Buy local with help of shopinhampshire.co.uk (From Daily Echo)
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Buy local with help of shopinhampshire.co.uk
8:00am Wednesday 29th July 2009 in
IT is the latest weapon in the fight to save our town centres and get independent traders back on their feet.
A groundbreaking new website – www.shopinhampshire.co.uk – encouraging shoppers to buy local has been launched.
The website, thought to be the first of its kind in the country, is the result of a collaboration between Newsquest Hampshire, owners of the Daily Echo and its sister papers, and Hampshire County Council.
The site lists more than 6,000 independent businesses in 33 towns across the county, including phone numbers, web links, parking information and maps.
It also features events taking place across Hampshire.
The launch, held at the White Horse Hotel, followed on from Newsquest’s successful Buy Local, Shop Local campaign supporting Hampshire’s independent traders.
That crusade was so successful it was praised in Parliament.
Dignitaries and guests gathered in Romsey yesterday to celebrate the launch of www.shopinhampshire.co.uk.
Newsquest Hampshire managing director Stewart Dunn said: “The next step in the campaign is a new dynamic Internet site that puts the people of Hampshire directly in touch, online from the comfort of their own homes, with their local retailers throughout the county. It is a website that is wholly unique and is the first of its kind in the country.
“This project has been put together to answer a need for Hampshire residents to shop local with their independent retailers.”
Councillor Jonathan Glen, Hampshire County Council Cabinet member for economic prosperity, added: “It’s vital that we all support our local shops and independent retailers if we are to preserve the economic vitality of our town centres.”
Users of the website can search by town name or shop category – and it is free for businesses to sign up.
Businesses without a website will be able to create their own profile pages.
If you want to list your businesses on www.shopinhampshire.co.uk contact Natalie Sprake on 023 8042 4447.
Comments(10)
Derek of Dibden Purlieu
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9:01am Wed 29 Jul 09
News Fanatic
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9:34am Wed 29 Jul 09
Mr E
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12:24pm Wed 29 Jul 09
Miles Way
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12:43pm Wed 29 Jul 09
Derek of Dibden Purlieu wrote:Spot on. About time the councils accepted people WILL drive to shops and stop screwing them with extortionate parking fees at every opportunity.
Shop locally and support your towns traders if you don't mind getting screwed in to the ground for the privilege of parking.Have councils ever considered that sky high business rates along with parking taxes might be contributing to the death of local shopping?
For too long town councils have seen parking fees as a limitless cash-cow and, especially in a recession, it's coming back to bite with the traders being hardest hit.
gorf
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1:22pm Wed 29 Jul 09
Will Carson
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1:27pm Wed 29 Jul 09
If you want to list your businesses on www.shopinhampshire.
co.uk contact Natalie Sprake on 023 8042 4447.
furtive_vole
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3:34pm Wed 29 Jul 09
soton1980
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7:39pm Wed 29 Jul 09
Miles Way wrote:Agreed. I think traders should be placing pressure on town/city councils to lower car parking charges.
Derek of Dibden Purlieu wrote:Spot on. About time the councils accepted people WILL drive to shops and stop screwing them with extortionate parking fees at every opportunity.
Shop locally and support your towns traders if you don't mind getting screwed in to the ground for the privilege of parking.Have councils ever considered that sky high business rates along with parking taxes might be contributing to the death of local shopping?
For too long town councils have seen parking fees as a limitless cash-cow and, especially in a recession, it's coming back to bite with the traders being hardest hit.
TumbleWeed
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7:51pm Wed 29 Jul 09
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Montymontymonty says...
8:31am Wed 29 Jul 09
The article states:
"The site lists more than 6,000 independent businesses in 33 towns across the county....."
Now maybe my definition of independent is incorrect but within 30 seconds of looking at the listings for Southampton I found Greggs bakers and Dewhurst butcher. Hmmm...somebody help me out here :-S
Monty