Extract from Commons debate on Towns Fund: Deliveroo - Feb 4
Friday, 5 February 2021 09:06
Paul Bristow (Peterborough) (Con) [R]:...This funding also includes
the future high streets fund, which aims to renew town centres and
high streets to make them more attractive places to visit,
increasing footfall, driving growth and supporting local
businesses. That is exactly what Lincoln Road, Westgate and other
parts of Peterborough need. The pandemic has kept people away from
the high street. People are eating takeaways and restaurant meals
at home, and they are shopping online. My...Request free trial
(Peterborough) (Con) [R]:...This funding also
includes the future high streets fund, which aims to renew town
centres and high streets to make them more attractive places to
visit, increasing footfall, driving growth and supporting local
businesses. That is exactly what Lincoln Road, Westgate and other
parts of Peterborough need. The pandemic has kept people away from
the high street. People are eating takeaways and restaurant meals
at home, and they are shopping online. My mobile phone boasts not
just Deliveroo but, as a result of the
pandemic and lockdown, Just Eat and Uber Eats. As
convenient as that is, and as good as the hospitality in
Peterborough has been at adapting, there is a real fear that
hospitality and retail will suffer as we come out of the pandemic
because people’s shopping and leisure habits have changed. That is
why we need to think differently about town centres and high
streets and make them a destination...
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