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Peter A Walker

Pandemic has cost Scottish cities 'more than half a year's worth' of high street sales

Covid-19 has cost city centres in Scotland more than half a year’s worth of potential takings since March 2020.

This is according to Cities Outlook 2022 – Centre for Cities’ annual economic assessment of the UK’s largest urban areas.

Central Edinburgh is worst affected, losing 43 weeks of sales between the first lockdown and Omicron’s onset.

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