Charity shops 'threat' to Tenterden high street
A discount on business rates for charity shops is squeezing out independent retailers and making trading conditions extremely difficult, according to traders in a Kent town.
Tenterden already has 10 charity shops - with one more about to open. The local chamber of commerce is raising the matter with its MP - and calling for a ban on more shops being opened.
BBC South East Today's Yvette Austin spoke to Malcolm Everett of Tenterden Chamber committee and Ian Matthews, head of retail for Oxfam GB.
19 Jun 2014
- From the section Sussex