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Sunday, 5 May 2019

Save our High Streets: with food shops

Sidmouth has a monthly market:
Futures Forum: Sidmouth Farmers' Market: Saturday 9th March

And it has a new community café:
Futures Forum: New Woolbrook tearoom 'to provide a community hot spot'

The Food Programme on Radio 4 today looked at three great projects doing good things for the High Street: 

Feeding the High Street: Are food shops the answer?

At a time when shops are closing across the country, we visit three food retail businesses that are bucking the trend. 

Levenshulme Market in Greater Manchester, A Small Good Thing in Bolton and Squash in Liverpool are all making a positive impact in their communities Sheila Dillon meets entrepreneur John Timpson to find out what this could tell us about the future of our high streets.

BBC Radio 4 - The Food Programme, Feeding the High Street: Are food shops the answer?

And here they are:
Levenshulme Market
Levenshulme Market - Home | Facebook
Levenshulme Market has made it to the final three for a prestigious BBC award - Manchester Evening News

And:
A Small Good Thing - Home | Facebook
A Small Good Thing (@GoodThingVeg) | Twitter
Bolton's first plastic-free shop is hoping to turn A Small Good Thing into a big success | The Bolton News

And:
Squash - Food for Real
Squash Liverpool - Home | Facebook
New healthy food and creativity space Squash opens in Liverpool city centre - Liverpool Echo
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