Many years ago in London various councils started to put red routes in place, these routes, denoted by two red parallel lines along the side of the road, was where nobody could stop, apart from obviously in an emergency. The net effect of these red routes was to effectively destroy any trade on the roads that they were placed on. I think the plan was by local councils that what these routes would do is get rid of all the High Street shops and allow gigantic stores like Asda Tesco’s Sainsbury’s etc planning permission providing they would provide Road expansion and car parks. That way the effect was that instead of having multiple entities on the High Street to collect business rates from with all the complexity of say 200 shops they would now have only one shop/superstore that provided 70% of what could be obtained on the High Street making it a nice convenient option for local councils to make their life easier. That’s my theory about why that did it.
As a small business owner and a consumer I found this very interesting but please can you do something about the sound levels. I've got my device on full volume but have still had to hold it 15cms from my ear to hear it.
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Business rates favours on-line business and penalises small high-street shops
Energy prices are just as bad.
Same in my small town in Cheshire. Shops can’t compete with the internet.
Many years ago in London various councils started to put red routes in place, these routes, denoted by two red parallel lines along the side of the road, was where nobody could stop, apart from obviously in an emergency. The net effect of these red routes was to effectively destroy any trade on the roads that they were placed on. I think the plan was by local councils that what these routes would do is get rid of all the High Street shops and allow gigantic stores like Asda Tesco’s Sainsbury’s etc planning permission providing they would provide Road expansion and car parks. That way the effect was that instead of having multiple entities on the High Street to collect business rates from with all the complexity of say 200 shops they would now have only one shop/superstore that provided 70% of what could be obtained on the High Street making it a nice convenient option for local councils to make their life easier. That’s my theory about why that did it.
No, going by my town in the midlands and others like it, the high streets aren't dying, they're _dead._
Energy prices and Business rates have destroyed businesses that were doing fine. The energy bills are ruining society across the UK.
Over time the market adapts , it should not disappear
Replace Business Rates with LVT!
As a small business owner and a consumer I found this very interesting but please can you do something about the sound levels. I've got my device on full volume but have still had to hold it 15cms from my ear to hear it.
Terrible truth!
Tax cuts for the rich might help.