Coronavirus recovery: why local markets are key to reviving our locked down town centres
Friday, June 12, 2020 - 09:50
in Mathematics & Economics
During the early weeks of coronavirus in the UK, there was an obsessive focus on supermarkets and how they were handling the pandemic. It was as if traditional retail markets and small shops didn't exist. Many markets and traders, however, continued to provide essential goods and services during the lockdown, sometimes responding quicker and in more creative ways than larger stores.