Beauty salons and tattoo parlours have prospered on High Streets while the number of banks and retail stores has fallen. New analysis shows places to eat and drink have also increased - despite social distancing. 📲 See how your local High Street fares:
Beauty salons and tattoo parlours have prospered on High Streets while the number of banks and department stores has fallen, BBC analysis shows.To find out how the High Streets and shopping areas near you have changed since the beginning of the pandemic, type in your postcode below.If you can't view the postcode lookup, click here
The findings illustrate the changing face of the British High Street from a place to buy things to a place to do stuff - like get your nails done and meet friends for a coffee or a cocktail. "This town was dying when Beales closed, people stopped coming here," she says, standing in the old perfume hall as a workman rips a Chanel sign from the wall.Geri Ward is transforming an empty department store into somewhere to showcase Cumbrian businesses
The changes suggest the pandemic accelerated the move away from physical cash-based retail to card-based online shopping. Sheffield had 15 more tattoo parlours in March 2022, Kingston upon Hull had 11 more, while Stockport and Cornwall each had an extra 10. South Lakeland, straddling the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, had more than twice as many as pre-Covid - up from four salons to 10.There are half a dozen tattooists operating in Kendal. Tony Davis is the artist at Samsara in the High Street.
However, High Streets and shopping areas appear to be evolving into more service and hospitality-based venues. And despite the restrictions of lockdowns and social distancing rules, eating and drinking establishments saw growth of almost 4%. Not all hospitality thrived, however. There were almost 150 fewer nightclubs post-pandemic - a fall of one in 10 -Independent convenience stores increased by 1,600, a rise of almost 3%. The big supermarket chains operated 194 more stores by the end of the Covid restrictions, up 2.5%. There was a similar rise in the number of organic and other speciality food shops.
Scotland saw the largest growth in eating and drinking outlets, with a rise of 6%. In north-west and north-east England, the increase was around 5%. The south-west of England and Wales saw the lowest increases in eating and drinking businesses.
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