New figures have shown that footfall rose by 2.2% last week from the week before with increases in each of the three destination types.
The data from Springboard reveals that the number of visits to high streets, shopping centres and retail parks increased by 2.6%, 2.4% and 1.1% respectively.
Meanwhile, footfall rose in all types of town centre, with the largest rise of 7.1% seen in regional cities outside of London compared to an uplift of 3.3% in central London. In addition, Springboard’s central London ‘Back to the Office’ benchmark was in line with that of central London as a whole with a rise of 3% on the week before.
The figures also show that the gap from the 2019 footfall level widened to -21.2% last week from -17.1% in the week before. However, footfall was 149% higher than in the same week in 2021 when a Covid-19 lockdown was still in place.
