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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Scotland Loves Local Week 2025: Meet some of the people who make our places
The theme of Scotland Loves Local Week 2025 is People Make Places. Over the course of the coming days, we’ll be shining a spotlight on the people, businesses and organisations who are playing a critical part in shaping a...
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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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It’s Scotland Loves Local Week: Here’s how you can get involved
It’s Scotland Loves Local Week – the time to celebrate and get behind the people who make our places. From Saturday August 23 until Saturday August 30, the team at Scotland’s Towns Partnership is championing the message for us...
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Celebrating the people who make Stirling
Stories of the people and historic businesses at the heart of Stirling are to be brought to life as part of an exciting new collaboration. Go Forth Stirling BID and Historic Environment Scotland (HES), with the support of Stirling...
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Choose reuse: Thousands get behind BID’s coffee cup project to reduce waste and boost business
Thousands of free reusable cups have been handed out to coffee lovers in Paisley to encourage consumers to choose reuse. Paisley First BID (Business Improvement District) secured support from Zero Waste Scotland to launch a town-wide reusable cup scheme,...
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Driving multi-million pound Scotland Loves Local Gift Card success to a new level
Ambitious plans are being pursued to open up the Scotland Loves Local Gift Card to more people in more places. Scotland’s Towns Partnership (STP) – with support from the Scottish Government – is working alongside Perth-headquartered fintech Miconex to...
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Glastonbury stars heading for Milngavie Street Party
Stars hot from the stage at Glastonbury are on their way to Milngavie. Iconic drum and base duo Fabio and Grooverider, actor and DJ Craig Charles and Mercury Music Prize nominees Corto Alto will all be performing at the...
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People Make Places: Theme revealed for Scotland Loves Local Week 2025
The people who make Scotland’s communities so special will be celebrated as part of Scotland Loves Local Week. People Make Places is the theme for this year’s events, which take place from Saturday August 23. A week of activities,...
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Date set for Scotland Loves Local Week 2025
The third Scotland Loves Local Week will take place from Saturday August 23 2025. There will once again be seven days of events to showcase and celebrate tremendous people, businesses and initiatives which make our communities so special. The...
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