Someone else who has seen a gap in the market is Gaynor Lloyd. Her new antiques centre opened last month in Neath, seven miles north of Swansea.
She said: “Antiques and collectables have always been a passion of mine and I have been a collector – my children would say hoarder – for as long as I can remember. When the Eaglebush, a Victorian hotel and pub in Neath, came on the market last year I snapped it up.”
Twelve months on, the Vintage 7 Centre opened its doors in early March and Lloyd has also relocated her catering business there.