Could your town be crowned Scotland’s Town of the Year?
The search has started to find Scotland’s Town of the Year. Nominations have opened for the 2026 Scotland Loves Local Awards – with people across the country urged to shine a spotlight on their community and its champions. As...
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Scotland Loves Local Week 2026 : Here’s how you can get involved
The countdown has begun for Scotland Loves Local Week 2026. From Saturday June 13 until Saturday June 20, the team at Scotland’s Towns Partnership is championing the message for us all to choose local. The theme of this year’s...
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Scotland Loves Local is celebrated in the Scottish Parliament: Picture gallery
The power of community-led action in helping create a new future for Scotland’s places has been celebrated in the Scottish Parliament. A reception celebrating Scotland Loves Local was held at Holyrood yesterday evening (WEDS), with MSPs, council and business...
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Minister’s praise for Paisley’s Town of the Year success
A Scottish Government minister has praised Paisley after it was named as Scotland’s Town of the Year. The town’s success was celebrated as part of a special Scotland Loves Local reception held in the Scottish Parliament. And, celebrating Paisley’s...
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Thank you to everyone who supported Scotland Loves Local Week 2025
Scotland Loves Local Week 2025 was a tremendous success, with people and communities the length and breadth of the country championing the call for the nation to choose local. Now we need everyone to live that mantra the whole...
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Dundee businesses get behind rallying cry to choose local
Businesses in Dundee highlighted the transformational impact of choosing local as part of Scotland Loves Local Week 2025. The message to think local first is reinforced in Dundee through the Scotland Loves Local Dundee Gift Card, which was relaunched...
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£4m and counting: Aberdeen City Gift Card drives local spend
More than £4m in sales have been secured for businesses in Aberdeen by people spending with the city’s local gift card. The major milestone – and the significant impact on the economy – are being celebrated as part of...
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Deputy First Minister: ‘If you choose a local business, you are supporting local jobs’ – video
Scotland’s Deputy First Minister, Kate Forbes MSP, visited a popular bakery on Dingwall High Street – in her constituency of Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch – to mark Scotland Loves Local Week. Afterwards, we caught up with her and she...
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Revealed: The £283m impact of spending just £1-a-week more with Scotland’s local businesses
Almost £283m more could be driven directly into Scotland’s regional economies if everyone in the country spent just £1-a-week extra with local businesses. The significant financial difference that can be made – safeguarding the future of businesses and protecting...
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TV’s Sean Batty shares the magic of choosing local
TV weatherman Sean Batty popped into a spell-binding Scots shop as he celebrated the magic of the nation’s local businesses. The STV weather presenter was at The Lonely Broomstick in Falkirk to mark the launch of Scotland Loves Local...
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