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Nearly 50 shops closed their doors every day in Britain last year
File photo dated 10/10/22 of a sign in a shop in Worcester city centre. The UK's retail sector had a bruising year in 2022 as more shops closed their doors than at any other point for at least five years.
WESTMINSTER must urgently develop an industrial strategy to save Britain’s high streets, retail union Usdaw demanded today after figures revealed nearly 50 stores a day were forced to shut up shop last year.
The Centre for Retail Research found that 17,145 shops on high streets and other locations nationwide were forced to close for good in 2022 – about 47 sites every 24 hours.
The disturbing total was up by nearly 50 per cent since 2021 and hit its highest point in five years.
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