Monthly Archives: April 2011

Let’s Twitter Shop

You can follow ’The Shop Doctor’ on Twitter www.twitter.com/theshopdoctor

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Shop Doctor ‘surgery’ in Millom

Copeland Borough Council have arranged for ‘The Shop Doctor’ to spend a day in May evaluating the retail scene in Millom as part of an excercise to help revitalise trading opportunities. Following the day visiting the key retail areas The Shop … Continue reading

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Let’s Talk Village Shops

 8 rural businesses in Cheshire East will be receiving a ‘surgery’ visit from the Shop Doctor during April. Shops in Gawsworth, Cholmondeley and Sutton have already been visited  enabling the Shop Doctor to evaluate issues impacting on business performance and helping identify … Continue reading

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New regulations that may affect your business

6 April 2011 was the first Common Commencement Date (CCD) of 2011. This event, which happens twice a year, is where key government departments issue new regulations and make changes to existing ones. Some of these changes simplify existing legislation for … Continue reading

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Let’s answer the phones.

  Following the winding up of South Lakes Development Trust (www.sldt.co.uk) Let’s Talk Shop Ltd has taken on the key business support activities originally established by the Trust to help support small local businesses in South Lakeland. A range of … Continue reading

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