Bullring business booms
Restaurants and cafés in Birmingham's Bullring shopping centre are reporting record trading levels as visitor numbers hit 1.6 million in the opening week.
Catering operators in the month-old space-age complex are enjoying massive increases on trading forecasts. Chicken chain Nando's said its store had exceeded opening targets by 40%, while the café chain, Druckers, said it had been trading at twice the anticipated levels.
Debenhams' 160-seat family restaurant and 60-seat caf‚ venue has also exceeded forecasts by 50%. Peter Barrett, director of food services, said: "I am delighted with our performance."
The Bullring Birmingham is Europe's largest retail regeneration project this decade. It is tipped to take second place in the UK's national ranking of shopping destinations.
