Brewsters boss slams Plymouth city centre as store prepares to close


Source: plymouthherald.co.uk plymouthherald.co.uk

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Get the stories that matter to our community straight to your inbox with our Daily Newsletter The owner of electrical retailer Brewsters says the city centre is dying as he prepares to close after 47 years. Richard Brewster claimed a huge fall in shoppers and spending means Plymouth city centre will “be dead in a year”. He said retailers have been pummelled by factors such as rising costs, declining trade, lost car parking, declining bus services, online shopping and out-of-town retail. And he said long-standing construction works which have seen Old Town Street, New George Street and Armada Way covered...