• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Konitono News

Discover your world every day

  • Submit
  • Disclaimers
  • About
  • DMCA
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact

You are here: Home / New study reveals what makes the perfect British high street

New study reveals what makes the perfect British high street

July 19, 2019 by

THE perfect high street is home to a Post Office, green grocer, butcher – and boozer, a study found.

Published 19th July 2019
(Pic: Alexander Spatari/Getty Images)

Britain’s traditional main shopping thorough-fares have been eroded by the boom in online shopping after the emergence of huge out-of-town malls and stores drove the initial nail into their coffin.

But the majority of us still have a perception of what the high street should be able to provide, with a decent bakery, a good DIY shop, and independent clothes outlet all making the list.

An energy provider, restaurant and barber were also hailed as a must, along with a supermarket and shoe shop.

Worryingly though, just eight percent of the 2,000 adults polled currently do the bulk of their shopping locally, preferring to drive or use public transport to top up at larger shops and supermarkets.

And while eight in 10 do make the effort to use their local high street many think it lacks the outlets they require to get everything they need from one trip.

Three quarters said they were worried about the decline of their high street, and 32 percent said the retail outlets which are left, such as betting shops and beauticians, aren’t what is needed.

Researchers also delved into the reasons why the local high street is being neglected by so many – and found one in three avoid it amid a worry goods are generally ‘more expensive’.

Bill Bullen, CEO of smart energy provider Utilita, which carried out the research to celebrate the opening of its second hub in Southampton, said: “As this study shows, there is a real desire for the high street to remain a fruitful and central part of any town or city; Brits like the idea of having one place where they can access all their products and services.

“However, not enough people are shopping on the high street and this means many businesses are finding it unsustainable and are therefore closing down.

“If people want to see their local shopping area do well, they’ll need to invest a little more time and money in the businesses currently there.”

TheOnePoll.com study also found other shops adults are keen to see locally include record shops, vegan shops, and jewellers.

Furthermore the average adult visits their local shopping area twice a week, but spends just £23 in total in the process.

Related Articles

  • UK high street bombshell as shop sales fall to worst June since records began


  • Survey reveals THIS is the age Brits master the art of barbecuing


  • Boozy cricket fans go wild in celebrations across country after England’s World Cup win

One in three aren’t impressed with the shops, while expensive parking puts off three in 10 shoppers.

Limited choice is a factor for four in 10 and busy Brits often find it more convenient to shop online.

However, given the opportunity, shoppers would prefer to buy something from a ‘real person’ than via the internet, and four in five love to converse with shop workers when purchasing something in-store.

Bill Bullen added: “Our high streets are important economic hubs, the small and micro businesses – thousands of which we supply – on them forming the backbone of the UK economy.

“But they are more than this; they are the beating heart of communities across the nation.

“It’s why we want to support high streets by launching a national roll-out of Utilita energy hubs following a successful trial venture in Gosport, Hants, in 2018.

“Our Southampton hub launched just days ago, and similar stores will open in Edinburgh, Derby and Bradford – to name but a few – over the months to come.

“This will have long-term benefit for us and the communities we serve, in addition to giving customers the face-to-face service they crave as Utilita brings energy back to the nation’s high streets – in every sense.”

Shops Brits want on the High Street 

1. Greengrocers

2. Independent clothes shops

3. Baker

4. Butchers

5. Handyman / DIY

6. Record shop

7. Shoe shop

8. Chain clothes shops

9. Post Office

10. Luxury clothes shops

11. Newsagents

12. Gluten free / Vegan shops

13. Restaurants

14. Pubs

15. Energy / utility providers

16. Supermarket

17. Jewellers

18. Coffee shops

19. Barbers

20. Charity shops

Related articles
  • Boots to close 200 stores in major blow to Brit High Street
  • Office shoe chain ‘may close stores’ in latest blow to Brit High St
  • Britain’s shopping centres take £2.7billion hit as High Street shops fail

  • The crisis in Northants reveals a Britain heading back to pre-Victorian days
  • Want To Know What America Thinks of Itself? Watch Jack Ryan on Wall Street
  • Kate's day of festive fun! Duchess of Cambridge dons a red padded jacket and jeans as she marks a new charity patronage by choosing Christmas trees at a country farm
  • 10 period pieces to cheat English Lit 205: British literature on TV
  • Who is Chris Bavin? Britain’s Best Home Cook judge and Eat Well For Less? presenter
  • Shane Smith: 'I want to build the next CNN with Vice – it's within my grasp'
  • Why Ever Stop Playing Video Games
  • Remembering Amar Bose: The label 'Great Man' fits him to a T
  • Trump’s Other Lawyer
  • UK porn block: everything you need to know
  • Best holiday reads 2015
  • 10 Great Audiobooks You Should Listen to During Your Audible Trial

Filed Under: Headlines headlines, nation, UploadStar, high street, Real Life, The British High Commission, The British High Commissioner, High Street Sales Tracker, high street on hudson, British High Commission in Delhi, why does high blood pressure make you tired, shoreditch high street, practice makes perfect, new york university school of professional studies, British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, MAKES PERFECT, New Albany High School, MAKING PERFECT, The High Street, marylebone high street, British High Commissioner, british high commission, jewelry 47th street new york, British High Commissioner in South Africa, high school for environmental studies, 99 high street kew, british high commission new delhi, new palestine high school, new supply british gas, make it british, british high commission islamabad, Make Perfect, British International School of New York, new canaan high school

Primary Sidebar

RSS Recent Stories

  • District calls for land transaction ban to be lifted as property rush cools
  • Khanh Hoa tightens hotel rating
  • Air quality in the north continues to worsen
  • 4,000 people to join counterterrorism drill in HCMC
  • Minister seeks industrial parks for Japanese investors
  • Then singing becomes intangible cultural heritage of humanity
Copyright © 2019 Konitono News. Power by Wordpress.