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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
The Federation of Small Businesses has attacked the Competition Commission’s inquiry into the grocery sector saying it has failed to develop any remedies for thousands of small shops unable to compete with supermarkets.
The FSB points to research showing that 2000 small shops a year are going out of business a year and has set up a Keep Trade Local campaign that will aim to encourage people frequent small, local shops.
Andy Willox, OBE, FSB Scottish Policy Convenor, said:
“During the course of three investigations in seven years the Competition Commission has consistently failed to understand the value to consumers of small independent shops. This latest inquiry has again missed the point. The remit of this inquiry was far too narrow. Supermarkets are forcing small shops out of business in many areas of retailing, not just groceries. Important issues such as the travesty of almost limitless free parking at out of town superstores while Scottish independent high street shops face ever-more stringent parking restrictions were not even considered.
“People up and down the country can see that we are losing our small shops, but this report does little to solve the problem. We are in danger of sleepwalking into the death of our high streets. The FSB has been left with no alternative but to campaign across the country and raise political awareness. It is now up to our elected representatives, including MSPs, to step in and prevent disaster.”
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