The Great British break: A hidden regional growth engine

The Great British break: A hidden regional growth engine

Walk through the center of most towns in England on a slow weekday afternoon and the story tells itself. The empty shopfront. The pub that didn’t reopen after the pandemic. The independent restaurant that could no longer afford staff. Return on the recent May bank holiday, the hottest on record, and the economic impact is visible in real time: buzzing beer gardens, busy cafés and thriving local attractions all benefiting from a surge in domestic…