"The High Street is going to look a very different place in a year's time, " said Adrian Quine, director of the British Online Retailing Association.

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"Either way, ministers need to look at ways of getting High Street funding out to the coalface much quicker, " he said.

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It may look like boom-time for the High Street now, but the foundations appear pretty shaky to some economists.

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He added that new disability laws had forced him to look for other premises instead of traditional high street shops.

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But even if the banking names on the High Street do not change, their branches may start to look a little less uniform and a little more imaginative.

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Many of you recommended we look at Gloucester Road in Bristol as an example of a high street which was thriving despite tough economic times, so we sent reporter Nicola Stanbridge to find out its secret of success.

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Mr. HOWARD: You will actually look just across the way where we - Boots over there, the High Street pharmacy.

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