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Retail vacancy rates remain stable

January was a tough month for UK sales, but while general footfall fell retail vacancies have remained relatively stable, reports the British Retail Consortium. The BRC's Chief Executive Helen Dickinson, OBE stated: “Our quarterly vacancy rate data shows shop vacancies virtually unchanged at 9.4 per cent of all shops compared 9.5 per cent in...

Fashion

Shopping centres fill store vacancies faster than high street

The ailing British high street has been stood up by shopping malls and new developments, where vacant shop fronts are filled faster than those on our regional streets. The data comes from the British Council of Shopping Centres and shows there is considerable variation by location. England's shopping centre show marginal improvement Figures from...

Design

Retail space at lowest vacancy rate in 2012

Retail shop spaces are at its lowest vacancy rates yest this year. According to the Local Data Company, vacancy rates decreased by 0.16 percent to 14.41 percent in October 2012. This reduction means that town centre vacancy rates in Great Britain have fallen below 14.5 percent for the first time in 2012, moving from 14.57 percent in September to...