Aberdeen Gift Card boost for city residents
Thousands of Aberdeen residents are to receive a gift card to the value of £125 from Aberdeen City Council to help combat cost of living challenges. Households in receipt of a Council Tax Reduction – more than 14,000 in...
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Almost 7,000 Scotland Loves Local Gift Cards to be distributed across Argyll and Bute
Almost 7,000 Scotland Loves Local Argyll and Bute Gift Cards are being distributed across the region to help families with the rising cost of living and boost business. Argyll and Bute Council is providing support to low-income households by...
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Scotland Loves Local Gift Card: The perfect reward for staff this Christmas
Businesses can show their staff how much they love them AND their local area this Christmas – thanks to the Scotland Loves Local Gift Card. Scotland Loves Local Gift Cards – available regionally across the country – are the...
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‘Black Friday can’t just be a big pay day for online giants’ – Scotland Loves Local campaign
Shoppers across Scotland are being urged to choose local this Black Friday and get behind businesses in their community. The team behind the Scotland Loves Local campaign is calling on everyone across the country to think local first during...
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Scotland Loves Local Awards: Marion is the nation’s High Street Hero
A selfless shopkeeper who goes to extraordinary lengths to help her town and townsfolk has been crowned Scotland’s High Street Hero. Marion Gilliland has run her family gift shop – Presents and Correct – in Cumnock, East Ayrshire, for...
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Love local in Kilmarnock: Rock ‘n’ roll provost hits the road as tour guide – picture gallery
A motorbike-loving rock ‘n’ roll provost hit the road as he turned tour guide. But while Councillor Jim Todd is often seen on the streets of East Ayrshire riding his classic Triumph, he was instead out on four wheels...
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How Barr Community Council used the Scotland Loves Local South Ayrshire Gift Card
The South Ayrshire Gift Card can be spent with over 100 businesses across South Ayrshire. In May 2022, Barr Community Council gave each of its 133 households a £50 South Ayrshire Gift Card, using wind farm funding. Tom Walker...
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Blog: “It’s absolutely right that we celebrate the people and places that are at the heart of why Scotland Loves Local”
In neighbourhoods and towns, the length and breadth of the country, there are people who always go above and beyond to support those around them – who go to heroic lengths to be there for their neighbours, friends and...
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