One fifth of region's shops shut in wake of lockdowns
The Sunday Mirror|October 31, 2021
AROUND one in five shops in the North East are empty, figures show.
KAREN ROCKETT
One fifth of region's shops shut in wake of lockdowns

The region has the worst vacancy rate at 19.7%, compared to a UK average - excluding Northern Ireland - of 14.5%, a study by the British Retail Consortium and Local Data Company showed.

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