DCLG to help retailers in city centres

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has said that empty shops across the high streets of the UK are a "wasted economic opportunity" that are blighting the country's recovery and spoiling town centres.

However, more retail sales jobs could be imminent, as a spokesperson for the DCLG has stated that the government is keen to remedy the situation.

They said that the coalition is taking steps that would mean the amount of "damaging red tape" that is keeping many properties boarded up will be reduced.

"The best thing government can do to help businesses is to provide them with a stable economic environment," the spokesperson added.

A report from the British Retail Consortium found that last month, the town centre shop vacancy rate across the UK increased by 11.3 per cent, prompting the organisation's director-general Stephen Robertson to say that "alarm bells should be ringing".

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Posted by Richard Esquilant

Source: The Sales Executive News