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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Richard Partington

UK’s biggest cities lose nearly a year of sales to Covid-related downturn

London lost as much as 47 weeks’ worth of sales between March 2020 and November 2021 compared with 2019.
London lost as much as 47 weeks’ worth of sales between March 2020 and November 2021 compared with 2019. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Britain’s biggest cities have lost almost a year’s worth of sales during the coronavirus pandemic as lockdowns and a lack of office workers and tourists caused a collapse in consumer spending.

As offices have started to reopen following the relaxation of plan B restrictions, the Centre for Cities said Covid-19 had “levelled down” historically more prosperous high street destinations.

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