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June 19, 2026
‘Choosing local is way more than a purchase’ – business group leader
A business group leader has described the remarkable impact that everyone in Scotland can help make - simply by choosing local. Craig Hume, Chair of...
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August 26, 2025
£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 -...
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August 26, 2025
Local loyalty: Recycling firm leads the way with Scottish employee rewards
As part of Scotland Loves Local Week, Binn Group have praised the choice, ease of use and eco credentials of the Scotland Loves Local Gift...
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August 25, 2025
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 -...
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August 25, 2025
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...
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August 24, 2025
High Street Hero: ‘One day I can be dressed as a dinosaur – the next I’m responding to emergencies’
Special video interview: Watch as Scotland Loves Local ambassador Sean Batty meets Alan Sayers - a man for whom no two days are the same...
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August 24, 2025
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...
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August 23, 2025
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...
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August 23, 2025
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...
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August 20, 2025
Giveaway campaign to mark launch of new Perth City & Towns Gift Card
A Great Gift Card Giveaway campaign is due to go live during Scotland Loves Local Week to celebrate the launch of Perth’s new gift card...
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August 19, 2025
Deadline Extended for 2025 Scotland Loves Local Awards
The deadline to enter this year’s Scotland Loves Local Awards has been extended by one week following an overwhelming response from communities across the country. Nominations will...
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August 15, 2025
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....
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August 13, 2025
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...
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