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Kingsley Photographic Ltd, a family-run camera business which opened its first shop in London 50 years ago, will close this week as ‘spiralling rent’ and cheaper online competition takes its toll.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kingsley, which is a Nikon Professional dealer, has gone into voluntary liquidation according to managing director Tim Stavrinou who told us: ?The main reasons are the rent which is getting very expensive, footfall is down and a lot of people are buying online.’<\/p>\n

Stavrinou told us that the business is struggling to pay its bills, faced with \u00a365,000 in annual rent and \u00a324,000 a year in rates.<\/p>\n

The shop, which employs five staff, will close on Friday, said Stavrinou who is baffled as to how independent high street shops continue to survive.<\/p>\n

‘We can’t compete,’ added Stavrinou who pointed out that a camera costing \u00a3600 at his shop sells for ‘\u00a3450’ online.<\/p>\n

‘I just woke up and said “I can’t do this anymore”.’<\/p>\n

Kingsley currently operates one store, at 93 Tottenham Court Road, specialising in Nikon, Leica and Gitzo gear.<\/p>\n

‘In the 23 years I’ve been in photographic retail I’ve seen it change from a friendly and open trade where we all made a nice living, to one of ridiculous margins and, of course, pressure from the internet.<\/p>\n

‘Quality of service and a good knowledge base were the ideals we founded our principles on and, unfortunately, it seems that a lot of consumers and distributors today seem to understand the price of everything and the cost of nothing,’ he claimed.<\/p>\n

First set up 50 years ago, as E.C Kingsley, the business initially ran two shops, both located on Tottenham Court Road.<\/p>\n

Tim Stavrinou’s father, Steve, bought the business in 1984.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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