{"id":603532,"date":"2026-05-25T20:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/603532\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T20:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:26:10","slug":"shop-numbers-return-to-growth-after-years-of-decline-say-experts-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/603532\/","title":{"rendered":"Shop numbers return to growth after years of decline, say experts &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxQRDhfRnlnNkpyX245cGdyUFE4OGlsV2RCc0pqT2FjTWpFQ0dJaks5RGxwekRBdUdmbXpvc3Nzd2swamFRaXR5cUhTVVEwT1lnZmdiS29WVnhZN3dfVE1za1l3cU9hbWozSTVnOVpJZzhlTHk5b3o2Sk42LUhPMndKcHQ3SDlqQ2tobkJXWm4tV1cydnMzdmE5V2ZJclFhbnhUYlBxbVhfaXZCdWN0RDludlNzVXc3eTVpYnJ3NV9yYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shop numbers return to growth after years of decline, say experts<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxOTVpBOG9TaHdSUi1aU3hFbU51R0JBV2tZQzJyc2IxU3JlcHlCQ0FuTnpqQ2VBS0gtOVI2TThRdGhwMnZWOVE4SXZqeU9FX1pqeFZtaG5XSzQxaWVRbWh5TWhmRTAxOUFoY2t0UnJReXpFM05Uc3FsQjNpT3BrdFZpVTZBQjI3OFcydHdTdlNranBHdnpxakRmVi1jTGZtZE5nM3RrVW83blBwLXdOU0hnTjBycFFzWlhNLUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Signs of revival in high streets as 13 new shops open each week<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxPTFAxaDRXcC05a2hWWkY3eDZvbUx5eTJKa25wNzNOZTYzN1VIaHZ6NlZPZzhmYVdGcUc1ZmdSaHZEUGpZenpRLWFFZmo0OEVyTVpRRzg2cFhiRXpSSmlWdmRXZVFMeHVTc3JMbFpNOV9MN25vRFMwZTRSYUZPd094cVhNTkw2dmpp?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Retailers defy the odds as shop numbers GROW across the UK \u2013 but 6,000 sites have still been wiped out since 2020<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sun<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE1zRG1sOUJISVhpazBEakhQR014R3l5SG1mb2I0ZmRJQ1dtcksxS1l0enkxZ0xiMUxqWDdILWF3dWxnQ3FBSGJhQ1lvTENFT2RZY1FHOEJLRjh2eno1QVpZN3BPTFhmMUJEMlQxLVNaU2tVX25vaGhEUTM4ONIBgAFBVV95cUxPeHBobVJUWlI1dmNYeHpDMWpQUVNWYXRnWDF2UGw2Tm8ySjhRME9WZXBKUEd4eE00eVVxMFRDM09ReGc2amVEcl9UWk1NeC1kQXVqWVR4ZWplUEVSRlZEVjVoU3ExR1V3bERxd1B6MTYwLXh5NUt2aVgzQ21sV0dtQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">High street bloodbath as 6,000 retail sites vanish &#8211; but there is some good news<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Mirror<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxNTTRlZG1CX3FMc1p0bkt5ZmZUekhvQzcwTklGejlGOTVBZnhvLWpXWmk5bWVZUk1lLU9henIyOUlwd0dKVUl1Q0pzLUQxdHE4aVZUTkpUcVVVQlRaTTZJRnMxZDFyN21XNW5mNEE2bWJPbEQwZDd1R0tEV3FuVVVUTHpFaGRoaGowWjdjUkE0VGF2MkRoQ0tYME9YLXRHOHZtTllwV0Fqcw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">British high streets show signs of recovery despite thousands of shop closures<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;inkl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shop numbers return to growth after years of decline, say experts&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardSigns of revival in high streets&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[84,1294,309,46174,20612,56,54,55,189024,1220],"class_list":["post-603532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-england","tag-north-west","tag-retailers","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-valuation-office-agency","tag-wales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}