Southport MP meets with business leaders to discuss investment of future high street

Damien Moore MP attended the Southport Bid conference on Friday 8 February to discuss with prominent business leaders how to attribute part of the £675 million fund he secured from the Chancellor in November to Southport.

The Chancellor has confirmed that part of the fund could be used to cut business rates by up to a third, providing small businesses in shopping destinations such as Lord Street with a life-line after the acceleration of online shopping.

Damien Moore MP said: “I feel it is important that we work together with local business to discuss how to make our high street flourish and restore Lord Street to what it once was. The use of the High Street Fund will encourage more investment in Southport and promote future growth.

“Whilst Sefton Council continue to deliver in Bootle and ignore the pressures faced by Southport’s small businesses, this fund will be a much-needed life-line to those who have worked incredibly hard to maintain our town as a premier tourist destination.”

For further information, please contact Damien Moore MP on 01704 500577 or damien.moore.mp@parliament.uk .