High Streets

It's 10 years since BHS folded. How do we put the spark back into the British high street?
The site of the old BHS in Kirkcaldy has been spruced up by locals but remains empty
Community

It's 10 years since BHS folded. How do we put the spark back into the British high street?

British high streets lost nearly 30% of their total chain outlets between 2014 and 2024. What does the future hold for them?
How can we revitalise the high street?
The site of the old BHS in Kirkcaldy has been spruced up by locals but remains empty
Steven MacKenzie

How can we revitalise the high street?

Inside the fight to save independent cafes from 'corporate greed and exploitative capitalism'
independent cafes

Inside the fight to save independent cafes from 'corporate greed and exploitative capitalism'

How residents in Chatham are pulling their decaying high street out of a crisis
Community

How residents in Chatham are pulling their decaying high street out of a crisis

How Britain's high street decline is fuelling Reform UK's rise: 'There's a sense that politics has failed'
Reform UK

How Britain's high street decline is fuelling Reform UK's rise: 'There's a sense that politics has failed'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Former homeless people take over empty Debenhams to open one of UK's biggest charity shops
People at the Emmaus Preston Department Store
Homelessness

Former homeless people take over empty Debenhams to open one of UK's biggest charity shops

Aberdeen vendor shares fears over M&S closure with local MP: "She's in our corner"
MP Kirsty Blackman and Big Issue vendor Pamela smile during a meeting in Aberdeen.
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Aberdeen vendor shares fears over M&S closure with local MP: "She's in our corner"

Can Christmas save Britain's high streets? It's complicated, experts say
High Street

Can Christmas save Britain's high streets? It's complicated, experts say

Iconic fashion brand Ted Baker collapses with hundreds of jobs at risk. What went wrong?
Business

Iconic fashion brand Ted Baker collapses with hundreds of jobs at risk. What went wrong?

Ethical shopping titan The Body Shop has collapsed into administration. What went wrong?
Business

Ethical shopping titan The Body Shop has collapsed into administration. What went wrong?

Why doesn't Britain have a high street voucher scheme like Northern Ireland?
Politics

Why doesn't Britain have a high street voucher scheme like Northern Ireland?

Town centre footfall holding up better than cities, says task force
News

Town centre footfall holding up better than cities, says task force

Why you should feel hopeful about the high street
high street
News

Why you should feel hopeful about the high street

Tax reforms are crucial to save our high streets – and vendors
News

Tax reforms are crucial to save our high streets – and vendors