BigAl wrote:"along with the two shops on Clumber Street, where the pet shop and flower shops were".
Has Eric closed his pet shop

Yes he has Al .
Eric was on about retiring anyway.
I think having such a short lease on the shop had a lot to do with it.
He couldn't sell the shop, as no one in their right mind would buy a business when they could be shut down within months as the lease expired.
The owner of all the shops mentioned previously went into liquidation, and the receivers wouldn't allow any of the shops be re-let, despite quite a few requests from people who were willing to try and set up a business in Warsop.
I think because all the shops on their books are now vacant, they will be put up for auction as a job lot.
I know of at least 3 people who were in these shops who wanted to buy them from the receivers, but they were all turned down.
It seems like as the shops lease ended, the receivers refused to re-new them, until eventually all the shops were closed and left empty.
The Cozy Cafe was the last one to close.
I just hope that whoever buys them doesn't try charging high rents for them, because they will never get anyone to rent them out