Unfortunately the pandemic and the lockdowns that have followed have taken a toll on business and some big name stores have closed down in the year since March 2020.
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Here are 22 pubs, shops and restaurants that have closed since March 2020 in and around Portsmouth
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17. The Wessex Cancer Trust shop
This charity shop in Cosham closed its doors in mid-July. Photo: User
18. Nina's Surplus store
The popular shop in Highland Road, Southsea had been open for 42 years, but it shut in August after owner Nina Anderson decided she could no longer run it. Photo: Habibur Rahman
19. Ask Italian
This chain restaurant in West Street, Fareham, shut its doors during the summer as the company said that it was no longer ‘viable’. Photo: Google Street View
20. Thorntons
All of the Thorntons stores will be remaining closed permanently it has been announced. Photo: Mike Egerton/PA Wire