High Street Task Force: Evolution of the high street

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, high streets up and down the country were struggling amid rapidly-changing consumer habits.
In the High Street Report that was published in late 2018, Sir John Timpson – the owner of shoe repair giant Timpson who chaired the report – warned that UK retail would not return to the high streets that existed 10 or 20 years ago. On the other hand, the report made the call for more money to be granted to local authorities to rejuvenate their town centres