Marine supply shop, Arthur Beale, is to close its doors after hundreds of years’ trading on London’s Shaftesbury Avenue, though it will continue to trade online. The blue sign above the shop’s store says “established 400 years,” and it’s demise is another blow to the unique special character of London in general and the parish
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Walsall Council has come under fire for wasting taxpayer money on a series of enormous green flowerpots which look rather like “something from Super Mario Brothers”. The 15 giant planters were apparently meant to “promote a feeling of wellbeing and safety” in the West Midlands town, but residents have been left fuming at what’s being
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Scotland’s high streets and town centres filled with shoppers as non-essential retailers were allowed to open for the first time, with footfall up by 167 per cent on Monday April 26 compared with the same day last week. The Scottish Retail Consortium also reported that retail traffic in Scotland was down by 0.7 per cent
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Those with an interest in the retail trade will have been pleased to see so-called non-essential shops finally opening after an extended period of lockdown which saw them having to remain closed during the key trading seasons of Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and Easter. Whilst there is much about a bustling high street to
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The Daily Mirror is bringing back its Shop For Britain campaign in an effort to rally shoppers by supporting local independent retailers once lockdown has been lifted. The newspaper is planning to run the campaign ahead of the reopening of so-called ‘non-essential’ retail in England on April 12, 2021. The first Shop For Britain, which
As our nation of shopkeepers gets ready to unlock after long months of closure over Christmas and key spring season occasions, campaign group, Save the Street, is calling for the retail equivalent of Eat Out to Help Out to boost independents. Backed by retail guru, Mary Portas and beauty entrepreneur, Charlotte Tilbury, Shop Out to
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