Forres loves local businesses

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Forres Loves Local

We work with Forres businesses to promote the town as a whole, and encourage shoppers to shop locally wherever possible.

In 2023, we were named Best Digital Community in Scotland by Scotland’s Towns Partnership.

Our social enterprise is a business member of Scotland’s Towns Partnership who run a nationwide ‘ScotlandLovesLocal’ movement and we have adopted the same branding for our own local campaign. Look out for the ‘Forres Loves Local’ logo in shop windows.

All-inclusive independent local support

Moray Local CIC is our parent company limited by guarantee, which means we have no shareholders and we don’t pay dividends to our directors who all work as volunteers.

We are an independently run organisation to support local businesses, community organisations and events.

We receive no funding from local or central Government, are not in a BID (Business Improvement District), and are not a membership organisation, so all our work is the result of passionate support for our community, and excludes no-one.

The following services are free to use in order to help business promote themselves locally.

Consultancy and content creation

Organisations with similar community objectives, can call on us for consultation services, and local commercial businesses can also get help with marketing, PR and content.

We encourage business owners to use the hashtags #ForresBusiness and #ForresLovesLocal in their posts, as we do in our business-related posts. This is an easy way to group together all business-related news and information, posted by anybody.

Forres business news

Army surplus store moves into bigger premises on Forres High Street

A popular clothing store has moved two doors down the high street after literally running out of...

Buffalo farm moving into retail and tourism with farm shop and straw bale cabins

A new farm shop shack at the roadside in Dallas is selling its produce directly to consumers,...

Local farmers get involved with initiative to promote farms as a destination

Local farmers are getting behind an initiative that combines tourism with working farms which produce food. Agritourism...

Beer is brewed in Forres again as Speyside Brewery re-opens with refreshed recipes

Speyside Brewery is relaunching in Forres with a new core range of beers. After a short covid-induced...

Old tackle shop could be turned into child-friendly cafe

A new child-friendly cafe could open soon in Forres town centre, if planning permission is approved. Anna...

Local classic car lover will take his ‘family’ of six old motors to Forres Theme Day on Sunday

Grant Park in Forres will become host once again for the town's largest and oldest family days...

Mr Moto says Forres has waited too long for a place that bikers can call their own

A Forres man is fulfilling his lifelong dream to open a motorcycle retail and repair shop in...

Converted horsebox is new food and drink stop at Findhorn Bridge

They say you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink – however...

Musician Ewen brings lockdown-inspired book to life to tell history of Fantastic Forres

A new children's book highlighting the landmarks of Forres has gone to print and will be available...

Three new businesses on the cards for Forres

A handful of businesses are making progress on plans to open in the town. Plans were approved...