Shops
Difficult topic in the era of ever increasing online shopping, but are there ways to pro-actively attract businesses into currently empty shops (reduce or waive rates, help with refurb etc)? Ever more nail shops, estate agents or charity shops can't be an attractive future. Can empty places be made available temporarily (say for a month or quarter) to test ideas, concepts or other? The Surbiton Farmers Market has great entrepreneurial people - might some of them be tempted into a more permanent base?
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Life and soul in our high street.
by Stefan on February 23, 2024 at 05:44PM
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Posted by jdazcr April 23, 2024 at 17:28
Many small home based businesses would love to have a shop instead, but the jump from home to even paying the business costs of a shop are insane and makes it impossible to expand, even when there is market for the product/service.
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Posted by NewtoSurbiton May 16, 2024 at 15:29
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