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Dragon Interview: Posh Pawn MD Tells Why He Chose Guildford

By Hugh Coakley “It’s a wealthy town. There are people with the assets, probably had money for a while, and that’s the sort of clients we look for,” says James…

Dragon Interview: How Will the High Street Evolve?

By Hugh Coakley With empty shops in the town centre at the highest level for a decade at least, we wanted to have a peek into the post-pandemic future of…

Channel 4’s Hit ‘Posh Pawn’ Shop To Open In The High Street

By Hugh Coakley and David Rose Prestige Pawnbrokers, featured in the Channel 4 documentary Posh Pawn, is setting up shop in Guildford High Street, close to the George Abbot statue…

Tesco Express Opens New Store On Queen Elizabeth Park

By Hugh Coakley Tesco opened its new Express store on Thursday (January 14) at Queen Elizabeth Park, Stoughton. Occupying part of the former Budgens’ store on Railton Road, the new…

Join Guildford Council’s Free Online Business Briefing

Business owners are invited to learn about Guildford council’s 2021-22 budget and get information on supporting future economic recovery at their free online economic briefing on Thursday, January 14. Places…

Guildford Quiet As Lockdown 3 Hits

By Hugh Coakley Guildford was quiet today (Sunday, December 20) on the first day of Lockdown 3. Only shops selling essential goods were open. Traders on the few stalls open…

Landlords And Charities Gain As Empty Shop Is Occupied

By Hugh Coakley Landlords and charities have both gained by what is expected to be the first of a number of empty shops being temporarily occupied by local art and…

North Street Market Buzzing With Characters And History

By Hugh Coakley If you need to get away from online shopping, the buzzing North Street market is a great place to shop. It’s not just the fresh fruit and…

Traders and Shoppers Relieved To Be Back But Worried Lockdown Will Return

By Hugh Coakley Shoppers were hoping to bag a bargain in Guildford’s pre-Christmas sales yesterday (December 2) after Lockdown 2 ended. Shop owners were reporting that people were “relieved to…

Lockdown Limits Guildford’s Indie Shop-owners But Chain Retailers Keep Trading

By Hugh Coakley Confusion reigns in some quarters over shop lockdown rules in Guildford. Ryman and WH Smith remain fully open but independent fellow stationers Biddles is limited to a…