Fashions in a city style

A new website devoted to the modern vibrant city centre life-style is offering shops the chance to shine under a wider spotlight.

www.citybloc.com aims to help people get the very best from living, working or socialising in city centres - pinpointing the shopper's paradise, the top bars and restaurants, the liveliest night spots, and the best homes to rent or buy.

"City centres have become fashionable, cosmopolitan, bright places to be in," explains David Metcalfe, owner of Citybloc. "We have the café culture, the exciting shopping experience, and now an increasing number of people are choosing to live in cities too. A whole new life-style choice has built up and it's spread to many parts of the country.

www.citybloc.com focuses on 18 key cities - including two areas in London, and centres like Leeds, Nottingham, Manchester, and Birmingham. It offers shops the opportunity to highlight their latest deals, loyalty offers or discounts, bars, clubs and restaurants the chance to post details of special schemes, and property agents the facility to post their portfolio of city centre properties for sale or rent. It allows them the opportunity to reach out to a worldwide audience. Site visitors will have all the latest information about the city centre life-style, including offers, discounts and deals, at their fingertips.

"The city centre life-style is a fresh, new way of living, which is very popular," explains David. "More and more people are eating out regularly, and visiting city centre bars. Fashionable shops have become a magnet for attracting people into the heart of an area, and now we have the trend for transforming old warehouses and factories into modern apartments..