Retail vacancy rates at lowest in four years
Retail vacancy rates have dropped to the lowest rate in four years. According to the Local Data Company, the number of empty shops dropped in 2013 below 14% but Matthew Hopkinson, director at the company, warned there was a stark north south divide. In February's monthly market update podcast, he told EG: “London, the south east and the midlands are getting better but the north and north east are getting marginally worse,”
