Stock image: Shoppers wearing face masks on Oxford Street, in central London
(Picture: PA Wire)The West End will bounce back strongly from two years of Covid lockdowns and restrictions with spending expected to match pre-pandemic levels by 2024, according to a report published on Thursday.
Shoppers and diners are forecast to spend £8.6 billion in Central London’s retail and entertainment district this year, almost double the £4.6 billion of 2021. That, in turn, was a 30 per cent recovery from 2020.
