The vacancy rate has begun to fall according to the Local Data Company (LDC).
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Discounters (29%) and supermarkets (17%) have taken on most of the stores, LDC said.
An average of 14.6% of shops now remain empty across Britain, according to the LDC.
But Matthew Hopkinson from the LDC says a growing number of empty shops are becoming leisure venues.
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LDC, which surveyed between January and June, said 67% of Britain's retail and leisure units were independents.
Statistics released by the Local Data Company (LDC) showed 23.6% of Telford's town centre outlets were independents.
The Local Data Company (LDC) found that the shop vacancy rate fell to 14.2% from 14.3% in 2011.
Iceland and Poundland have taken 7% each, with 99p Stores taking 6%, said LDC, which tracks the retail sector.
However, the LDC said although the number of empty shops was rising, the "negative trends of 2011 have slowed".
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The LDC also surveyed 61 organisations providing services to people with learning difficulties, and 72% said funding for their services from local authorities had been cut.
Separate figures, compiled by the Local Data Company (LDC), suggested the proportion of shops lying empty increased in every region in Britain bar London between January and June.
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.
Just over three years after the High Street giant's demise, 703 of its 807 stores - 87% - are re-occupied, said a report by the Local Data Company (LDC).
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The best take-up of old Woolworths is in Yorkshire and Humber at 95%, while Northern Ireland has the lowest with 38% of stores there still left to find a tenant, LDC said.
"Online is driving growth for a majority of retailers and so 2013 is all about the supporting role that shops will have as 'customer experience' centres and showrooms, as much as transactions through their till, " said Matthew Hopkinson, director at LDC.
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