Knowsley is experiencing one of the strongest post-pandemic recoveries throughout the UK when it comes to local spending.
Research by the Financial Times shows local spending across the borough is up by 25% compared with pre-pandemic levels, recorded in February 2020. While the research covers spending across the borough’s towns, it’s noted that Kirkby is leading the large majority of the borough’s retail resurgence.
Knowsley Council says the positive upturn “hasn’t happened by chance” and has put the borough in “a very good position”. One reason for the improved figures in Kirkby stems from the opening of the town's first supermarket in over 40 years.
