City centres were in decline long before covid.
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/ng-interactive/2019/jan/30/high-street-crisis-town-centres-lose-8-of-shops-in-five-years?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
https://www.highstreetstaskforce.org.uk/media/b5dnkp4z/hstf-footfall-report-2020-for-publication.pdf
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/10/extent-britain-high-street-decline-laid-bare-official-ons-data
Silverburn and Braehead are definitely flourishing. The Forge isn’t really even an out of town shopping centre and isn’t really even comparable to the other two. |