text: If the government had done a better job regulating the city, perhaps europe would not be so anxious to muscle in.
  
  19th November 2016	News Comments Off on BRC-Springboard: October footfall steps up marginally 1,056 Views
  Footfall strengthened slightly in October to -0.4% compared with the same month last year, following a 0.9% year-on-year decline in September, reports British Retail Consortium (BRC)-Springboard.
  However, the picture is mixed across the country – while most areas saw a decline in shopper numbers, the North and Yorkshire region showed a 0.5% year-on-year increase.
  Covering the four weeks from October 2 to October 29, the BRC- Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor revealed that high street footfall dropped for the second consecutive month – though the 0.4% fall was marginally better than the 0.5% fall in September. This is behind the three-month average, which was broadly flat.
  Footfall in retail park locations grew 1.1% after September’s minor fall of 0.01%. This was higher than the three-month average of 0.5%.