SHOP rents in Wycombe have risen from £90 per sq ft to £130 per sq ft in a year.

A market report by leading chartered surveyors Colliers CRE says the “monumental growth” makes the town the top performing shopping centre in the South East.

The statistics are based on the amount rents have increased in the 12 months from May 2007 to May this year, not the level of customers. The agency’s researchers comment: “The level of growth is unsurprising as the new 850,000 sq ft Eden shopping centre which opened in March this year attracted a great deal of interest from retailers and was 95 per cent let on completion.”