The winners of Retail Rocks were given empty shop units rent free for a year in the Torry area, plus ongoing business support.
Finally, Mr Wilson outlined the bill's measures to encourage the use of windows in empty shop premises to make towns and cities "more vibrant".
The Abbey Shopping Centre in Abingdon was refurbished over the past year but some shop units remain empty.
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Mr. Ragguette's shop was nearly empty Sunday afternoon, as were many others.
The Costa Coffee chain, part of Whitbread which also owns Beefeater, Brewers Fayre and Premier Inn, wants to open a shop in an empty Victorian building in King Street.
The chain is part of Whitbread, which also owns Beefeater, Brewers Fayre and Premier Inn, and wants to open a shop in an empty Victorian building in King Street.
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It was last used as a clothes shop and is standing empty, but Mr Street said he is about to sell it to someone who wants to open a health centre.
Richard Young, from the Original Farmers Market Shop, said the shop in question had been empty for two years and no-one wanted to fill it.
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Darren Beecroft, 38, from Aberystwyth, said having a shop serving the public was better than empty premises.
Borough Parade owner Mountgrange launched the win-a-shop scheme in April in order to fill empty shops at the centre.
According to the The Local Data Company (LDC), which compiles statistics on high street shop vacancy rates, the town has more empty shops than anywhere else in Scotland.
His shop was full in mid-September, nearly empty in mid-October.
In February, the Local Data Company published its annual shop vacancy report and claimed more than 30% of Stockport's shops were empty.
Anne Rudd and Karen Jones submitted clothes shop proposals to the owner of the Borough Parade shopping centre and were chosen to occupy two empty units.
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