"Fake businesses are to be used to lessen the impact of the recession on high streets in North Tyneside.
With 140 empty shops in the borough, council bosses think they have come up with a unique way of ensuring shopping areas remain as vibrant as possible.
The first empty shop unit to be given a makeover with a "flat pack" shop front is in Whitley Bay.
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Empty shops in Wallsend and North Shields are now being earmarked for similar treatment, which costs about £1,500 a time. "
That's the BBC for you, turning the truth of shops closing because of Gordon Brown's failed economic policies into a good news story. £1500 per shop, don't worry it's only public money. Wouldn't a better use be to help existing business by subsidising their rates.
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