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Radio Leicester,3 mins

Independent shops on the rise

Jonathan Lampon

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New research has revealed a big rise in the number of independent retailers now trading on our high streets. In 2013, forty-four independent shops opened for business in Britain every day while chain stores were closing down at a rate of sixteen a day. The figures come from the "Local Data Company" and the "British Independent Retailers Association". So is this rise and return of the independent retailer making a difference to our town centres here in Leicestershire and Rutland? 麻豆社 Radio Leicester's Viant Siddique went to Market Harborough to find out...

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