and put this down to lack of signs and confusion about whether the company was still open.
Caroline Carr, who runs Mr Mobility on the site, said business was suffering because the signs on Toton Lane had been taken down.
She said: "We have been here seven years and have never found it as difficult as we are doing now.
"When the work started, the signposts to the business park came down, and all we are really asking for is a little sign – nothing massive – to let people know that we are still here.
"Customers tend to ring us up and ask if we have a certain item in stock before they come, so we know how many people to expect.
"When they don't turn up, we sometimes call them to find out why and they say they couldn't find us because of the building work."
The new park-and-ride site at Toton will have space for 1,300 cars when it opens in late 2014.
Currently Toton Lane is being widened, with work to install the tram station set to begin after this.
The £570 million extension to the city's tram network, with new lines through Beeston and Chilwell to Toton as well as one to Clifton, was given the final go-ahead in December last year.
Mrs Carr added: "I'm aware that it's going to be difficult for a while, but as soon as it's open, it will be fantastic for all the businesses here.
"We'll be easy to get to as well as having thousands of people using the site to park their cars.
"I know businesses elsewhere are concerned about the tram, but we don't mind it and can see the positives.
"We just want to be able to make sure the business is all right in the meantime."
A Nottingham City Council spokesman said: "We are in contact with the businesses at the Japanese Water Gardens site and have relocated their existing signs where possible. In addition, a base has been constructed and poles installed for new signs in Toton Lane."
