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09 Dec

Stirling BID Launches Christmas Campaigns to Support City Centre Traders

Stirling’s Business Improvement District (BID) has launched a range ofinitiatives to support city traders through the Covid-19 tier restrictionsand during the run up to Christmas. The team at Go Forth Stirling has added a web page featuring local Christmas gift ideas, launched a new `Open for Business’ directory and will […]

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 […]

01 Dec

Go Forth Stirling Seeks Artists for Street Stories Project

Stirling’s Business Improvement District has launched an appeal for artists to contribute to a ground-breaking project aimed at tackling the city’s empty shop units. The team at Go Forth Stirling, working in conjunction with the city’s arts and culture partnership Scene Stirling, is seeking Stirling artists to help deliver 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. […]

25 Nov

Scots Urged to ‘Think Local First’ when Shopping Online

Scotland Loves Local campaign confirms sharp rise in local firms trading digitally as businesses battle on safely amid challenges of Covid-19 A rallying cry has been issued for the public shoppers to support their local businesses online to help them survive the coronavirus pandemic. The Scotland Loves Local campaign has […]

23 Nov

The Scottish Places Using Gift Cards to Support Businesses and Drive Recovery of Towns, Cities and Rural Communities

Aberdeen, the Falkirk district, Kirkcaldy and rural Scotland are using local gift cards to support businesses and drive recovery as the latest Scottish places to introduce Town and City Gift Cards from Scottish fintech Miconex. The Aberdeen Gift Card is a city wide programme driven by Aberdeen Inspired and supported […]

12 Nov

Aberdeen Inspired to Launch Gift Card Initiative to Boost Local Economy

Businesses in Aberdeen are being encouraged to sign up to a new Aberdeen Gift Card, which will launch later this month. The initiative, spearheaded by Aberdeen Inspired and supported by Aberdeen City Council, is being introduced as a practical way to support the local economy. Going live later this month, […]

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03 Nov

COVID-19: How Scotland’s Improvement Districts Are Supporting Businesses and Communities

Chair of STP, Professor Leigh Sparks, discusses how Scotland’s Improvement Districts are supporting businesses and communities. Originally posted on his blog, Stirling Retail. In any normal year, we would be meeting at this time in Holyrood for the Annual Parliamentary Reception for the Cross Party Group on Towns and Town Centres. This […]

03 Nov

Scotland’s High Street Heroes Honoured for Covid-19 Response

Scotland’s High Street Heroes have been honoured for the remarkable ways in which they have helped their communities during the coronavirus crisis, including several of Scotland’s improvement districts. A convenience store which opened around the clock, a group which supplied hundreds of key workers with bicycles, a community fruit and […]

02 Nov

Nairn Video Aims to Keep Christmas Alive

A video campaign showcasing all that Nairn has to offer in the run up to Christmas has been created with the aim of encouraging people to shop locally. Dozens of Nairn businesses will be in the spotlight in one feature advert [watch on Facebook here], and several smaller films will be […]