HAVE you noticed more empty shops floating around the area... Seems you might be right in noticing and it certainly isn't just the North East effected.
Australia as a whole is losing private businesses at unheard of levels.
In 2024, 88 businesses closed for every 100 that opened.
This figure equates to 15,238 businesses that were deregistered or closed down, an equivalent of 17 per cent of business...
