Andrea Felsted, Columnist

Britain’s Lockdown Legacy? The Revival of Smaller Towns

The U.K. has long been dominated by the capital. The pandemic has rebalanced things.

June 11, 2021 at 5:00 AM UTC

Andrea Felsted is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering consumer goods and the retail industry. Previously, she was a reporter for the Financial Times.

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Britain is undergoing a regional renaissance.

People have moved to Dorset from London and are holidaying in Suffolk rather than Spain. Call it the legacy of lockdown: Things are finally heating up outside of the capital.