Britain loses 6,000 retail outlets in five years as shops close
by Guardian staff and agency from World news | The Guardian on (#6DBBP)
British Retail Consortium points to crippling' business rates, the cost of living crisis and Covid as factors
Britain has lost 6,000 storefronts in five years, new figures show, with financial pressures forcing shop owners to close their stores and leave cities with undesirable gap-toothed high streets".
Covid, the cost of living crisis and crippling" business rates are causing businesses to desert retail spaces, and local councils must come up with a cohesive plan" to invigorate shopping areas, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) warned.
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