Places to Shop

Shopping in the UK used to vary quite a lot from town to town: some places had their local specialities, which would be on sale everywhere, and and there would always be a few local stores that were at the very heart of their location . Now you often can't tell one place from another, with identikit high streets and boring chain stores ruling the roost, and where that's not the case the internet has made the lot of the indy retailer even more difficult.  But it doesn't have to be that way. There are a few brave souls out there holding back the tides of mediocrity and doing a fantastic job – independently owned local businesses run by people with a passion for what they do, and who know their subject. It's these places that are helping the towns and cities of the UK to retain some of their vigour, not to mention making it easier and more more practical for most of us to find what we want. So help us to help them. Shop locally, from someone who knows what they're talking about, and you'll be doing your bit to make the landscape of Britain more interesting and, hey, more useful for us all!