Local businesses are essential to a healthy local economy. When you buy goods or use services from a national or global business that money leaves the Waterside. When you buy locally, the money you spend is circulated within the local economy.

Local businesses rely on repeat business. Delivering a good quality product or service is essential to their longevity, so a firm that operates locally has a vested interest in looking after you.

Although the Waterside Network Group only promotes one member per business area, all local businesses need you to use their products and services in order to survive. They are all an integral part of what keeps the Waterside special. By buying locally, you’re making a worthwhile difference to the health of the local economy, as well as to the variety of shops and services you can enjoy.

The Waterside is a rich source of small and medium-sized businesses, entrepreneurs, soletraders, artists and craftspeople, evidenced by the packed pages within the Herald. So, please remember to support them and keep it local!