I love it up from Powerland. I've won loads of tickets. The prizes are great.

Sun, arcades, a carousel, the smell of fish and chips. It's the British seaside in summertime.

And yeah, the sun is here. That's unusual. It's also unusual because this is the start of the season in the

middle of a general election campaign. And here on Business Daily, well, we haven't come for a

holiday. We've come here because we think this place tells you something interesting about what's

going on in the UK and actually, potentially, something that's interesting in a country where you

are. It might seem unfamiliar the adverts for the kiddies rides

for a pound, the Union Jacks flying on the Funland Pier in the sticks of Southport Rock for sale

behind us. But actually, this place tells us familiar story for lots of places around the world,

a place that for decades was the go-to destination for working families right across the UK,

looking for a break, they would come here for an escape, for some sun, for some fun.

In an era of cheap, modern travel, though, places like this have struggled to find their reason to exist out-competed

by the options out there and so what does that mean if you live here if you want to carry

on living here if you want to start a business here find a job buy your first house

we're going to be exploring all of that from south port in the north-west of England with me, Wilbane, right here on business date.

Cake Corner is not so much a splash of colour as an electric shock of pink and sweet treats in one of Southport's

smarter suburbs. And founder Leanne and her manager and friend from school, Alex, are pretty

in keeping with the shop. So we started our Instagram page in 2018 when I was 17 and we've been

our first shop since 2021. So like a proper entrepreneur, a Southport entrepreneur?

Yeah, you could say that, yeah, you could say that.

Why did you decide to start your own business?

I was only young when I did it, so it was more of maybe just try something new

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