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  • A detail of a shop on Londons Oxford Street, its message reading the business closing down on the last day, on 17th July 2019, in London England.
    closing_down_window-01-17-07-2019.jpg
  • Signs continue of an economic downturn and difficult times as another shop window announces store closing in London, England, United Kingdom.
    20160216_store closing_A.jpg
  • The Folkestone Bonmarche store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom.
    UK-High-Street-Closing-Down-5714.jpg
  • A headless full body mannequins for sale in the Folkestone Debenhams store during the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
    UK-High-Street-Closing-Down-5705.jpg
  • Headless full body mannequins for sale in the window of the Folkestone Debenhams store during the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
    UK-High-Street-Closing-Down-5702.jpg
  • Empty shelves inside the Folkestone Debenhams store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
    UK-High-Street-Closing-Down-5712.jpg
  • Customers going into the Folkestone Debenhams store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
    UK-High-Street-Closing-Down-5629.jpg
  • A yellow all store fixtures, furniture and equipment for sale sign outside the Folkestone Debenhams store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
    UK-High-Street-Closing-Down-5674.jpg
  • Empty shelves inside the Folkestone Debenhams store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
    UK-High-Street-Closing-Down-5692.jpg
  • People walking past the sale signs outside the Folkestone Debenhams store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
    UK-High-Street-Closing-Down-5624.jpg
  • People walking past the sale signs outside the Folkestone Debenhams store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
    UK-High-Street-Closing-Down-5619.jpg
  • People walking past the sale signs outside the Folkestone Debenhams store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
    UK-High-Street-Closing-Down-5608.jpg
  • A closed business in Central London, a victim of the UK recession. The opaque windows of this business hide the failure of this shop in central London, not allowing us to understand why this retailer is ceasing trading during the UK recession. The large word Sale is written in red along the top with Closing Down and Last Day on both doors.
    closing_down1-01-11-2011_1.jpg
  • Headless full body mannequins for sale in the window of the Folkestone Debenhams store during the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
    UK-High-Street-Closing-Down-5685.jpg
  • The Folkestone Debenhams store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
    UK-High-Street-Closing-Down-5642.jpg
  • A woman walks past the Folkestone Debenhams store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
    UK-High-Street-Closing-Down-5653.jpg
  • Sale signs outside the Folkestone Debenhams store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
    UK-High-Street-Closing-Down-5622.jpg
  • A busker singing outside the Folkestone Debenhams store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
    UK-High-Street-Closing-Down-5613.jpg
  • A closed business in Central London, a victim of the UK recession. The opaque windows of this business hide the failure of this shop in central London, not allowing us to understand why this retailer is ceasing trading during the UK recession. The large word Sale is written in red along the top with Closing Down and Last Day on both doors.
    closing_down3-01-11-2011_1.jpg
  • The shop window of a menswear and shoe retailer with big reductions and deals but closing down soon, on 2nd February 2017, in the City of London, England.
    closing_down-01-02-02-2017.jpg
  • Sign for a souvenir shop which is closing down in London, United Kingdom. Economic times are tough so many shops change ownership.
    20190209_closing down_002.jpg
  • Sign for a souvenir shop which is closing down in London, United Kingdom. Economic times are tough so many shops change ownership.
    20190209_closing down_001.jpg
  • Closing Down Sale signs in the window of a clothing retail shop in central London, UK. Due to the economic downturn, many shops are closing.
    20120922closing down sale_A_1.jpg
  • 'Store Closing, All Stock Reduced' posters stuck to the window of a closing Woolworths shop in the town of Nailsea, Nth Somerset. In its 100th year, the iconic high street chain of affordable goods has welcomed generations of shoppers since its first outlet opened in 1909 In a period of financial turmoil when recession followed the credit crunch, Woolworths went into administration in November 2008 with debts of £385m Pounds. Its 815 nationwide outlets were forced to close and its 27,000 workers laid off. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt.
    closed_businesses01-24-12_2008_1.jpg
  • An Italian Menswear retail store hosting a Closing Down Sale in Moorgate, central London, United Kingdom. Many retail businesses have suffered badly during the financial crisis and have been forced to close down.
    UK-Retails-StoreClosure-6230_1.jpg
  • Closing Down Sale signs in the window of a shop in central London. Due to the economic downturn, many shops are closing.
    20100313closing downB.jpg
  • Closing Down Sale signs in the window of a shop in central London. Due to the economic downturn, many shops are closing.
    20100313closing downA.jpg
  • Sprayed writing on a closed recession business window. The words 'Last Day Closing .. any reasonable offers'. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'.
    last_day01-31-05-2012.jpg
  • A closed restaurant and an antiques shop holding a closing down sale are pictured on 3rd November 2020 in Windsor, United Kingdom. Struggling high-street businesses are now having to prepare for England’s second national lockdown to combat the spread of the coronavirus, which is set to begin on 5th November and to last four weeks.
    MK-20201103-COVID-coronavirus-lockdo...jpg
  • A closing down sale window is written with emulsion paint on glass in a London furniture shop. The reflection of the street behind can be seen with armchairs and cots. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'.
    closed_business01-23-11-2009_1.jpg
  • The Minsk 2019 European Games closing ceremony at the Dinamo Stadium on the 30th June 2019 in Minsk, Belarus.
    Minsk-30-6-19-1019410.jpg
  • The Minsk 2019 European Games closing ceremony at the Dinamo Stadium on the 30th June 2019 in Minsk, Belarus.
    Minsk-30-6-19-1019426.jpg
  • The Minsk 2019 European Games closing ceremony at the Dinamo Stadium on the 30th June 2019 in Minsk, Belarus.
    Minsk-30-6-19-5332.jpg
  • The Minsk 2019 European Games closing ceremony at the Dinamo Stadium on the 30th June 2019 in Minsk, Belarus.
    Minsk-30-6-19-5326.jpg
  • The Minsk 2019 European Games closing ceremony at the Dinamo Stadium on the 30th June 2019 in Minsk, Belarus.
    Minsk-30-6-19-1019392.jpg
  • The Minsk 2019 European Games closing ceremony at the Dinamo Stadium on the 30th June 2019 in Minsk, Belarus.
    Minsk-30-6-19-1019386.jpg
  • The 2018 Winter Olympic Games Closing Ceremony at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium  on 25th February 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea
    ClosingCeremony-D22-03518_1.jpg
  • Spectators from the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games Closing Ceremony at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium  on 25th February 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea
    ClosingCeremony-D22-03531_1.jpg
  • The 2018 Winter Olympic Games Closing Ceremony at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium  on 25th February 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea
    ClosingCeremony-D22-03543_1.jpg
  • The 2018 Winter Olympic Games Closing Ceremony at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium  on 25th February 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea
    ClosingCeremony-D22-03514_1.jpg
  • Spectators from the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games Closing Ceremony at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium  on 25th February 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea
    ClosingCeremony-D22-03496_1.jpg
  • The 2018 Winter Olympic Games Closing Ceremony at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium  on 25th February 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea
    ClosingCeremony-D22-03493_1.jpg
  • The 2018 Winter Olympic Games Closing Ceremony at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium  on 25th February 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea
    ClosingCeremony-D22-03504_1.jpg
  • Spectators from the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games Closing Ceremony at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium  on 25th February 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea
    ClosingCeremony-D22-03476_1.jpg
  • The 2018 Winter Olympic Games Closing Ceremony at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium  on 25th February 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea
    ClosingCeremony-D22-03419_1.jpg
  • The 2018 Winter Olympic Games Closing Ceremony at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium  on 25th February 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea
    ClosingCeremony-D22-03558_1.jpg
  • The 2018 Winter Olympic Games Closing Ceremony at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium  on 25th February 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea
    ClosingCeremony-D22-03488_1.jpg
  • Scene of shoppers doing some last minute Christmas shopping, forming a queue outside Debenhams which is closing down along Oxford Street as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. These shoppers, mostly wearing face masks were unaware, as were shop owners that the new rules were about to be announced, and this would mean that all non-essential shops will have to close from midnight.
    20201219_london before tier four_011.jpg
  • Scene of shoppers doing some last minute Christmas shopping, forming a queue outside Debenhams which is closing down along Oxford Street as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. These shoppers, mostly wearing face masks were unaware, as were shop owners that the new rules were about to be announced, and this would mean that all non-essential shops will have to close from midnight.
    20201219_london before tier four_010.jpg
  • Scene of shoppers doing some last minute Christmas shopping, forming a queue outside Debenhams which is closing down along Oxford Street as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. These shoppers, mostly wearing face masks were unaware, as were shop owners that the new rules were about to be announced, and this would mean that all non-essential shops will have to close from midnight.
    20201219_london before tier four_008.jpg
  • Scene of shoppers doing some last minute Christmas shopping, forming a queue outside Debenhams which is closing down along Oxford Street as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. These shoppers, mostly wearing face masks were unaware, as were shop owners that the new rules were about to be announced, and this would mean that all non-essential shops will have to close from midnight.
    20201219_london before tier four_009.jpg
  • Scene of shoppers doing some last minute Christmas shopping, forming a queue outside Debenhams which is closing down along Oxford Street as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. These shoppers, mostly wearing face masks were unaware, as were shop owners that the new rules were about to be announced, and this would mean that all non-essential shops will have to close from midnight.
    20201219_london before tier four_004.jpg
  • Scene of shoppers doing some last minute Christmas shopping, forming a queue outside Debenhams which is closing down along Oxford Street as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. These shoppers, mostly wearing face masks were unaware, as were shop owners that the new rules were about to be announced, and this would mean that all non-essential shops will have to close from midnight.
    20201219_london before tier four_002.jpg
  • Scene of shoppers doing some last minute Christmas shopping, forming a queue outside Debenhams which is closing down along Oxford Street as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. These shoppers, mostly wearing face masks were unaware, as were shop owners that the new rules were about to be announced, and this would mean that all non-essential shops will have to close from midnight.
    20201219_london before tier four_007.jpg
  • Scene of shoppers doing some last minute Christmas shopping, forming a queue outside Debenhams which is closing down along Oxford Street as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. These shoppers, mostly wearing face masks were unaware, as were shop owners that the new rules were about to be announced, and this would mean that all non-essential shops will have to close from midnight.
    20201219_london before tier four_003.jpg
  • Scene of shoppers doing some last minute Christmas shopping, forming a queue outside Debenhams which is closing down along Oxford Street as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. These shoppers, mostly wearing face masks were unaware, as were shop owners that the new rules were about to be announced, and this would mean that all non-essential shops will have to close from midnight.
    20201219_london before tier four_001.jpg
  • Asthe national lockdown ends and the new three tier system of local coronavirus restrictions begins, shoppers head out to Oxford Street to catch up on shopping as non-essential shops like Debenhams which has just announced that the department store chain will be closing down for good are allowed to reopen on 2nd December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Debenhams has been an ever present feature all over the UK for 242 years, but it has been announced that it will close all of its shops at the cost of around 12,000 jobs, and go into liquidation. This huge blow to the high street has not come as a surprise as the company has been struggling for some time.
    20201202_oxford street shoppers retu...jpg
  • Asthe national lockdown ends and the new three tier system of local coronavirus restrictions begins, shoppers head out to Oxford Street queueing outside Debenhams which has just announced that the department store chain will be closing down for good are allowed to reopen on 2nd December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Debenhams has been an ever present feature all over the UK for 242 years, but it has been announced that it will close all of its shops at the cost of around 12,000 jobs, and go into liquidation. This huge blow to the high street has not come as a surprise as the company has been struggling for some time.
    20201202_oxford street shoppers retu...jpg
  • Asthe national lockdown ends and the new three tier system of local coronavirus restrictions begins, shoppers head out to Oxford Street to catch up on shopping as non-essential shops like Debenhams which has just announced that the department store chain will be closing down for good are allowed to reopen on 2nd December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Debenhams has been an ever present feature all over the UK for 242 years, but it has been announced that it will close all of its shops at the cost of around 12,000 jobs, and go into liquidation. This huge blow to the high street has not come as a surprise as the company has been struggling for some time.
    20201202_oxford street shoppers retu...jpg
  • Asthe national lockdown ends and the new three tier system of local coronavirus restrictions begins, shoppers head out to Oxford Street queueing outside Debenhams which has just announced that the department store chain will be closing down for good are allowed to reopen on 2nd December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Debenhams has been an ever present feature all over the UK for 242 years, but it has been announced that it will close all of its shops at the cost of around 12,000 jobs, and go into liquidation. This huge blow to the high street has not come as a surprise as the company has been struggling for some time.
    20201202_oxford street shoppers retu...jpg
  • Asthe national lockdown ends and the new three tier system of local coronavirus restrictions begins, shoppers head out to Oxford Street queueing outside Debenhams which has just announced that the department store chain will be closing down for good are allowed to reopen on 2nd December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Debenhams has been an ever present feature all over the UK for 242 years, but it has been announced that it will close all of its shops at the cost of around 12,000 jobs, and go into liquidation. This huge blow to the high street has not come as a surprise as the company has been struggling for some time.
    20201202_oxford street shoppers retu...jpg
  • Asthe national lockdown ends and the new three tier system of local coronavirus restrictions begins, shoppers head out to Oxford Street to catch up on shopping as non-essential shops like Debenhams which has just announced that the department store chain will be closing down for good are allowed to reopen on 2nd December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Debenhams has been an ever present feature all over the UK for 242 years, but it has been announced that it will close all of its shops at the cost of around 12,000 jobs, and go into liquidation. This huge blow to the high street has not come as a surprise as the company has been struggling for some time.
    20201202_oxford street shoppers retu...jpg
  • Asthe national lockdown ends and the new three tier system of local coronavirus restrictions begins, shoppers head out to Oxford Street to catch up on shopping as non-essential shops like Debenhams which has just announced that the department store chain will be closing down for good are allowed to reopen on 2nd December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Debenhams has been an ever present feature all over the UK for 242 years, but it has been announced that it will close all of its shops at the cost of around 12,000 jobs, and go into liquidation. This huge blow to the high street has not come as a surprise as the company has been struggling for some time.
    20201202_oxford street shoppers retu...jpg
  • Some shops advertise sales although are closing down as the second national lockdown continues with just over a week before the new tier system begins, and people, many of whom are wearing face masks, come to Kings Heath High Street, as all non-essential shops are closed while some remain trading on 23rd November 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The new national lockdown is a huge blow to the economy and for individual businesses who were already struggling with only offering limited services.
    20201123_covid kings heath_028.jpg
  • Some shops like Bonmarche advertise sales although are closing down as the second national lockdown continues with just over a week before the new tier system begins, and people, many of whom are wearing face masks, come to Kings Heath High Street, as all non-essential shops are closed while some remain trading on 23rd November 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The new national lockdown is a huge blow to the economy and for individual businesses who were already struggling with only offering limited services.
    20201123_covid kings heath_021.jpg
  • Some shops like Bonmarche advertise sales although are closing down as the second national lockdown continues with just over a week before the new tier system begins, and people, many of whom are wearing face masks, come to Kings Heath High Street, as all non-essential shops are closed while some remain trading on 23rd November 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The new national lockdown is a huge blow to the economy and for individual businesses who were already struggling with only offering limited services.
    20201123_covid kings heath_019.jpg
  • On the last day of trading, surrounded by empty shelves and shop fittings, sheets of closing down posters are seen lying on the shop floor in the Camberwell branch of Woolworths department store in London. In its 100th year, the iconic high street chain of affordable goods has welcomed generations of shoppers since its first outlet opened in 1909 In a period of financial turmoil when recession followed the credit crunch, Woolworths went into administration in November 2008 with debts of £385m Pounds. Its 815 nationwide outlets were forced to close and its 27,000 workers laid off.
    woolworths03-05-01_2009_1_1.jpg
  • On the last day of trading, surrounded by empty shelves and shop fittings, sheets of closing down posters are seen lying on the shop floor in the Camberwell branch of Woolworths department store in London. In its 100th year, the iconic high street chain of affordable goods has welcomed generations of shoppers since its first outlet opened in 1909. In a period of financial turmoil when recession followed the credit crunch, Woolworths went into administration in November 2008 with debts of £385m Pounds. Its 815 nationwide outlets were forced to close and its 27,000 workers laid off.
    woolworths02-05-01_2009_1_1.jpg
  • On the last day of trading, surrounded by empty shelves and shop fittings, sheets of closing down posters are seen lying on the shop floor in the Camberwell branch of Woolworths department store in London. In its 100th year, the iconic high street chain of affordable goods has welcomed generations of shoppers since its first outlet opened in 1909. In a period of financial turmoil when recession followed the credit crunch, Woolworths went into administration in November 2008 with debts of £385m Pounds. Its 815 nationwide outlets were forced to close and its 27,000 workers laid off.
    woolworths01-05-01_2009_1_1.jpg
  • The words 'Closing Party' are almost obscured by fly-posters on a closed shop window, the victim of the economic recession. Only the remnants of the poster glue have left the traces of sheets of paper on the window, making for an almost abstract landscape of urban decay. Few clues remain of the shop's former business model though it might be assumed it was once a cafe as we see many chairs at a table. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'.
    recession_window2-09-July-2011.jpg
  • Woman walks past a closed down pub as thick fog descends over London making a peaceful yet eerie landscape atmosphere as structures appear and disappear over the River Thames. Modern and old industrial and commercial architecture is releaved through a mist which lasted tthrough the entire day. Many pubs are closing every week in the UK due to touch economic times during recession
    fog closed down pub20111120_0083.jpg
  • Scene of shoppers doing some last minute Christmas shopping, forming a queue outside Debenhams which is closing down along Oxford Street as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. These shoppers, mostly wearing face masks were unaware, as were shop owners that the new rules were about to be announced, and this would mean that all non-essential shops will have to close from midnight.
    20201219_london before tier four_005.jpg
  • Scene of shoppers doing some last minute Christmas shopping, forming a queue outside Debenhams which is closing down along Oxford Street as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. These shoppers, mostly wearing face masks were unaware, as were shop owners that the new rules were about to be announced, and this would mean that all non-essential shops will have to close from midnight.
    20201219_london before tier four_006.jpg
  • Asthe national lockdown ends and the new three tier system of local coronavirus restrictions begins, shoppers head out to Oxford Street queueing outside Debenhams which has just announced that the department store chain will be closing down for good are allowed to reopen on 2nd December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Debenhams has been an ever present feature all over the UK for 242 years, but it has been announced that it will close all of its shops at the cost of around 12,000 jobs, and go into liquidation. This huge blow to the high street has not come as a surprise as the company has been struggling for some time.
    20201202_oxford street shoppers retu...jpg
  • Asthe national lockdown ends and the new three tier system of local coronavirus restrictions begins, shoppers head out to Oxford Street to catch up on shopping as non-essential shops like Debenhams which has just announced that the department store chain will be closing down for good are allowed to reopen on 2nd December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Debenhams has been an ever present feature all over the UK for 242 years, but it has been announced that it will close all of its shops at the cost of around 12,000 jobs, and go into liquidation. This huge blow to the high street has not come as a surprise as the company has been struggling for some time.
    20201202_oxford street shoppers retu...jpg
  • Asthe national lockdown ends and the new three tier system of local coronavirus restrictions begins, shoppers head out to Oxford Street queueing outside Debenhams which has just announced that the department store chain will be closing down for good are allowed to reopen on 2nd December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Debenhams has been an ever present feature all over the UK for 242 years, but it has been announced that it will close all of its shops at the cost of around 12,000 jobs, and go into liquidation. This huge blow to the high street has not come as a surprise as the company has been struggling for some time.
    20201202_oxford street shoppers retu...jpg
  • Some shops advertise sales although are closing down as the second national lockdown continues with just over a week before the new tier system begins, and people, many of whom are wearing face masks, come to Kings Heath High Street, as all non-essential shops are closed while some remain trading on 23rd November 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The new national lockdown is a huge blow to the economy and for individual businesses who were already struggling with only offering limited services.
    20201123_covid kings heath_027.jpg
  • Some shops like Bonmarche advertise sales although are closing down as the second national lockdown continues with just over a week before the new tier system begins, and people, many of whom are wearing face masks, come to Kings Heath High Street, as all non-essential shops are closed while some remain trading on 23rd November 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The new national lockdown is a huge blow to the economy and for individual businesses who were already struggling with only offering limited services.
    20201123_covid kings heath_020.jpg
  • Bargain hunting shoppers at a closing store on Oxford Street in Central London. This store is always selling vastly reduced goods. This is a busy shopping area full of all the main high street chain stores.
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  • Hackney, London. Local shop, formerly post office, closing down.
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  • A Closing Down Sale sign is displayed in the window of a branch of The Edinburgh Woollen Mill on 3rd November 2020 in Windsor, United Kingdom. The struggling high-street fashion chain, which owns Peacocks and Jaeger, was given two weeks to find buyers or new investors as an alternative to going into administration on 23rd October.
    MK-20201103-COVID-coronavirus-lockdo...jpg
  • Countryside walkers pass through a gate before closing it again afterwards - a requirement of the countryside code, on 10th September 2018, near Lingen, Herefordshire, England UK.
    herefordshire_walk-01-10-09-2018.jpg
  • Protesters in Seoul city hold a demonstration against North Korea’s General Kim Yong Chol, in charge of inter-Korean affairs for the ruling Workers Party, following his visit to the Pyeongchang winter Olympic Closing Ceremony on 26th February 2018 in South Korea
    Seoul-D23-03578.jpg
  • Window of a smart shop saying liquidation: closing down, a signifier of the precarious state of Argentina's economy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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  • Window of a smart shop saying liquidation: closing down, a signifier of the precarious state of Argentina's economy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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  • Women look at the window of a shop saying liquidation: closing down, a signifier of the precarious state of Argentina's economy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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  • A store closing sale sign displayed in an HMV music in Square Mile, central London, United Kingdom. Due to the economic crisis in Britain the British entertainment retailing company entered into administration in January 23013. All stock is reduced as everything must go.
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  • An HMV music retail store hosting a sale as the shop is closing down in Square Mile, central London, United Kingdom. Due to the economic crisis in Britain the British entertainment retailing company entered into administration in January 23013.
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  • Closing down sale in central Buenos Aires, a signifier of the precarious state of Argentina's economy.
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  • Window of a smart shop saying liquidation: closing down, a signifier of the precarious state of Argentina's economy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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  • Window of a smart shop saying liquidation: closing down, a signifier of the precarious state of Argentina's economy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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  • Window of a shop saying liquidation: closing down, a signifier of the precarious state of Argentina's economy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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  • Man looks at the window of a shop saying liquidation: closing down, a signifier of the precarious state of Argentina's economy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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  • A British city worker walks past an HMV entertainment retail store in the Square Mile, central London, United Kingdom.  The shop is having a closing down sale and due to the economic downturn the British retailing company entered administration in January 2013.
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  • A man bends down to adjust a rug, in a shop window thats soon to close down and where everything must go, on 23rd September 2016, in Mayfair, central London, England.
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  • A small shop's business hours on lowered shutters in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Listed on the metal surface, we see the days of the week along with corresponding hours of trading and the days it closes eg. Sunday Opening hours strictly follow trading laws in the UK. Small shops in England and Wales can open any day or hour. There are no trading hours restrictions in Scotland. Shops over 280 square metres: It can open on Sundays but only for 6 consecutive hours between 10am and 6pm. It must close on Easter Sunday and Christmas Day.
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  • A closed DVD rental shop in south London has gone bust, a victim of the UK's economic climate. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'.
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  • On the day that Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre closes before its demolition and redevelopment, market stallholders clear away their pitches before gates are locked for the final time after 55 years, on 24th September 2020, in south London, England. The much-criticised architecture of the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre was opened in 1965, built on the bomb damaged site of the former Elephant & Castle Estate, originally constructed in 1898. The centre was home to restaurants, clothing retailers, fast food businesses and clubs where south Londoners socialised and met lifelong partners.
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  • The squashed perspective of a grenadier guardsman standing as sentry next to a doorway and a closed down business - a metaphor for Brexit, on Oxford Street, on 12th December 2017, in London England.
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  • People pass Debenhams flagship department store on Oxford Street as it is announced that talks to save the company have failed on 1st December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Debenhams has been an ever present feature all over the UK for 242 years, but it has been announced that it will close all of its shops at the cost of around 12,000 jobs, and go into liquidation. This huge blow to the high street has not come as a surprise as the company has been struggling for some time.
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