High Streets in trouble as nearly 20 pubs close every week | UK News [Video]

The UK High Streets are changing as almost 7,000 shops have exited cities and towns across the country this year alone.

The once-thriving High Streets have been struggling with the dawn of online shopping, rising costs and the coronavirus pandemic.

Now new data shows that 6,945 shops have closed in the first six months of this year on High Streets, shopping centres and retail parks.

That means 38 shops per day, according to accountancy firm PwC research – a slight rise compared to year on year when 36 shops closed each day.

On the other hand, new store openings are slightly up from 24 to 25 per day across the UK.

In the light of new store openings, the net closure is 12 stores a day – one shop more than last year.

The worst hit were pharmacies as 18 chemists have closed every week on average from January to June, followed by 16 pubs and …