Corby is top of the shops

Shoppers are delighted with new stores in Corby town centre.
Surveys have revealed shopper satisfaction ratings have soared since Willow Place opened its doors in October last year.

The questionnaires were undertaken on behalf of town centre owners and managers Land Securities.

The average satisfaction score reached 78 per cent in the independent survey carried out during early spring – about double that of previous results, an achievement described by the firm which carried out the survey as ‘remarkable’.

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A jewel in the crown for local shopping

As a county, we’re quite lucky to be on the doorstep of some excellent shopping cities such as Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Peterborough, Cambridge and Milton Keynes.
But within our county, people generally only consider Northampton as a decent place to shop.

However, Spree knows there are hidden gems out there, so for the next three weeks, we will be looking at three of our area’s other potential shopping stop-offs – Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough.

This week Spree took to the streets of Corby to find out exactly what’s on offer.

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