ONCE a hive of bustling market activity, Braintree town centre is fast becoming a ghost town, according to a new multi-million pound report.The town centre has become slowly marginalised by shoppers since Freeport was built in 1999 and now a 190-page retail study commissioned by Chelmsford City Council confirms the High Street is on the wane.The primary reason for the study was to review the demand for retail space in Chelmsford, but it also looked at how competing centres of trade, such as...
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