Stafford shops closing - Turning into a ghost town?

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Tumble weed

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Tbh , I think most of the standalone stores are going now, I mean tbh, they do have same day delivery which is a pretty successful concept.
 
Cue

Cue

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Can you get your money back from a C&C as well? Not that I’ll be using Argos very often… as others have said the Sainsbury’s one is just plain annoying to get to and I have no way of paying for parking anyway.

GNM67 said:
I think I've heard of this thing you call 'change' I believe it is related to something called 'cash'
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I have not had any of that in my wallet in over 2 years now
 
tek-monkey

tek-monkey

wanna see my snake?
To answer myself:

Empty properties​

You do not have to pay business rates on empty buildings for 3 months. After this time, most businesses must pay full business rates.

Some properties can get extended empty property relief:

  • industrial premises (for example warehouses) are exempt for a further 3 months
  • listed buildings - until they’re reoccupied
  • buildings with a rateable value under £2,900 - until they’re reoccupied
  • properties owned by charities - only if the property’s next use will be mostly for charitable purposes
  • community amateur sports clubs buildings - only if the next use will be mostly as a sports club
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Business rates relief

Check if you can get a reduction in your business rates bill with business rates relief and find out how to apply.
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So the owners are already making a loss and fine with that, rather than rent below a level they want. Surely just offer leases with shorter terms until the market improves, get at least some money in? Seems odd, but then I'd never open a shop in Stafford!
 
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