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Why do high-street shops keep closing?
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Festival days bring people in and there is nothing to keep them
Planning permission for a flat above a shop takes longer than for a house
I mean this is what traders say when you ask them.
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Empty units stay empty for a year because the landlord is waiting for a chain
Rent is due quarterly in advance, which a new business cannot fund
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Business rates on the high street are higher per square metre than on the park
Rents were set when the street was full and have not come down
To be precise: this is about the town's arrangements, not any landlord or trader.
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Residents drive past the high street on the way to the park
The bus stops on the ring road, ten minutes' walk from the shops
I mean this is what traders say when you ask them.
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The council's economic plan was written for the whole district, not this street
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The car park behind the street is unlit and unsigned
The library closed early on Saturdays and the café next to it lost its trade
Scope: the high street, not the whole town.
Deliveries block the street between nine and eleven
To be precise: this is about the town's arrangements, not any landlord or trader.
The town's website lists shops that closed years ago
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Charity shops pay lower rates, so landlords prefer them
Half the units are owned by people who do not live in the town
The retail park got its road built by the county; the high street got a consultation
Parking costs more on the high street than at the retail park, where it is free
Young families shop where there is a toilet and a place to park a pram
Scope: the high street, not the whole town.
Events are organised by volunteers who are burning out
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The one bank left and the older shoppers went with it
Traders' association meetings are attended by the same five people
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Shopkeepers say they were never asked before the one-way system came in
I mean this is what traders say when you ask them.
Shops open at ten and close at four, after most people are at work
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Grants exist for shopfronts but the paperwork takes longer than a lease
I mean this is what traders say when you ask them.
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Nobody counts footfall, so every argument is about impressions
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