A fresh wave of uncertainty has arrived for the British high street as a series of store closures are still to come this month.

The demise of in-person shopping has been ongoing for a while with online shopping continuing to gain popularity, especially since the global coronavirus pandemic.

Britain’s high streets are now facing an exodus of shops. Long queues are now rare, while to let signs and boarded-up windows are becoming more commonplace as shoppers abandon the town centre.

The recent spate of closures includes WHSmith high street stores, Wilko and River Island. Banks like NatWest, Santander, Halifax and Lloyds have also axed hundreds of branches this year.

Some research has even estimated that Britain lost up to 37 shops a day last year.

And more shops will be shutting soon sin

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