PART II: What s next for our town centres â local business leaders react
| Updated: 14:17, 03 April 2021
See Part I of this story
Cllr Matt Jennings, tourism and economic development Portfolio, Stratford District Council
High Street retailing across the UK has been in decline since the 2008 financial crisis and Stratford-upon-Avon has been no different.
The pandemic has rapidly accelerated the decline. This is coupled with the fact that Stratford is dependent on tourism for the local economy and without foreign tourists we will be reliant on the domestic tourists for the foreseeable future. We are all going to go through a time of rapid change for which we must all adapt.