New Video: Small Business Owners in Scotland 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...
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Meet the businesses starring in the new Scotland Loves Local TV ad
A group of neighbouring businesses are fronting a major campaign urging shoppers across Scotland to think local first. A cafe boss, arts shop owner, barber and property professional, all based on Kempock Street in Gourock, are backing the Scotland...
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Most Scots shoppers put their local high streets first
More than half of Scots always support shops on their local high street, a new study has found. And there is growing recognition of the fact that people need to get behind their town centres if businesses in them...
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£30 Million Announced To Support Regeneration and Scottish Town Centre Economic Recovery
Scottish Government – All of Scotland’s 32 local authorities and more than 25 individual community regeneration projects will receive a share of £30 million of new investment for regeneration and town centres. The funding will be available immediately through...
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Andrew McRae, FSB Scotland: Scotland Loves Local
By Andrew McRae, FSB Scotland Policy Chair 2020 has been a year like no other, coronavirus has turned life as we know it on its head. This has been true for everyone including for small business owners and entrepreneurs...
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Sustrans: Walk, Wheel or Cycle to Support Your Local Economy and ‘Scotland Loves Local’
Blog by Ad Leeks, Communications Officer (Infrastructure), Sustrans Scotland It is well known to those who support Sustrans that we are committed to upholding our five key values: Including everyone; Having the courage to question; Getting things done, together; Always learning; and Acting local, thinking big. Of...
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High Street Heroes Awards Announced
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...
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Scotland Loves Local: Blog by Vicki Miller, Director of Marketing at VisitScotland
Vicki Miller, Director of Marketing at VisitScotland, explains why VisitScotland are supporting the Scotland Loves Local campaign, and how shopping locally is part of the experience of rediscovering what we have on our doorsteps. — I love shopping locally....
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Scottish Grocers Federation CEO: “People in Scotland Have Embraced Local”
Chief Executive of the Scottish Grocers Federation, Dr. Pete Cheema OBE, writes his thoughts about the Scotland Loves Local campaign and the ‘love local’ message, as well as on the role of convenience retailers during the coronavirus crisis. ...
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STV Growth Fund Supports Scotland Loves Local
STV’s Growth Fund is supporting the Scotland Loves Local campaign. In this video, STV’s Director of Strategic Development, Danielle Kelly, explains why the STV Growth Fund is supporting the Scotland Loves Local message and the importance of the campaign...
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