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Over 160,000 SMEs without mandatory employers’ liability insurance risk fines and prosecution

3 Mar 2023

More than 160,000 small businesses in the UK with between one and nine employees will not have employer’s liability insurance by the end of the year, according to new research from Smart... Read more…

Bakers showing resilience despite cost pressures

3 Mar 2023

Britain’s bakers are showing great resilience despite continued cost and operational pressures, according to industry groups.
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New research shows local high streets & shopping centres more resilient than major shopping hubs in cost-of-living crisis

3 Mar 2023

New data from commercial property specialist Colliers shows that in the face of the UK’s cost of living crisis, minor retail destinations such as local high streets and shopping centres... Read more…

Value of contactless payments grew 50% last year.

27 Feb 2023

Barclays, which oversees nearly half of the UK’s card spending, has reported that the total value of contactless payments made using Barclays cards in the UK increased by 49.7% year on... Read more…

UK bike sales hit 20-year low but long-term outlook remains positive

22 Feb 2023

The Annual Market Data Report for 2022 from The Bicycle Association (BA) reports annual cycle sales in the UK fell to 1.88 million units in 2022, a 20-year low, 27% below pre-COVID levels in... Read more…

Nottingham revealed as UK’s best spot for homebuyers who want a thriving indie retail scene

13 Feb 2023

New research by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has analysed the number of independent shops found across 15 major UK cities to find which presented the most independent retail... Read more…

New data reveals the most and least expensive retail rental areas in the UK

13 Feb 2023

New data from insolvency specialists Real Business Rescue, which analysed current commercial retail listings to find the most and least expensive areas in the UK for business owners to open... Read more…

Tackling retail crime a priority, says Policing Minister

13 Feb 2023

The Policing Minister Chris Philp has said that tackling retail crime is a priority.
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The 1975 named as ambassadors for this year’s Record Store Day

13 Feb 2023

Record Store Day has unveiled indie rock band The 1975 as this year’s RSD ambassadors.
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Bike prices predicted to fall in 2023 due to excess stock, but not across the board

6 Feb 2023

Predictions of a slowdown in demand for bikes may contribute to an industry-wide decrease in prices, with the Bicycle Association reporting UK bike sales down by a quarter against Covid levels.
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New data reveals the most and least expensive retail rental areas in the UK

Posted on in Business News, Cycles News

New data from insolvency specialists Real Business Rescue, which analysed current commercial retail listings to find the most and least expensive areas in the UK for business owners to open stores, has found that London, unsurprisingly, tops the UK’s most expensive area for retail rents. The capital was the most expensive with the average rents hitting £49.64.

Oxford Street Xmas

However, there is a big disparity in rents across London ranging from £86.18 in Kensington and Chelsea to £23.16 in Barking and Dagenham.

Across the UK, Oxford was the second most expensive area, with average rents of £49.51.
Although recent reports have said that Oxford is among some of the UK’s worst for empty retail units since the pandemic, retail rent could still be at a premium due to council investment in the area, a budding population of younger professionals thanks to planned new housing developments, and tourism generating £780m of income a year for local businesses.

The third highest average price per square foot per year is another tourist haven, York, at £47.75.
In terms of the most affordable retail rental price, Blackpool is the cheapest at an average of £12.45 per square foot per year.

Despite the low rents, Blackpool saw a record boom in visitors in 2021 following the pandemic with more than 12 million people visiting the town centre compared to about 9 million in 2019.

Shaun Barton, national online business operations director at Real Business Rescue said: “Rental prices are just one of the many rising costs affecting businesses across the nation as they battle through one of the toughest periods, they’ve ever faced due to the ‘cost of doing business crisis’ and rising inflation.

“Not only do these prices lead to vacant retail spaces, which can have damaging effects on high streets up and down the country, but it’s another pressure point for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) everywhere.”

Barton said the lifting of the moratorium on landlord debt collection has “increased significantly” the pressure on retailers.

“With the fallout from the pandemic, and now a ‘cost of doing business crisis’, it is clear that a significant number of retailers across the country are facing a battle to remain financially solvent and viable,” he said.

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