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LOCAL AUTHORITIES:
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Ian Lingard, Business Projects Officer, Blackburn-with-Darwen Borough Council
"This is part of the series of workshops programmes which we have put on for retailers and other businesses as part of the Business Growth programme in Blackburn-with-Darwen. As a Beacon Council for fostering business, we wanted to be able to offer our retailers and businesses a practical and effective training programme which would give their businesses a boost. I am delighted with the feedback which shows that all the delegates learned something useful to take away from the
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Sarah Parkin, Support Officer for Glossop Town Partnership
"The feedback from the retailers has been overwhelmingly positive. All aspects of retailing, from customer care to marketing, window displays and demographics were covered and there has been positive feedback from the retailers about every single part of the course." |
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Joanne Golton, Project Manager for Garstang & District Partnership
"Having worked with Main Marketing in 2005, we were delighted to invite them to return with their new Level 2 programme. The Window Display & Visual Merchandising Workshops were held as part of the Garstang MTI Shop Front Improvement Scheme, which aims to invigorate and enhance the trading infrastructure and retail image of Garstang as an historic market town. One of our main objectives is to stimulate business and consumer confidence and we felt that by offering our retailers this really practical business support package, it would help those who are interested in and who have already benefitted from the Shop Front Improvement Scheme to take best advantage of the improvements. This has proved to be the case, as feedback from all the businesses who participated is that it was really worthwhile and they have started to implement some of the suggestions made by Bill and Diane." |
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Esther
Shepley, Revitalising Inner Rochdale SRB5 Project,
Rochdale Council
"We
wanted a very practical approach to training for our
retailers and were delighted to be able to access an
existing package of seminars, with a proven track
record. We have had a good response from our
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John Townsley (when he was Business Liaison Officer, Stockport MBC)
"What we have achieved here in Stockport is an all-win situation. The Council, the Traders Associations, individual traders and their customers are all gaining benefits from the Workshops." |
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Graeme Vout, (when he was District Centre Manager, Stockport MBC,
(now Town Centre Manager)
"The feedback from delegates has been overwhelmingly positive. They particularly liked the fact that jargon was never used and the advice was realistic and easy to put into practice."
Mark Hunter (when he was Leader of the Council, Stockport MBC, now local MP)
"The Workshops are a crucial aspect of delivering our District Centre Strategy, and we are very pleased with the results achieved. Thanks again to Main Marketing for your help and support."
To read what retailers and high street businesses thought about the workshops click
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