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Save Your Local

Our campaign to support local businesses

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Markets’ future in doubt as operators quit

Support Your Local

11:20am Friday 19th December 2008

THE future of markets in Warminster and Bradford on Avon remains uncertain this week after market operators terminated their contract due to a lack of traders.

Hotel supports our local campaign

Hotel supports our local campaign

1:12pm Wednesday 10th December 2008

A HOTEL near Bradford on Avon is backing the Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News’ Support Your Local campaign and is striving to lead by example.

New-look pub backs our campaign

New-look pub backs our campaign

2:00pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008

THE manager of a Melksham pub has backed the Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News’ campaign to support local businesses and said now is the time for people to get behind traders and beat the credit crunch.

Time, gentlemen to support your ‘local’

Ken Roberts of The Cross Guns at Avoncliff is supporting the Wiltshire Times & Chippenham News campaign  Photo: Glenn Phillips (37090)

3:10pm Friday 28th November 2008

AN INDEPENDENT west Wiltshire publican has backed the Wiltshire Times & Chippenham News’ Support Your Local campaign.

People’s shop bucks gloomy trend

John Aeberhard at the Steeple Ashton shop Photo: Trevor Porter (24068)

3:53pm Monday 24th November 2008

AT a time when many villages are struggling to hang on to their local amenities, the village of Steeple Ashton near Trowbridge has bucked the trend and operates a thriving community shop.

Support floods in for shop local campaign

Clive and Christine Brown and their son Matthew Brown, proprietors of The Toy Shop, long established in Trowbridge and Melksham (37028-2)

10:40am Friday 14th November 2008

THE owners of a west Wiltshire toy shop which this year celebrated its 40th anniversary have thrown their weight behind our campaign to Support Your Local.

Lib Dem leader backs our campaign

Nick Clegg with Duncan Hames

10:10am Friday 14th November 2008

LIBERAL Democrat leader Nick Clegg has backed our campaign to support local businesses during the ongoing credit crunch.

Business leaders praise our campaign

Mike Williams chief executive of the Wessex Association of Chambers of Commerce

3:30pm Saturday 8th November 2008

BUSINESS leaders in west and north Wiltshire have backed our 'Support Your Local' campaign.

Support Your Local

Support Your Local

12:10pm Friday 7th November 2008

THE general manager of one of west Wiltshire’s oldest and best-loved shops has appealed for the public to support their local businesses during the difficult economic situation the country is facing.


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