In the run up to Christmas it is good to know that recent research commissioned by American Express Shop Small showed two Cotswolds towns, Burford and Broadway, appearing in the top ten high streets in the UK for independent shops.
The top ten high streets were identified by ranking factors such as the streets with the highest proportion of independent outlets and included other key factors such as variety of business types, number of visitors, and shop occupancy rate.
This confirms Visit England research on visitor perceptions of UK destinations which showed how well the Cotswolds scores (74%) for “availability of individual/independent local shops” against a national average of 62% and 57% for rural destinations.