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Landlords And Charities Gain As Empty Shop Is Occupied

By Hugh Coakley Landlords and charities have both gained by what is expected to be the first of a number of empty shops being temporarily occupied by local art and…

North Street Market Buzzing With Characters And History

By Hugh Coakley If you need to get away from online shopping, the buzzing North Street market is a great place to shop. It’s not just the fresh fruit and…

Traders and Shoppers Relieved To Be Back But Worried Lockdown Will Return

By Hugh Coakley Shoppers were hoping to bag a bargain in Guildford’s pre-Christmas sales yesterday (December 2) after Lockdown 2 ended. Shop owners were reporting that people were “relieved to…

Lockdown Limits Guildford’s Indie Shop-owners But Chain Retailers Keep Trading

By Hugh Coakley Confusion reigns in some quarters over shop lockdown rules in Guildford. Ryman and WH Smith remain fully open but independent fellow stationers Biddles is limited to a…

Day One of Lockdown 2 – Streets Quiet But Busier Than Lockdown 1

By Hugh Coakley Guildford was quiet on day one of the second Covid-19 lockdown but busier than the deserted streets seen in March earlier this year. With schools and colleges…

Word On The Street: Anger, Frustration and Uncertainty is the Reaction To Lockdown

By Hugh Coakley People in Guildford today (November 2) were reacting to the government’s announcement over the weekend for another national lockdown. Some expressed support for the government position but…

‘People Working From Home Has Changed Our Business’ Says Stationers Biddles

By Hugh Coakley Biddles, the stationers in Ward Street in Guildford was in buoyant mood today as the final member of staff returned back to the business, six months after…

Boots Take On New Staff For Enlarged Beauty Hall

By Hugh Coakley Boots the chemist has opened up its enlarged beauty hall in its Guildford High Street store and, in a vote of confidence for retail in the town,…

Offenders Beware, Guildford Businesses Mount Town Centre Blitz on Repeat Criminals

More than 200 businesses in Guildford have combined to mount a blitz to deter and reduce the number of repeat criminal offenders in the town. They have formed the Business…

Indie Of The Month: The Guildford Butchery ‘Best Meat Britain And Surrey Has To Offer’

By Hugh Coakley “The best meat Britain and Surrey has to offer,” says the website of traditional The Guildford Butchery in the parade of shops at Collingwood Crescent at Boxgrove…