Last week, officials at Lowestoft Vision – the town’s business improvement district (BID) – which is managed by Suffolk Chamber of Commerce, had offered a warm welcome back to shoppers and people visiting the town as restrictions were relaxed with lockdown easing.
But of the closure, Dan Poitras, chairman of Lowestoft Vision, said: It sounds like they have shut the restaurant in town down, which is a shame.
Dan Poitras, chairman of Lowestoft Vision. Picture: Mick Howes
- Credit: Mick Howes Its a large empty unit to have, particularly for people coming just across the bridge. But for restaurants and cafés in the area, this could be a benefit to them as they may be able to take advantage of this closure.
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Lowestoft s high street.
- Credit: Mick Howes
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way in which people shop and spend, with a move to online shopping rather than using our once bustling high streets.
In the whole of east Suffolk, Lowestoft has the highest percentage of its town centre units available at 21 per cent, compared to 6.3 per cent in Felixstowe, which has the fewest.
Danny Steel.
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But this does not stop Danny Steel, of Steel and Co and who sits on Lowestoft Vision s board, from saying that the high street is not slowly dying, instead it is evolving.