Shoppers have expressed fears that their town will be "dead" when one of Nottingham's biggest companies closes a store. Health and beauty giant Boots recently announced its store in Commercial Road, Bulwell, would close in August 2022.
The business stated the closure was decided after a review of customer demand and store locations but labelled the step "unfortunate". It joins a list of brands that have left the town, such as the recent closure of NatWest on nearby Main Street.
Locals thought the exit of Nottingham-based Boots from the town would add to the growing feeling of its high street 'dying'. Kevin Pritchard, 67, and Elizabethann Pritchard, 64, from Bulwell, thought Boots leaving would continue what they saw as a decline of the town's high street.
