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You and Yours: Mary Portas on high streets

09/12/2021

Mary Portas on high streets

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Mary Portas on high streets

Mary Portas on the state of UK high streets.

We talk to retail guru Mary Portas about the state of UK high streets, 10 years after she spearheaded a government project to regenerate some of them

Sam Fenwick talks to the retail expert Mary Portas about the health of the British high street, a decade after she fronted a government campaign to regenerate them. As part of her reflection on how it went, Sam visits Stockton town centre where there's been a massive boom in hair and beauty salons, but how sustainable is that demand? 
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