By Hugh Coakley Skateboard shelfs are empty in Decade, the independent skate shop, but owner Greg Foster is not fazed at all. “There was lots of interest in outdoor sports…
July 23, 2020 / No Comment / Read MoreThe borough council have made grants totalling £1.111 million to 95 local business and charities, helping our local economy recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. The Discretionary Grants Scheme (DGS) has…
July 23, 2020 / No Comment / Read MoreAfter almost four traumatic months of the coronavirus lockdown and then administration, stationers Biddles of Guildford re-opened on July 1 under new owners. But former managers at the shop, David…
July 15, 2020 / 1 Comment / Read MoreAs we are being told by the government to “Eat out to help out”, a trio of politicians last week visited some of the pubs, restaurants and cafes in the…
July 12, 2020 / 1 Comment / Read MoreBy Hugh Coakley Pubs, restaurants and hairdressers opened today (July 4) in Guildford and customers seemed generally happy with the approach being taken to safety and social distancing. But there…
July 4, 2020 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Hugh Coakley The reality of zero income in many shops due to the coronavirus lockdown is forcing landlords to offer rent reductions and changes to payment terms to struggling…
June 29, 2020 / 1 Comment / Read Moreby Hugh Coakley Two managers from Biddles are in a race against time to crowdfund re-opening of the well-known stationers in Ward Street, Guildford, after the parent company went into…
June 27, 2020 / 11 Comments / Read Moreby Hugh Coakley Reactions were generally optimistic after a busy Saturday in Guildford town centre (June 20), the first weekend after the coronavirus pandemic lockdown on March 23, 2020. A…
June 20, 2020 / 1 Comment / Read Moreby Hugh Coakley Shoppers coming into Guildford town centre today (Monday, June 15) were dealing with a “new normal” as non-essential shops opened their doors nearly three months after Covid-19…
June 15, 2020 / No Comment / Read Moreby Hugh Coakley Going into Twin Larder, the zero waste shop in Ash, you get the comfortable feeling of walking into an old-fashioned shop. Rows of filled jars, scales, a…
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