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Today’s feature (25.11.22) in the Inverness Courier spotlights Keith Caffery of Caffery’s Designerwear in Eastgate Shopping Centre.
This month’s Successful Small Business Focus in the Inverness Courier features Lorna Baird of WoodWinters on Church Street.
WoodWinters have recently moved across the street to a much bigger premises which is managed by Lorna Baird who answers the questions in our feature. You can read the full story here Nov 22 SBF Woodwinters 
The Inverness City Centre Gift Card launched on Saturday 5th November. The Gift Card gives recipients the opportunity to spend in around 150 businesses within the city centre ranging from national chains to small independents. So for a shopping trip, pamper session, drinks or a meal out, office services and more…the gift card has you covered! Plus you will be supporting our locally based businesses and people so its a win, win!
Gift Cards are available to purchase online via www.invernessgiftcard.com and we will have loadable gift cards available to pick up at our stand in the Eastgate Centre (times to be advised). These can be loaded with your choice of amount (from £10) via www.loadthiscard.com
The Inverness City Centre Business Awards were held in the Kingsmills Hotel on Tuesday 1st November 2022.
CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners! We had a fantastic night celebrating our wonderful city centre businesses and great entertainment from Highland Voices
The Winners & Highly Commended Awards in each category voted by the public are as follows:
Independent Retailer of the Year
Saffron Oriental Food Shop – WINNER
NESS MUSIC – Inverness – HIGHLY COMMENDED
National Retailer of the Year
Waterstones Inverness WINNER
LUSH Inverness UK HIGHLY COMMENDED
Independent Fashion Retailer of the Year
Cafferys designerwear WINNER
Rouge Boutiques Inverness HIGHLY COMMENDED
National Fashion Retailer of the Year
Primark Inverness WINNER
Marks & Spencer Inverness HIGHLY COMMENDED
Charity Retailer of the Year
Highland Hospice Inverness WINNER
Mikeysline HIGHLY COMMENDED
Independent Restaurant of the Year
The Mustard Seed Restaurant WINNER
Mangrove HIGHLY COMMENDED
National Restaurant of the Year
PizzaExpress Falcon Square WINNER
Zizzi Inverness HIGHLY COMMENDED
Independent Café of the Year
Girvans Restaurant WINNER
Café Artysans HIGHLY COMMENDED
National Café of the Year
Marks and Spencer Cafe WINNER
Caffe Nero HIGHLY COMMENDED
Independent Takeaway of the Year
Miele’s Gelateria Inverness WINNER
Harry Gow HIGHLY COMMENDED
National Takeaway of the Year
McDonald’s High Street WINNER
Subway HIGHLY COMMENDED
Hair & Beauty Salon of the Year
The Head Gardener WINNER
The Therapy Suite Hair and Beauty Inverness HIGHLY COMMENDED
Office of the Year
Macleod & MacCallum WINNER
Inverness Badenoch and Strathspey Citizens Advice Bureau HIGHLY COMMENDED
??? ?????? ?????? ??? ???????? in today’s Inverness Courier features Garek Begg of Begg Shoes & Bags who used to be a world cup skier! Garek has 9 shoe shops across the North of Scotland with 2 in Inverness and his core values are offering high quality products and an expert shoe fitting service to customers.
This month’s Successful Small Business Focus in the Inverness Courier features Paul Mackenzie of the 147 Pool and Snooker Centre on Union Street.
Paul has run the Snooker Centre for many years having taken it over from his father Ian 12 years ago. You can read the full story here.
BID Director Lorraine Bremner McBride said:
“The Inverness City Centre Gift Card is an exciting new initiative that will allow us all to support our locally based businesses and keep more money in our local economy at a time when it is needed the most given the economic landscape for households and businesses remains challenging.”
“Our businesses help to sustain our communities by providing the employment, and the goods and services we need so opting to buy a local Gift Card this Christmas really will make such a big difference and it is win-win too as recipients will have an extensive and impressive range of places to choose where to redeem it at including high street brands and local independents, across all sectors including retail, hospitality, leisure and health and beauty which makes it an ideal present for all ages.”
“We are currently visiting our member businesses to help them register for the scheme but the feedback we have received so far has been overwhelmingly positive. Businesses are delighted that it is free for them to join thanks to the support of the Highland Council and they are very pleased that the processing of payments is so quick and easy.
The card will be available to purchase online with an option to have a physical or a digital card and will be launched as part of our #invernessloveslocal campaign.”
“The City Centre is such a great place to visit, with our many bars, cafes, restaurants, shops and services and much more in a relatively small area so the Gift Card will also help us to showcase all we have to offer here in Inverness.”
Inverness City Centre businesses are being contacted by the Inverness City Centre BID team but any enquiries in the interim can be sent to: info@inverness.uk.com
Michael Freeman of Panasonic Inverness & Euronics Centre on Academy Street who signed his business up to the scheme said:
“We are extremely excited to participate in the new Inverness Gift Card scheme as it brings focus once more on supporting real local. Having a Gift Card like this to spend within Inverness City Centre on whatever you want from the dozens of businesses that are to support it couldn’t have come at a better time, especially with everything that is being thrown at all of us right now, and with no additional costs for us as a business to be part of or for the customer to use, it really was a no brainer for us to say yes.
It seems to get harder each year to buy gifts for family and loved ones but with this new Gift Card you will be able to give the perfect gift every time, whether for Christmas, Birthdays, Weddings or even just a Thank You you’ll know not only should it “hit the spot” but also that it will support everything that is local”
Independent Retailer of the Year: Keepsake Scotland; NESS MUSIC – Inverness; One of a Kind Gallery – Louise Innes Contemporary Artist; Saffron Oriental Food Shop National Retailer of the Year: LUSH Inverness UK; Morrisons Inverness; Waterstones Inverness; Hotel Chocolat Independent Fashion Retailer of the Year: Rouge Boutiques Inverness; Maggie Blyth – Boutique; Cafferys designerwear; Ginger Fashion Accessories National Fashion Retailer of the Year: Marks & Spencer Inverness; H&M; Primark Inverness; Slater Menswear Charity Retailer of the Year: British Heart Foundation; Highland Hospice; Cancer Research UK; Mikeysline Independent Restaurant of the Year: Cafe 1; Mangrove; Rajah Restaurant; The Mustard Seed Restaurant National Restaurant of the Year: Zizzi; PizzaExpress; Auctioneers Inverness; Bella Italia – Inverness. Independent Café of the Year: XOKO; Café Artysans; Girvans Restaurant; Comfort Foods National Café of the Year: Caffé Nero; Starbucks Inverness; M&S Café; Costa Coffee (Eastgate Centre) Independent Takeaway of the Year: PERK Coffee & Doughnuts; Lettuce Eat; Harry Gow (Union Street); Miele’s Gelateria Inverness National Takeaway of the Year: Subway Inverness; Domino’s Pizza Inverness; McDonald’s; Burger King. Hair & Beauty Salon of the Year: J F H Design; Tony Christopher Hair Salon; The Head Gardener Inverness; The Therapy Suite Hair and Beauty Inverness Office of the Year: Munro and Noble Solicitors,; Macleod & MacCallum; Inverness Badenoch and Strathspey Citizens Advice Bureau; Impact Hub Inverness
Jackie Cuddy of Eastgate Centre is this month’s Person Behind the Business in the Inverness Courier.
You can read Jackie’s questions and answers HERE
The nominations have been counted and the shortlist of businesses has been announced!
The BID Business Awards recognise the public’s favourite businesses in Inverness City Centre. Nominations were invited from the public for 2 weeks in September and these have now been counted with the top in each category going forward for a place at the Awards Ceremony which will take place on 2nd November in the Kingsmills Hotel.
Until 2nd October you can cast your votes online HERE
Inverness BID has today launched its new ‘GULL WATCH’ campaign,…
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