By Hugh Coakley Guildford was quiet on day one of the second Covid-19 lockdown but busier than the deserted streets seen in March earlier this year. With schools and colleges…
November 5, 2020 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Hugh Coakley People in Guildford today (November 2) were reacting to the government’s announcement over the weekend for another national lockdown. Some expressed support for the government position but…
November 2, 2020 / 5 Comments / Read MoreBy Hugh Coakley Biddles, the stationers in Ward Street in Guildford was in buoyant mood today as the final member of staff returned back to the business, six months after…
October 19, 2020 / 3 Comments / Read MoreBy Hugh Coakley Boots the chemist has opened up its enlarged beauty hall in its Guildford High Street store and, in a vote of confidence for retail in the town,…
October 19, 2020 / No Comment / Read MoreMore than 200 businesses in Guildford have combined to mount a blitz to deter and reduce the number of repeat criminal offenders in the town. They have formed the Business…
October 15, 2020 / 3 Comments / Read MoreBy Hugh Coakley “The best meat Britain and Surrey has to offer,” says the website of traditional The Guildford Butchery in the parade of shops at Collingwood Crescent at Boxgrove…
October 14, 2020 / 3 Comments / Read MoreBy Hugh Coakley Tesco is opening a supermarket in Queen Elizabeth Park (QEP) Stoughton early in 2021. Based in the former site occupied by Budgens, which has been empty for…
October 13, 2020 / 7 Comments / Read MoreBy Hugh Coakley Change in Guildford town centre is happening so rapidly, it’s hard to keep up. Reduced rents are encouraging new shops to open despite footfall decreasing by 45%…
October 10, 2020 / 1 Comment / Read MoreBy Hugh Coakley Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, visited shops in Guildford on Tuesday, September 22, as part of an arranged tour of the town (see also Prince Edward…
September 26, 2020 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Hugh Coakley Walking into Koja Coffee Shop in Jeffries Passage, it is calm, quiet, understated and with the promise of good quality; dare I say it has a Skandi…
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