SOUTHAMPTON is the UK's white van capital with more tradesmen per person than anywhere else in the country. The city, which is home to Ford's Transit van factory, has a plumbing business, builder, plasterer, painter and decorator, electrician, roofer, carpenter or locksmith for every 239 residents, according to lwebsite locallife.co.uk.
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