Shop local champion Miconex has launched its 2024 national search to find the UK’s Favourite Local Business. The winner will be the business which garners the most unique votes at www.lovelocalwin.co.uk, and will receive a £500 local gift card, with one person who nominated them winning a £1,000 local gift card.
Miconex operates over 200 local gift card programmes around the world, including Town & City Gift Cards in the UK and Ireland, with over £30 million spent locally to date and over 20,000 businesses participating.
Miconex managing director Colin Munro said: “With UK’s Favourite Local Business, we’re encouraging people to think about the local businesses, big and small, that have a positive impact on their community, from shops and restaurants, to hotels and salons. It’s a reminder of the difference that local businesses make and a plea to think local as we approach the festive season. The Christmas trading period is crucial for businesses and when people choose to shop local it helps businesses to stay open, to keep on employing local people – and contributes to community vibrancy.”
Miconex ran the UK’s Favourite Local Business competition in 2022, with Isle of Wight department store W Hurst & Son taking the crown. The retailer’s managing director Jevon Kennedy commented: “We were so proud and thankful to win the UK’s Favourite Local Business in 2022. We have been serving our local community for 165 years and always strive to put our customers first. Winning the accolade was a proud moment, and something we’ve been able to use front and centre in our marketing. We’re part of our local Town & City Gift Card: the Wight Gift Card, and when we heard about the competition, we posted about it on our social channels – and our customers did the rest.”
Enter the UK’s Favourite Local Business competition free at: www.lovelocalwin.co.uk. The competition closes on October 31.