All the independent stores that are closing for good this year and the heartbreaking reasons why INDEPENDENT shops on high streets are closing at a rapid rate.
The store, while independent, is owned by Frasers Group, which announced it would shutter the store despite plans by the council to secure a future for it.
Independent clothes store Kong, hailed "the best shop in the city", abruptly closed down last month after 37 years.
And many chains have been closing branches on high streets to cut costs, which is making them less attractive to shoppers, resulting in even less footfall for independent stores.
Boutique card shop Expressions in the market town of Devizes, Wiltshire, closed last month, becoming yet another casualty of the UK's struggling high streets.
