Small businesses being offered rent-free shops on London's Oxford Street
The plans aim to help entice visitors back following the pandemic and cost-of-living crisis
Called Meanwhile On: Oxford Street, it is being run by Westminster Council and the New West End Company.The council has been trying to rid the street of them, claiming they are a "threat to the status" of Oxford Street. Geoff Barraclough, cabinet member for planning and economic development, said the plan would "help future-proof the nation's high street by offering innovative local businesses as alternatives to low quality occupiers and candy stores".
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