Can Middlesbrough attract shoppers back into the town centre or is the move to online permanent?
Middlesbrough’s mayor Andy Preston tells ITV News Business and Economics Editor Joel Hills that House of Fraser needs to start paying rent "soon" or leave the town The House of Fraser in Middlesbrough is a striking Art Deco-style building. Built in Portland Stone across six floors in 1957, it sits in the heart of the town centre. The department store had been set to close but last summer, Middlesbrough Council stumped up £1 million to buy the building as part of plans to revive the centre’s fortunes. Until now, the council has allowed Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group to continue to use the...