The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in Scotland has welcomed the creation of a new expert group to review town centres and how they will recover following the Coronavirus pandemic.
Andrew McRae, FSB’s Scotland policy chair, said: “This review will provide a timely opportunity to put the health and wellbeing of our towns and town centres under the microscope. While Covid recovery is the starting point and immediate priority, the review must set out a long-term plan to secure a bright future for Scotland’s 479 towns – and the tens of thousands of small businesses that operate there.
“As members of the review, FSB will be arguing for bold pro-business measures to breathe new life into many of our struggling towns. Facing the perfect storm of economic turbulence, rapidly increasing online sales and empty units from big business closures, the need to back local business has never been greater.”
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- Details of the review can be found here: https://www.gov.scot/news/healthier-greener-town-centres/
- Find out more about FSB’s ideas for the future of towns here: https://www.fsb.org.uk/campaign/transforming-towns-delivering-a-sustainable-future-for-local-places.html
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