Food supplements

• Restaurants are at the core of our communities and play a vital role in economic growth and revitalising areas. A good range of local restaurants can attract homebuyers to an area.

• Despite cost of living pressures, new restaurants continue to open. There were more than 150,000 restaurants in the UK in 2022, up by 8% since 2019. London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Liverpool saw particularly strong growth.

• Almost two-thirds (64%) of people believe local restaurants are important in building a sense of community according to research conducted for Open Table.

• Nearly a third of the respondents said that local restaurants, pubs and cafes add value to their wellbeing. Source: #Dataloft, OpenTable 2023, Office for National Statistics