Sony Music UK chairman and CEO Ged Doherty, Universal Music UK chairman and CEO David Joseph, Warner Music UK CEO Christian Tattersfield and EMI Music UK CEO Andria Vidler are among seven record company heads who have written a letter to the Times promising to back the record store through its problems and praising its contribution to the industry.

The letter, which was also penned by Domino Records chairman Laurence Bell, Ministry of Sound Group CEO Lohan Presencer and Beggars ...