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It's not just car parts, the internet has killed off many high street shops
There may be some truth in that but the biggest impact on the High Street has been supermarkets setting up
in Out of Town developments/Retail parks/call them what you will.
The Scottish Government has addressed this by altering the business rates system, small business who have a rateable
value of £11,000 or less pay nothing. The idea is to help small businesses stay in the town centres….tourism is a major industry
in Scotland, tourists don't stop long in places where all the shops are boarded up!
The UK Government are/have been talking about doing something similar to the Business Rates.
Here there is one stand alone Motor Factors left, although there are several repairers who also sell parts.
The other closed some time ago. The owner told me that it was no longer viable because the sales of cleaning
products had practically ended with the arrival of Tesco (who also sell oil, wiper blades, etc).
Mind you he was 86 at the time!
Ian.