A trade association has called for the next Scottish government to put town and city centres and retail destinations at the “heart of economic decision making”.

The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has published a manifesto ahead of next year’s Scottish election calling for the next government to make high streets a priority.

Publishing the first of three manifestos, the SRC released Scotland’s Future High Streets , which shares the challenges that towns and city centres are facing across the country and the policy solutions the retail industry believes are necessary.

The SRC suggested a five-point plan which includes a push to make Scottish high streets competitive to invest in through a meaningfully more competitive business rate than England and making new and refitted stores simpler

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