Retail no longer the main attraction on UK high streets

// Research by High Streets Task Force shows smaller town centres saw comparatively smaller fall in visitors
// Retail also no longer defines high streets with almost half of town centres now offering wider services
// Call for a simpler approach to planning just over 1/4 of towns have less footfall than their official designation suggestsNew research has shown that town centres in England are evolving, with retail no longer the dominant attraction for visitors for almost half of high streets up