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The Big Show (Y Sioe Fawr)
A few weeks ago I attended the Royal Welsh Show (Y Sioe Fawr) at Llanelwedd/Builth Wells. For a number of years I have been to the Royal Highland Show at Ingliston and have always thought it to be a large … Continue reading
Posted in Farmers Markets, Festivals, Food and Beverage, Food Quality, Food Retailing, Markets, Producers, Rates, Retail Economy, Retailers, Rural, Sustainability, Tax
Tagged Festivals, Food, Food Culture, Lampeter, Ludlow, Rates, Retail, Royal Welsh Show, Specialist retailers
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Boldly Going to the Borders
The 8th September this year was notable for a couple of anniversaries. In 2015 the Queen formally re-opened the Borders Railway. It was also 50 years since the first episode of Star Trek was broadcast; may retailers ‘live long and … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Change, Convenience stores, Cooperative Group, Food Retailing, High Streets, Local Retailers, Places, Retail Change, Retailers, Rural, Scotland's Town and High Streets, Scotland's Towns Partnership, Scottish Borders, Scottish Diaspora Tapestry, Scottish Grocers Federation, Small Towns, Town Centres, Towns
Tagged Abellio, Borders, Born in the Borders, Competition, Consumer change, Galashiels, Opportunities, Retail, Scotland's Towns Partnership, Scottish Grocers Federation
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Do Rural and Urban Scotland need each other?
At the end of June 2015, various invited delegates met up at the Stirling Court Hotel on the University of Stirling campus to discuss the topic: “Do Rural and Urban Scotland need each other”? The event was organised by the … Continue reading
Posted in Inter-depenendencies, Places, Policy, Retail Policy, Rural, Small Towns, Towns, Urban, USP
Tagged Places, Policy, Rural, SRUC, Understanding Scottish Places, Urban, USP
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Lampeter Food Festival
As I noted in my last post, I was based down in Wales for personal reasons for much of July. It did however allow me to return to Lampeter, the small West Walian town where I spent almost four years … Continue reading
Posted in Festivals, Food, Food Retailing, High Streets, organic, Retail Economy, Rural, Town Centres
Tagged Festivals, Food, Food retailing, High Streets, Lampeter, Market Towns, Retail Change, Rural, Town Centres, Transition
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Northern Lights – getting dimmer?
If you have been keeping up with the additions I have been posting in the Journal Articles section of this blog, you will have seen that my colleague Paul Freathy has recently had a number of articles published about his … Continue reading
Posted in Availability, Consumer Change, Internet, Internet shopping, Outshopping, Rural, Scotland's Islands
Tagged Availability, Internet, outshopping, Retailing, Rural life, Scotland, Scottish Islands
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Towns, Rural Scotland and Vulnerability
SAC’s two yearly Rural Scotland in Focus reports are intended to provide a “fast track” to evidence and commentary on rural Scotland and how it is changing. The 2012 edition has just been released and can be downloaded from here … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Places, Rural, Scotland's Town and High Streets, Town Centres, Vulnerability Index
Tagged Rural, Scotland, Towns. Vulnerability
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