2025 trouxe grandes fechamentos de varejo e bancos em Wiltshire, mas novos negócios e reaberturas sinalizaram resiliência. 2025 brought major retail and banking closures in Wiltshire, yet new businesses and reopenings signaled resilience.

Em 2025, os centros da cidade de Wiltshire sofreram grandes mudanças, à medida que varejistas e bancos nacionais fechavam, incluindo vários ramos de Halifax, NatWest e New Look, juntamente com a perda da última boate de Chippenham e os joelhos de Trowbridge após 146 anos. 2025 saw Wiltshire’s town centres undergo major changes as national retailers and banks closed, including multiple branches of Halifax, NatWest, and New Look, along with the loss of Chippenham’s last nightclub and Trowbridge’s Knees after 146 years. No entanto, novos negócios como Gail's Bakery, Papa's Bakery e Anytime Fitness abriram, enquanto Dunelm e One Beyond atraíram multidões. Yet new businesses like Gail’s Bakery, Papa’s Bakery, and Anytime Fitness opened, while Dunelm and One Beyond drew crowds. Os antigos locais de Wilko em Chippenham e Devizes permaneceram vagos ou em redesenvolvimento, e as lutas de hospitalidade continuaram com o fechamento de Rick Stein e Costa Coffee. The former Wilko sites in Chippenham and Devizes remained vacant or under redevelopment, and hospitality struggles continued with closures of Rick Stein’s and Costa Coffee. Apesar das vagas em curso, novos independentes e reabertas sazonais ofereceram sinais de resiliência. Despite ongoing vacancies, new independents and seasonal reopenings offered signs of resilience.