Retail
Stores shut down in 'Portas pilot' towns
Town centres which were awarded a 1.2 million pounds grant in an effort to spur retail growth have actually shrunken over the past five years. A survey of 12 government-funded 'Portas pilot' towns found that close to 1,000 stores had disappeared over the past five years, according to research carried out by LCD and commissioned by the BBC. This...
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