A long-established family business' former unit is on the market after it closed last month.

Sweet Time in Watford High Street shut on June 29 having been open since August 1985.

The owners’ son said it was closing because the landlord wanted the unit back and, at the same time, his parents decided to retire.

It has now been put on the market at £2,167 per month (£26,000 per year).

The unit, between Bubble King and Pepe Rosso, includes a main customer area on the ground floor and steps up to a raised storage area and a yard beyond it.

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It covers 69 square metres, around a quarter of the size of a tennis court, of which 33 square metres is made up of the main sales area.

The couple that owned Sweet Time apparently worked seven days a week and did not have a holiday until their children were old enough to run it on their own in the early 2000s.

Although customers initially assumed it was set to move to another location, Sweet Time confirmed it had closed for good.