A clothing shop on Dumbarton High Street has announced its closure.
Lady C Boutique has been run by Catherine Walsh for nearly 4years and will close its doors for the final time on November 5.
Catherine announced on Facebook that the store will close but remain online for customers.
She told our sister title the Dumbarton Reporter the store was 'no longer financially viable'.
She said: "The overhead costs are just too expensive, everything's increased and I'm no longer getting full-rate relief which I was getting when I started out.
"The small business rates relief being gone is having an impact on small businesses.
"We are dependent on people coming through your doors and the cost of living is having an impact."
Catherine says she no longer receives the small business relief rate which is provided to properties with a rateable value less than £15,000.
"For independent clothes shop in the High Street and it's gone, you know, because everything else, you know, it's the supermarket's Peacocks, you know, big chains. But for small independents to survive in the High Street, now it's a real, real struggle, real struggle.
"Given the downturn in footfall on the High Street, it's just no longer financially viable."
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel