A report by the Interim Director of Corporate Services sought to allocate the Empty Shops funding of £52,632 which was made available to the Council by the Department of Communities and Local Government and followed on from the report considered by Cabinet on 14 January 2010 on this issue.

The report recommended that the Empty Shops funding be divided equally between three shopping areas across the borough – New Ferry, Bromborough and Egremont (King Street/Brighton Street), but that the final decision on how the money should be spent within the centre should rest with the Cabinet following the involvement of the relevant Area Forums. 

RESOLVED:

It be recommended that the three shopping areas of New Ferry, Bromborough and Brighton Street/King Street are allocated an equal proportion of the £52,632 Empty Shops Fund and that bids be invited through the relevant Area Forums for the funding.