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The area was once the beating heart of the UK's leather and saddle trade before becoming a 'destination' retail centre with a ...
The area was once the centre of the UK's leather and saddle trade but has since turned into a sea of empty shops ...
The town’s once-thriving high street now echoes with emptiness as over 40 shops lie vacant, stirring concerns over the town's fading sense of community.
The market town of Walsall in the West Midlands, which was once the centre of the UK's leather and saddle trade, has been left to rack and ruin, residents say.
A large retail unit in West Bromwich rented out to an armed forces charity, with two fully let apartments above, has been sold by commercial property agency Bond Wolfe.
Staffordshire charity shops say they have various ways of coping with poor quality donations.
Outside any charity shop at night, bags of ‘donations’ are left - or, asks our columnist, is it just lazy folk dumping rubbish?
The BBC has spoken to 50 charity shops across Bristol, Gloucester, Taunton, Bath and Swindon, with staff in almost all saying they felt their shops were being used as a bin.
More than one in five of us buy lots of clothes at a charity shop, vintage store, or flea market, with younger people more likely to be on the lookout for second-hand purchases. The Central ...
Danielle managed to bag a "gorgeous" outfit for just £1 after finding it in a charity shop bin, but she was bowled over by its true worth when she realised its real value ...