HELP could be at hand for hard-pressed retail businesses in Wellington.
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Scouts leader mourners asked to wear uniforms or neckerchiefs for funeral serviceAs some eight premises within a 100yd radius of the town centre were standing empty this week, some for a number of months, the WWN has learned that a review of business grants, currently capped by Taunton Deane Borough Council, could be on the cards to make it easier for prospective retailers get established.
And property owners could soon be challenged to make more effort to rent out shops that stand empty.
The proposals come as Dennis King, chairman of Wellington Chamber of Commerce, told the WWN small businesses in the town were "under siege."
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