Jobs lost, shop closures - the need for a collaborative approach to stimulate the local economy

By Donna Sharpe
Updated March 11 2020 - 10:50am, first published January 21 2020 - 7:00pm
RETAIL REFORM: SDA Assistant Secretary for Newcastle David Bliss believes a forum should be held in Maitland with key stakeholders from the retail industry. PICTURE: Supplied.
RETAIL REFORM: SDA Assistant Secretary for Newcastle David Bliss believes a forum should be held in Maitland with key stakeholders from the retail industry. PICTURE: Supplied.

As Maitland and Green Hills struggle through one of the deepest retailing troughs in decades, a call has gone out for radical retail reforms, sustainable rents and a local forum to stop job losses, stores closing and regain consumer confidence.

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