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Great Britain's high streets lost more than 17,500 chain store outlets in 2020

More than 17,500 chain store outlets disappeared from high streets, shopping centres and retail parks across Great Britain last year as the Covid-19 pandemic spurred the worst decline on record.

Great Britain's high streets lost more than 17,500 chain store outlets in 2020
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An average of 48 shops, restaurants and other leisure and hospitality venues closed permanently every day across England, Wales and Scotland, and only 21 opened, according to the figures compiled by the Local Data Company (LDC), a research provider, for the accountancy firm PwC.

Read more at The Guardian.

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