It’s easy to ‘buy locally’ with new Norfolk Business Guide

The Local Business Guide 2009 has been introduced to mark the second birthday of social enterprise buy local Norfolk. The scheme has been founded to support the local economy by making it easier for shoppers to recognise a genuinely local business and therefore make a considered decision of where to spend their money.

Chairman of buy local Norfolk, Nigel Dowdney says, “Buying more of our goods and services from local businesses employing local people injects vital investment into our economy. It is important to recognise that it is not only food and retail products that can be bought from local independent traders. Our membership includes holiday companies, healthcare providers, filmmakers and those supplying household goods. This new guide will enable people to easily identify who their local suppliers are and how easy it is to buy from them. In many cases they will often be less expensive and offer a higher level of customer services than the national chains.”

The new guide will be available at museums and libraries around Norfolk, at Park and Ride outlets, at summer events including the Royal Norfolk Show and through buy local members across the county.

To download a copy of the guide, please visit the links page.