Government must do more to get public back into shops, say retailers

British Retail Consortium says empty office blocks mean city centres deprived of customersRetailers have told Boris Johnson that his government must do more to persuade the public that it is safe to travel to work and shop or risk needless job losses and store closures, as data showed city centres suffering from a lack of office workers.The British Retail Consortium said its monthly survey of footfall showed that empty office blocks were leaving city centres bare of potential customers even thou