High St shop ideas?

[BoRED S2upid]

You've mentioned the rent is reasonable but no mention of other costs. Rent is only 1 cost especially on a high street! Bend over and speak to the council first before thinking about what you could do with it!

[AndrewEH1]

How about one of the tacky Vape Bars?

Hateful things but perhaps money to be made from fools.

[The Hypno-Toad]

Hugo a Gogo said:

ice cream shop, fancy flavours and toppings

This ^^^^

I know two towns where they've opened one of these recently and both of them are going great guns. One is next door to a Cinema and on a Sunday afternoon the queue is out the door with kids and their families piling in after or before the latest Pixar.

[singlecoil]

BoRED S2upid said:

You've mentioned the rent is reasonable but no mention of other costs. Rent is only 1 cost especially on a high street! Bend over and speak to the council first before thinking about what you could do with it!

Almost certainly there will be nil business rates, so other costs will be mostly insurance and utilities. Parking can be expensive too.

[HOGEPH]

Moominho said:

Oriental massage parlour.

You could combine it with a funeral parlour and call it Happy Endings...

[Mr Overheads]

Tiny cheese shop near us in similar size unit.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Pasture+Ln,+Le...


https://www.georgeandjoseph.co.uk/

[CoolCurly]

Farmers Market shop - selling locally made produce from the farms or factories that are too to deal with Tesco etc...

Once you have the local farms etc on board, you can have "guest farms" from other regions......bakers, butchers, pates, sources, you name it find it.....

Go to a couple of farmers markets around and make contact with the people on the stands.......

Farm Street Deli

(and I get 60% discount on all purchases as the idea founder)..... :-)

[LordHaveMurci]

Phone/tablet accessories? Could outsource screen replacements etc too.

[dazmanultra]

To me this is a bit of a backwards question... you've been offered some space and now you're trying to work out what to do with it?

Surely the best way around is to work out what you want to do, make a business plan, and then find a suitable space/premises to get that started?

[singlecoil]

Still, if he's been offered a good spot at a good price it's got to be worth considering. So often there simply aren't any premises to be had in the desirable areas. AMHIK.

[Petrus1983]

Thanks for all the suggestions - but especially to brrapp (and helpful follow ons)! Really seriously my love of cheese is well known! I don't know why I didn't see the potential sooner. The size is perfect, my knowledge is fairly good and the local suppliers are amazing. I'll start seriously looking into this first thing

[jonamv8]

maffski said:

singlecoil said:

Far too small for a florist.

Specialise in Bonsai?

friend had a florists, perishable goods - said it was hard work

[DSLiverpool]

Petrus1983 said:

Thanks for all the suggestions - but especially to brrapp (and helpful follow ons)! Really seriously my love of cheese is well known! I don't know why I didn't see the potential sooner. The size is perfect, my knowledge is fairly good and the local suppliers are amazing. I'll start seriously looking into this first thing

Will it have a hilarious name like Cheeses Wept or Cheeses Feed The Little Ones ? Cheeses of Nazareth, i`ll get me coat!

[singlecoil]

Petrus1983 said:

Thanks for all the suggestions - but especially to brrapp (and helpful follow ons)! Really seriously my love of cheese is well known! I don't know why I didn't see the potential sooner. The size is perfect, my knowledge is fairly good and the local suppliers are amazing. I'll start seriously looking into this first thing

I like cheese too, so much so that I take pictures of cheese.

[Splats]

DSLiverpool said:

Will it have a hilarious name like Cheeses Wept or Cheeses Feed The Little Ones ? Cheeses of Nazareth, i`ll get me coat!

Hahahaha, love it - class

[daemon]

Splats said:

DSLiverpool said:

Will it have a hilarious name like Cheeses Wept or Cheeses Feed The Little Ones ? Cheeses of Nazareth, i`ll get me coat!

Hahahaha, love it - class

What a friend we have in Cheeses?

[daemon]

Petrus1983 said:

I've been offered the lease on a smallish (170sq ft), well located shop on a quaint town High St - it's next to a WH Smiths/Hallmark/Costa and the rent reasonable. I've wanted a side line to my current life/job - has anyone got any suggestions on what I could do with it? There's already a multitude of coffee shops and I can't see a Hooters getting past planning, beyond that though I'm all ears.

Opening a high street bricks and mortar retail business with absolutely no previous experience is a fantastic way to make a small fortune - out of a large one.

Getting premises would be well down my to do list if i was starting a business - no 1 would be "having a viable, workable idea".

No shortage of vacant retail units in towns (that should set alarm bells ringing already). The shortage is in viable workable business ideas.

[bazza white]

Check the contract length and details on the store to. My mate had a successful clothing shop but the council redeveloped the centre and a shop that had loads of footfall then all of a sudden it had hardly any. The shop was bust and it took years to wiggle out of the contract. The shop was sublet several times making it a nightmare.

[singlecoil]

daemon said:

No shortage of vacant retail units in towns (that should set alarm bells ringing already). The shortage is in viable workable business ideas.

That will depend on the area. Big shortage of available shops in my area. OP will need to judge his area for himself. The cheese shop idea is entirely viable in the right place, and assuming there are no similar shops nearby.

[tescorank]

Specialist quality pet food shop!