Ghost town Britain, is this your town?

[justasking111]

The CBI are saying we need to get back to the workplace to save our towns.

"Carolyn Fairbairn has warned commercial centres risk becoming 'ghost towns' if offices don't reopen soon
The director-general of the CBI said getting staff back to offices was as important as children being in school
Asked the Prime Minister to match the rhetoric used to get children in schools to get workers back to offices
Audit of major employers reveals most have very few workers back in the office until at least the new year"

Now we are in a tourist area in Wales so very busy.

Is your town a ghost town now?

Absolute ghost town. Everything seems to have decamped to the out of town shopping centre and when Waitrose closes next week it will be even worse

Small town in the NW, not very touristy. City centre has been busy but normal back to school busy, not "heaving".

@Titsywoo

London is a ghost town - or certainly has been. It's picking up a bit now but the lack of workers and international tourists will kill off a lot of the retail and restaurants/bars. Very sad but I'm not sure there's much to be done now.

I went to my office in Zone 1 a few weeks ago. Absolutely dead. Most small independents closed and only the like a of Pret, Sainsbury local open. Along Oxford Street was so quiete although most shops open. Zone 1 will economy will not survive.

I live in London zone 2 where it is pretty busy with most shops still a queing system in place e.g. T K Maxx, charity shop, large Sainsbury.

It appears in residential areas business is doing well and in business districts less so.

Commuter town here and it's busy - I assume that the people who used to travel into London are shopping, eating and getting coffees here instead. Massive queues on Eat Out to Help Out days - even at McDonalds.

Agree with others, my London suburb is doing OK, but going into Central London, it's very quiet. Can get a seat on the tube during "peak hours" no problem.

Until the children get back to school and nurseries re-open fully I do not think that we can gauge how our local businesses will do once the tourists dwindle off and parents are free to go back to work.