As retailers reopen in Southport following lockdown the city’s BID chief government Rachel Fitzgerald says the companies will want ‘enormous help’ from native individuals. Andrew Brown studies
Southport BID is asking for native individuals to put money into their city and help native companies now they’ve reopened after lockdown.
Step 2 of the easing of nationwide COVID-19 restrictions will see scores of locations in a position to welcome prospects after being compelled to shut over the winter months.
They embrace all retail, charity retailers, showrooms, automotive washes, hairdressers, magnificence salons, tattoo studios, spas, tanning salons, gyms, outside hospitality, sights together with Southport Pleasureland and elements of The Atkinson and others.
Southport BID chief government Rachel Fitzgerald stated: “Everybody in Southport is worked up to see so a lot of our companies reopening after being closed for thus many months. These have been a really difficult few months for our native enterprise house owners and they’ll want enormous help from native individuals now they’re lastly in a position to welcome again prospects.
“Individuals want to actually put money into their city and to buy native, eat native and spend native wherever and every time they’ll. We want a spirit of unity and collective possession in Southport.
“Over these previous few weeks native enterprise house owners have been working extremely exhausting to make adjustments to their premises, significantly within the hospitality sector. Individuals will have the ability to take pleasure in seeing rather more outside services equivalent to outside furnishings, lighting and marquees.
“Merchants I’ve spoken to have additionally informed me in regards to the intensive measures they’ve been setting up to make sure that their premises and the programs they’ve are Covid safe, to offer prospects the arrogance they should return.
“It will likely be implausible to see life return to Southport from Monday. Please give our native companies each help you may, our city is simply pretty much as good as all of us make it.”
Throughout lockdown, Southport BID accomplished its mission to rework the mile-long Lord Road into “a boulevard of sunshine” to supply an exquisite setting for individuals having fun with Southport city centre at evening.
New laws permits retailers to open till 10pm if they need whereas eating places, cafes and bars at the moment are allowed to open outdoors, with out the necessity for substantial meals, and with out curfew.
A complete of 300,000 lights have been put in throughout 80 timber on Lord Road with Southport BID contracting Southport agency Illumidex UK to hold out the work. Work is constant on the brand new look Southport Market, with a meals, drink and occasions focus, with the grand opening going down within the subsequent few weeks.
Southport BID is inviting individuals and native companies to enroll to the brand new Southport Gift Card. The cardboard was launched by the Southport Enterprise Enchancment District final yr as a manner of giving a lift to our native economic system whereas encouraging individuals to spend native.
Greater than 80 Southport city centre retailers, eating places, cafes, bars and leisure venues have already signed as much as settle for the brand-new Southport Present Card, with extra added every week.
The cardboard is able to be spent in excessive avenue favourites equivalent to M&S, The Entertainer, Flannels and Sports activities Direct plus dozens of common unbiased favourites equivalent to Volare, Repute, Faucet & Bottles and Over The Moon children boutique.
Signing up for businesses is quick and easy, and can be done using this link here.
The Southport Present Card makes an outstanding present for family and friends. People can buy it from £5 up to £500 using the link here. People can find more details about the Southport Gift Card on the Southport Bid website here.
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