Save our newsagents! // June 26th, 2009 // Constituency News
Edgbaston MP Gisela Stuart has backed a national campaign to fight for the future of local newsagents, after it was revealed that traditional newsagents are being forced to shut up shop at a rate of more than one every day.
Developments in the news distribution industry - the businesses that deliver newspapers and magazines - have left most newsagents with no choice over who supplies them.
Shop owners fear that the lack of competition will leave them with no alternative supplier and vulnerable to increased costs.
Last week almost 800 newsagents delivered a petition to the Office of Fair Trading demanding urgent action to protect competition in the news distribution industry.
Gisela joined with campaigners at Westminster to support the launch of the campaign to save Britain’s newsagents. Speaking after the event, Gisela said:
”Traditional newsagents are the backbone of our community. They deliver a vital service and are a friendly face that many people rely on every day. It is shocking and unacceptable that so many newsagents face an uphill struggle to survive. I am proud to pledge my support to newsagents in Bartley Green, Edgbaston, Harborne, Quinton and across the UK.”
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