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BBC News
01-04-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Bridgnorth shopkeepers looking for support as costs rise
Shopkeepers in a Shropshire town are asking people for their continued support, with prices set to rise new financial year has brought with it increases to energy, water and council tax bills, and employers will also have to pay more in National Insurance contributions and the minimum Upton, from Catherine's Bakery in Bridgnorth, said traders would have to pass some of those costs on, but added: "I'm hoping the public of Bridgnorth will see that price increases are going to be coming for their survival, not for making extra profit."Sally Themans from Love Bridgnorth said: "If a local community doesn't want to see its high street fall over it needs to get out there and spend that money locally." Ms Upton believes shops in Bridgnorth were suffering for a number of reasons, including parking fees, and she said: "A lot of them are on the borderline and have just decided enough's enough."She also said she had noticed people being more careful with their money in recent years and buying smaller loaves to cut she said, Saturdays were the exception because tourists visiting the town were "just feeling a little bit easier because they're on a day out". Becky Bratt from The Petal Bar florist said she had a good weekend for mother's day and Bridgnorth is a relatively affluent she said parking was a "big, big problem" and the recent closure of part of the Severn Valley Railway line due to a land slip had had an impact on said one pub landlord had told her the loss of the extra visitors had made a big this, Ms Themans, who is also on the Love Bridgnorth group who campaign on behalf of the town, said: "There are some signs of people still wanting to come in and open businesses on our high street."She accepted it was a "challenging" time but said the town offered "value for money and a bespoke customer service". Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
27-02-2025
- BBC News
Photo displays brighten up Wellington railway station
Unused window-spaces at a train station have been brightened up with photos of local landmarks, as part of improvements costing £30, money, which came from West Midlands Railway, was also used to fit a kitchen, replace signs, plant flowers and refurbish storage rooms at Wellington Station in Windows on Wellington project challenged local photographers to come up with images of well-known Wellington views to form the window Howard from The Friends of Wellington Station said the grant had made a "huge difference". She said the window photos "really brighten up the platform and show people what a great town Wellington is, hopefully encouraging people to get off the train and visit our town".Sally Themans of Love Wellington said they were a "perfect advertisement of all that Wellington and the surrounding area has to offer". Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
