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With the loss of 2450 jobs, the big names disappearing from our High Streets are coming thick and fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether the announcement of the reopening of our Towns will save those businesses hanging in the balance remains to be seen, but for many businesses the road ahead is surely going to be a bumpy one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we say goodbye to Dorothy Perkins &amp; Burtons from Rayleigh High Street as it has been sold to an online retailer as part of the collapse of the Arcadia Group. With the loss of 2450 jobs, the big names disappearing from our High Streets are coming thick and fast. 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