RETAIL space across Yorkshire is predicted to grow by 14% between now and 2012 – bucking the national trend.

A survey by property consultancy Colliers CRE said Yorkshire was set to see total retail floorspace rise from 3.85m sq ft in 2006 to 4.05m sq ft in 2012.

In contrast, the UK’s total shopping floorspace development figure was on course to fall from 52.9m sq ft to 44.5m sq ft during the same period.