Independent Shops Report Their Best October in Six Years
Owners credit late opening on Thursdays and a loyalty card shared by forty businesses.
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Independent shops, high streets and the season’s receipts.
Owners credit late opening on Thursdays and a loyalty card shared by forty businesses.
The weekly shop is still dearer than last year, but the gap is closing.
We tracked one stall’s receipts for a year, and the story they tell is not the one in the official figures.
Volunteers fixed more than two thousand items this year, from toasters to bicycles.
