The District Council runs a scheme called Shop At My Local to help our local businesses. They have some special offers here.
But maybe we can also learn something from Colchester. According to the Colchester Chronicle Blog:
?Pasini Promotions was formed because we realised all the promotional techniques we were using at our bars would benefit other businesses. Support Independent Colchester is a development of that work. We are all local people who live in Colchester who care passionately about the success of independently run businesses.
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We have spent a lot of time learning and developing ways of getting our businesses noticed, and through Support Independent Colchester, we believe we can help other small businesses, who may not have the time, budget or know how to get their business noticed and also give the general public a much better view of what Colchester has to offer.?
Do we need someone with PR knowhow to help publicise our good local shops and eating places – or will word-of-mouth and Facebook do it anyway?