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Barney Davis

£80m boost to West End as London gets in the Jubilee party swing

British Union Jack Flags are displayed along Oxford Street to celebrate the forthcoming Platinum Jubilee

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The jubilee weekend could be worth £80 million to London’s West End and help kick start the economic recovery of the entire country, according to retailers.

It has been predicted the four-day bank holiday will draw in as many 2.6 million domestic and international tourists to the capital as the UK enjoys its first restriction-free summer, according to new research from New West End Company.

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