Friday 25th February 2011 - Published by Lara Page - Account Manager
Shoppers Leave Traders Feeling “All Loved-Up”
Residents fall head over heels for Walsall when it comes to finding great goods and services.
Twenty-seven of the town’s businesses were voted the “most loved” in their category, in a national campaign to track down Britain’s favourite small businesses.
More than 100,000 nominations were received in the thebestof.co.uk’s “14 Days of Love” campaign, which ended on St Valentine’s Day, with more than 10,000 nominations in support of Walsall businesses.
Due to the massive support from local residents, several Walsall businesses were among the UK’s top best loved. These included Pampered Pets, Tan Med Ltd, Simply Sandwich and Sp Taylor Plumbing and Gas .
The town’s Mayor, Councillor Gary Clarke, is to present Walsall’s winners with awards, at a special ceremony in the Mayor’s Parlour on 21st March. He said:
“I am passionate about supporting local businesses and am delighted to hear about our traders’ success. I hope this will encourage more shoppers to take a closer look at the variety of goods and quality of customer service on offer in Walsall.”
Best of Walsall Director, Alex Murray, explained that UK residents were invited to place online testimonials on their local “bestof.co.uk” website. Those businesses with the most recommendations stood to scoop local and national recognition and prizes.
“The huge number of local people who took time to write testimonials goes to show just how important great local businesses are to this local community, especially during difficult economic times,” said Mr Murray.
“Small businesses, including those in Walsall, are the engine room of our economy and lots of local business owners and their loyal staff are feeling great, because their efforts have been recognised and appreciated by so many of their customers.”
The ’14 Days of Love’ campaign was part of the thebestof.co.uk’s battle to save the UK’s High Street.
