Last Thursday evening, I welcomed and chaired a meeting of the local retail traders, convened by Mary Simons of
Finca El Monte. It was well attended with nearly two dozen people there. The aim was to reboot the Buckingham Traders Association and look for ways to get more people spending more money in our retail shops.
It was a lively discussion, with inputs on developing a new local discount scheme, using social media to boost the footfall in the town and plans afoot to make Buckingham (single use) plastic free. And lots of other ideas were discussed too from new festivals to popup shops etc. Notes were taken by Sharon Cook from
Yuzzamatuzz and these will be broadcast back to all the traders.
It was a positive meeting and I am confident that more traders will be there next time, with a smaller group taking the ideas discussed forward. I will offering what support I can and I would expect all Town Councillors to be equally supportive of making our retail centre even more vibrant and sustainable into the future.
Remember: please shop local as much as you can!
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