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UK shop vacancy high rates remain

UK shop vacancy rates stood at 14.6 per cent for the first six months of the year as the North/South divide continued to grow, according to figures recently published. The Local Data Company (LDC)’s latest shop vacancy report, derived from 506 town centres and 145,000 shops that it visited between January and June this year, found that vacancy...

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Independent retailers opened in UK

Three times as many independent run retail stores opened on UK high streets in 2011 compared to outlets opened by large multiples, new statistics released today show. Following on from its most recent report into shop vacancy rates last month, the Local Data Company has now revealed that while the number of multiple retailers in the top 500 town...