Shop vacancy rates continue to rise

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Boarded up shop fronts have become a feature of the high street in the last couple of years.

The latest study suggests that despite a fragile recovery, the number of shops going out of business continues to rise.

In some places nearly one in three sites are vacant.

Hugh Pym reports.

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