BHS crash sets trend for a chain of closures on UK high streets

The retail sector is still reeling a year after the collapse of the chain, with rising numbers of staff on zero-hours contracts and other big hitters shutting shop as the internet squeezes their share of profitsWhen BHS crashed into administration, taking 11,000 jobs along with it a year ago, one employee described the feeling as a “terrible gut-punch”.A year on, the high street is still reeling from the body blow. More than two-thirds of the retailer’s 164 stores are still lyi