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Top 10 businesses Brits dream of opening – including a bookshop and a café
Top 10 businesses Brits dream of opening - including a bookshop and a café,One in six daydream every day about being their own boss - and would love to run a restaurant, a pub, or a fashion boutique

Top 10 businesses Brits dream of opening – including a bookshop and a café

A bookshop, a café, and a fashion boutique, are the top small businesses Brits dream of opening – with 46 deemed the best age to take the plunge and become your own boss, research has found.

Two in five ambitious Brits would like to start their own business – with 16% daydreaming about this daily, according to a poll of 2,000 adults.

Other top enterprises that Brits dream of running include a restaurant, a pub, or a bakery.

And a whopping 84% admire those who have started up their own independent enterprise – citing their drive, passion, and creativity as admirable attributes.

TV personality and actor Joe Sugg, an ambassador for American Express Shop Small, which commissioned the research, put his own small business dreams of becoming a greengrocer to the test.

Working with small business owner Bee Pradhan, in Charlton, Joe helped stock shelves and greet customers, to get a taste of all that goes into running a small business.

Actor and TV Personality, Joe Sugg, visits Bardan Pradhan, owner of Village Green Grocers in London
Actor and TV Personality, Joe Sugg, visits Bardan Pradhan, owner of Village Green Grocers in London (Image: David Parry)