West Lothian Council has to do all it can to support town centres as local communities face the bleakest winter in decades, a councillor has warned.
Bathgate has fared better than many other town centres both locally and across Scotland by retaining businesses and encouraging and drawing in new traders.
As with all town centres these businesses took a hit during the lockdowns of the pandemic. Bathgate’s vibrant night time economy was probably the hardest hit and is only now just starting to recover.
