Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support independent high street businesses in Gloucester constituency.

This government is focused on ensuring that high streets are great places for independent businesses to thrive and support local economic growth. Through the Small Business Plan, the government sets out its vision to support small businesses operating on high streets and within the everyday economy.

Independent high street businesses in Gloucester can use face-to-face support from The Growth Hub Gloucestershire and benefit from national measures including action to tackle retail crime, reduce vacancies and make support easier to access through our Business Growth Service. Later this year we’ll publish a new High Streets Strategy that will build on the £5bn Pride in Place Programme to renew our neighbourhoods and high streets.