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23 Apr 2024

This May, join the movement to create safer, more bike-friendly streets with the Bike Month Challenge and #MakeEveryRideCount!

23 Apr 2024

The number of reported e-bike thefts doubled in the space of a year in the UK, with a 103% increase in 2023 compared to 2022, according to a study by Evolve E-bikes. While the...

22 Apr 2024

Small shops have been more "agile" at fighting COVID sale slumps than chain stores, according to a new report.

22 Apr 2024

For the first time in its campaign to help the city address escalating lithium-ion battery fires, the Fire Department of New York filed criminal charges against a Brooklyn e-bike shop owner for...

22 Apr 2024

The managing director of Brompton has backed a campaign to introduce stricter e-bike battery regulations in the UK, amid "too many examples of e-bikes, e-scooters and light electric...

15 Apr 2024

The Rediscovery Centre, the National Centre for the Circular Economy in Ireland, today announced its partnership with Cytech, the internationally recognised training and accreditation scheme for...

12 Apr 2024

Just two weeks remain for the UK cycle industry to have its say on the current Government consultation to double the permissible power of e-bikes, and to remove the need for pedalling.

10 Apr 2024

Award-winning cycling business Spokes Bikes has added a new shop in Greenock to existing shop in Bridge of Weir.

9 Apr 2024

Communities across England are to be given access to £101 million of government funding for high-quality walking and cycling routes, improving the quality of local public engagement for...

9 Apr 2024

The founders of a Wirral bike recycling scheme have opened a hub across the River Mersey as part of a campaign to encourage more people into cycling.

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Best Small Shops Winner 2018

Posted on in Business News , Cycles News , Creative News

Over the last six weeks 115 pieces of coverage have appeared discussing the Best Small Shops competition 2018 and the 25 shortlisted finalists. The total readership for all the overage stands at 3.25 million!

 

The Mainstreet Trading Company is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year.

In 2012 they added a Deli & Home section, expanding their customer base alongside of innovative unique ideas including the ‘A Year of Books' subscription; Book Burrows, two areas where the shop plays children's audio books and the Love Your Indie book loyalty card.

Mainstreet trading company

Rosamund de la Hey said:

"It's amazing and unexpected to win the Best Small Shops competition having been shortlisted alongside an incredible array of fantastic independents from so many different sectors."

Rosamund expressed her gratitude for being recognised with three fellow booksellers, touching on the importance of mutual support for one another. She then thanked the team that has stood behind her and her husband.

Mark Walmsley, Chairman of the Independent Retailers Confederation, explained how:

"We have been able to celebrate the diversity, choice and quality of specialist independent retailers around the country and the contribution that they make to their local communities."

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