Where is the best place to open a retail start-up in the UK?

By Sarah Parsons | Published: 13-Feb-2018
Retail

British start-ups have soared in recent years, but is the capital city really the best place to make a retail debut?

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Even though the number of start-ups are on the rise, the movement doesn’t look set to dwindle anytime soon: more than 46,000 small businesses were launched in the UK in January 2018 alone – that’s roughly 1,500 per day.

But if you’re a new retailer, where is the best place to open up shop? Well, the latest report from online marketplace onbuy.com hopes to solve that dilemma.

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