SDA- Health of the Highstreet in Cornwall

With a keen interest in the news and things that are not just effecting large aspects of the country but also having a detrimental effect on a local level i have been researching and tracking changes in the high street since Christmas and have found that countless local small business' loved by the local people are being forced to close die to hikes in business rates,rents and the increase in large corporate business' that can charge far less than any local business can dream of.
I first visited "Party Zone" in January of this year which i have talked about in previous posts and since then have found a recurrence of the same story from business to business and not just in one market for example cafe's, fancy dress shops, bridal dress companies have all been effected by the same two or three factors and the list can go on.

Last week i visited a sweet shop in Falmouth called "the chocolate box" this time i found that the story again related to corporate competition that they simply compete with any longer. The owners of the business have agreed to an interview over email to ensure that they can get there message out there within the editorial section of the SDA which will be presented to various Cornwall focused magazines such as Cornwall live.
In hind sight i definitely should taken a flash with me to this shoot as the lighting in the shop was incredibly poor and the large windows didn't provide enough ambient light as they were covered over with large closing down stickers.