Capital & Regional is expecting to see retailers step up their expansion plans thanks to the political certainty brought by the election result and the improving economic outlook.
But director Mark Bourgeois, writing in Estates Gazette this week, also warns that consumer confidence remains fragile.
His wish list for action from the new Conservative government is topped by a call to press on with the promise to reform business rates: “Why should retailers in Barnsley subsidise the fashion emporiums of Bond Street, as they have been until now? Is it fair that those running store-based retail chains are undercut by online retailers paying barely any UK tax?” he asks.
