
Originally Posted by
mazadona10
Always sad when a high street name is struggling and there are going to be job losses .
It's always going to be difficult to compete city centres aren't as important as they used to be. You can get everything you want from industrial estates and supermarkets who have much stronger buying power.
You can alway's find the same thing cheaper on the Internet and as great as that is for the consumer the reason why is because aren't needing as many staff.
I don't know what the answer is you feel that we are on the cusp of hardtimes and maybe we don't appreciate how fortunate we are. I'm not sure Brexit is going to be completely responsible. People are always going to look to blame government for these things but ultimately I'm not sure how much impact they can have. A lot of the Internet companies have been getting away with massive tax perks for far too long. Councils may need to reduxing rent in city centres down to keep retailers there. I'm not sure how sustainable keeping such a growing country in full Time jobs is possible