Derby tops national list of empty city centre shops

A Local Data Company report published in Summer 2009 shows Derby as having the highest percentage of major urban centre vacancy rates in England and Wales. While the report identifies the recession as a key factor in the rise in empty shops both in Derby and nationally, it tends to neglect the specific local impact of the arrival of Westfield on the city, and the way it has undermined the old centre.

Derby eating and drinking

Derby's Royal Standard makes Guardian list of '10 urban pubs that could be in the countryside.'