WITH reference to your recent story about the imminent closure of House of Fraser.

When that store is closed - and with M&S recently shutdown - Birkenhead’s shopping centre will look like a ghost town with many shops already closed.

What puzzles me is why the owners of these closed stores are content to receive no rent for them.

Why don’t they halve the rental charge and get some money instead of nothing?

I won’t be coming to Birkenhead next year and have to pay a car park charge just to look at loads of closed shops.

J Crickmar by email.