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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Sean Batty joins businesses to champion call to choose local this Christmas
Sean Batty has joined forces with businesses in Glasgow’s West End to lead a cry for people to choose local in the final countdown to Christmas. They have highlighted how the most wonderful time of the year is also...
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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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High hopes for business amid Scotland Loves Local glory
A surge of new businesses is poised to power a new era of enterprise in Paisley. Veteran and newer business owners praised the community spirit and support driving interest and success – with more than 20 new businesses opening...
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Paisley is Scotland’s Town of the Year
Paisley has been crowned as Scotland’s Town of the Year. Judges in the Scotland Loves Local Awards awarded the title after being impressed by the critical point reached in the town’s “resurgence” amid unprecedented investment in its future. It...
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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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Cross-party political support for Scotland’s drive to think local first
Watch the video: Politicians from across the political spectrum showed their support for Scotland Loves Local Week 2025, shining a spotlight on the people who make places. It was a fantastic show of support for the third Scotland Loves...
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We’re family – and local support for our business means everything to us
The family behind a popular restaurant have described the dedication and pride with which they serve their community – and how overwhelmed they always are by the local people who support them. Ashraf’s Indian Kitchen in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire,...
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Thank you to the people who make our places
Watch the video: As Scotland Loves Local Week draws to a close, Made in Stirling has thanked its volunteers for all they do – highlighting the gratitude that we can all express to everyone working make our places better...
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Scotland’s Town of the Year: Meet some of the people who help make the place
People behind businesses in Scotland’s reigning town of the year say the nation needs to think local first. Oban lifted the top town crown in the 2024 Scotland Loves Local Awards after judges heard how townsfolk banded together to...
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