Greens Announce Reforms to Lower Commercial Rents, Fill Empty Shops

Greens Announce City Centre Vibrancy Policy

"These common-sense changes will help small businesses stay open and help new ones fill empty spaces, supporting job creation, the local economy, and cities and towns that work better for all of us," says Swarbrick.

Greens announce reforms to lower commercial rents, fill empty shops

The Green Party is pledging to restore city centre vibrancy by ensuring market rent reviews for small businesses can lower rents, and letting councils run rental auctions for spaces that have been empty for longer than 12 months.

Green Party campaigns on inner-city rental auctions for empty shops

The Green Party is promising to help small businesses get a fair deal on commercial rents if elected in November.