Retail Trade: Urban Areas
(asked on 25th June 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support high street businesses.
Answered by
Blair McDougall
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 2nd July 2026
It was a pleasure meeting my honourable friend in April to discuss challenges facing small businesses in Truro and Falmouth.
Our Plan for Small Businesses puts high streets at the heart of economic renewal. We are reforming licensing, tackling retail crime and money laundering, and simplifying business support through the Business Growth Service.
We are also working with businesses on an MHCLG-led High Streets Strategy to revitalise communities alongside the Pride in Place programme.