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02 Mar

‘The Magical Place’: Living Lerwick Releases New Promotional Video

“Imagine there was a magical place where you could go and find nearly everything you might need. It’s not a myth – it exists, and what’s more; it’s local!” A new video from Living Lerwick and Shetland Heritage has been released to remind residents of everything that their town centre […]

09 Feb

‘Loves Local’ Campaign Boosts Business in Dunbartonshire

A Shop Local campaign has been helping Dunbartonshire businesses by encouraging local people to shop local, think local and support local enterprises. Launched in October of 2020 in response the coronavirus pandemic, the “Loves Local” Campaign has been rolled out in 5 towns across Dunbartonshire including Bearsden, Bishopbriggs, Alexandria, Dumbarton […]

28 Jan

New ‘Placeity’ Initiative Focuses on Hyper-Local Collaboration to Help Local Businesses

(Placeity) – A locally sourced collaboration of businesses and individuals is at the heart of an innovative project that is offering a lifeline to a growing number of places in central Scotland. The Placeity initiative was set up in May amid the uncertainty and disruption caused by Covid-19 lockdown and […]

11 Jan

Phil Prentice: Thinking Local First Isn’t Just a Resolution – It’s a Lifeline

Lives and livelihoods depend upon us all remaining resolute to two key pillars in the battle against Covid-19 at this critical time: Staying safe and staying local. I’m not being unnecessarily dramatic by saying that. The message from the Scottish Government on this could not, after all, be clearer. To […]

11 Dec

Stay Local, Stay Safe: Support for Local Shops Grows as Covid-19 Restrictions Ease

Scotland Loves Local campaign poll boost for businesses revealed as Government lifts Level 4 measures across large parts of central Scotland. Support is strengthening for Scotland’s local businesses as Christmas shoppers are urged to back businesses close to home amid the reopening of huge numbers of shops today. A town […]

07 Dec

Alloa First Urges Local Community to Think Out of The Box and Feel Good About Shopping Local this Christmas

As part of the Alloa First Shop Local and the national Scotland Loves Local marketing campaign, Alloa First have launched their Christmas video with the message encouraging the local community to favour getting out and about in the town centre over shopping online this Christmas. The video produced by the […]

26 Nov

Hamilton BID Unveils Christmas Video and Virtual Market

Hamilton Our Town, the Business Improvement District for Hamilton, has unveiled the first in the series of videos encouraging residents to shop locally safely and to make use of a new Christmas virtual market. Check out the video on Facebook here, and read more information provided by the BID below. […]

16 Oct

Scottish Government Economy Secretary Backs One Linlithgow BID’s ‘Love Local’ Campaign

Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Fair Work and Culture, Fiona Hyslop, has backed One Linlithgow BID’s ‘love local’ campaign, as well as the national Scotland Loves Local message. Ms Hyslop, who is also Linlithgow’s local MSP, said: “Now more than ever, it is vital than we support our local shops and […]

15 Oct

New Scotland Loves Local Video: Small Business Owners Explain How Spending Locally Benefits the Community

In a new campaign video, released October 2020, small business owners in Melrose and Alloa explain how money spent locally stays in the local economy and spreads benefit throughout the community. Watch here: The video is part of Scotland Loves Local, a national campaign calling on us to think local first […]

24 Aug

High Street Heroes Awards Open: Nominate Your High Street Hero Today!

Nominations sought to recognise remarkable efforts by those who work in our town centres and high streets during the Covid-19 lockdown and re-opening. Find out more at: https://lovelocal.scot/high-street-heroes/. — Special awards will be presented to honour the heroes of Scotland’s high streets to reward their dedication and determination to help those […]

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