Gloucester City Centre
People and shoppers out and about in the city centre on 2nd April 2024 in Gloucester, United Kingdom. Gloucester city centre is an example of the decline of the UK high street and what some local people are calling a ‘dying city’ as more big name retailers move out and retail spaces close down, having an affect on jobs in the area. Several contributing factors are aligning to result in declining high streets, including the cost of living crisis squeeze on household incomes due to inflation and the post-Brexit fall in the pound, a shift to online shopping, rising rents and overheads including staff wages, and the opening of more shops in new shopping centres in the area which are proving far more popular.
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- 20240402_gloucester city centre_008.jpg
- Copyright
- Mike Kemp
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- 4243x2828 / 1.8MB
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Gloucester English England Britain British UK United Kingdom British Isles Great Britain Gloucestershire Closed down business recession economy economic downturn shopping shops retail closed outside businesses small business small businesses empty shut down retail space cost of living crisis economic hardship difficulties rising inflation income difficulty finance financial financial pressure financial pressures cost of goods household income real income down empty city centre decline of the UK high street local dying city retail spaces close down affect jobs declining high streets post-Brexit Brexit fall in the pound shift online shopping rising rents overheads decline declining in decline
- Contained in galleries
- 2024
