Registering with an internet site such as www.shopproperty.co.uk will enable you to search any town in the country and provide you with a list of shops available, together with brief details of size, rent and a map giving the exact location. Such sites are good for the big locations but not all the smaller premises available are listed, so try the following:
◆ The local paper – commercial property to let is usually at the end of residential lettings.
◆ Specialist trade magazines, such as Dalton’sWeekly, which advertise businesses being sold as going concerns.
◆ Commercial property agents and business transfer agents listed in local telephone directories.
◆ The local authority – many keep lists of property to let/for sale.
◆ Walk the streets of the towns in which you are interested, there may be a ‘To Let’ or ‘For Sale’ board outside the shop you want.
