Full list of high street shops that can t reopen on April 12 manchestereveningnews.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from manchestereveningnews.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Lockdown restrictions to non-essential retailers have hit hard the sector with some of the UK s biggest high street names having to shut. Retail empire Arcadia, owner of Topshop and Dorothy Perkins, Debenhams, Laura Ashley and Edinburgh Woollen Mill entered administration over the past few months. Online retailers have bought brands with plans to move them online resulting in job losses and suggesting the pandemic has had an irreversible impact on UK retail. Asos bought Topshop and Miss Selfridge while Boohoo bought Debenhams with both online retailers revealing plans to move business online. PM Boris Johnson is expected to reveal his road map out of lockdown today.
IT WAS once a bustling place for shopping, eating, drinking and learning about history. But these days Winchester city centre cam sometimes appear a ghost town. Will it ever be the same again after the pandemic? There are currently 18 empty shop units, with businesses forced to close or move out in these challenging times. These used to be occupied by the following: Laura Ashley, Starbucks, Whittards, Bellis, West Cornwall Food Co, Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Blu Bambu, Hasta Shop, City Cobbler, Debenhams, Hotter, Jigsaw, The Whole Hog, Royal Bank of Scotland, Bakehouse and Park Life Kids. Despite the closures, Winchester has been named as one of Britain’s leading shopping locations in new research.