I don’t think the number of shops we have but the type and mix. Too many chains, too much sameyness. We have Reading with a big shopping centre and now Bracknell with the same. We need centres with a range of small shops such as Brighton, Richmond, Frome, Kingston on Thames.
What do we do with the extra shops? UK high streets 'have twice as many shops as they need' https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-high-streets-shops-close-sir-john-timpson-government-report-a8693161.html …
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Wokingham needs to cultivate a small trader culture and then the visitors will come.
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