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Britain's Oldest Economic Think Tank

Helen Dickinson OBE

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UK Retail Openings and Closures by Region

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Store closures and openings has reached a five year high in the first half of 2019, where a net 1,234 shops closed doors on Britain’s top 500 high streets. This constitutes around 16 shop closures each day across the…