LOCAL MP Lesley Laird is calling on Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath’s small shopkeepers to enter the Best Small Shops Competition, celebrating the creativity of small shops and the central role they play in their local community.
The Best Small Shops Competition is open to any small shop operating in the UK. The competition is free to enter and all shops who enter will also be promoted to consumers through an online Indie Retail Directory.
Shopkeepers can nominate their businesses until Sunday September 9 via www.bestsmallshops.co.uk.
A shortlist of 25 of the most impressive applications will be shortlisted by a panel made up of established representatives from the independent retail industry.
The judges will be looking for evidence of a small shops’ entrepreneurial spirit, ways that they have been innovative in their business and what they have done to have a lasting positive impact on their community.
The shortlisted small shops will be invited to a Parliamentary Reception on November 13 to meet their Member of Parliament and find out who will be crowned the Best Small Shop for 2018.
Lesley Laird said: “A number of quirky, creative small shops have opened up in the constituency in recent years and they’ve proven businesses don’t have to be big in size to have a big impact locally.
“This competition offers us a chance to celebrate entrepreneurial success and talk-up what Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath has to offer. Please – get voting!”
Submit your entry
The entries for 2018’s Best Small Shop competition are now open. Submit your entry at www.bestsmallshops.co.uk.
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