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

Richard Lochhead

MSP backs tax-cut in ‘essential’ high street salons

Moray's MSP has backed the Save Our Salons campaign which aims to help hairdressers, barbers and beauty...

Businesses join in with community arts project to share the love

Shop windows up and down the high street and wider town centre have been showing their love...

One-off payment of £4k available for new businesses and close contact services

The Scottish Government has today published guidance and information on eligibility for the following funds: Newly self-employed...

Comedy haggis hunt video racks up 40,000 views for hotel in lockdown

Two Forres businessmen have got their heads together and come up with a comedy collaboration that has...

Orbex sponsors national rocket-building championship and encourages gender diversity

A space engineering company based in Forres is sponsoring a national rocket-making competition, which includes a deal...
Shannon Mason

Shannon nails it with beauty award despite ‘particularly challenging’ first year in business

A Forres nail technician working from home has been voted the best in the north despite only...

HIE to extend enterprise park as it reaches capacity

The second stage of development at Forres Enterprise Park has been triggered by existing occupancy reaching its...
Festive market, Forres

Festive pop-up shop is a marketplace for local artists, designers and food producers

A pop-up festive shop has opened in Forres bringing a wide and varied selection of locally made...
Pop-up shop in Forres

New pop-up shop scheme will create more high street business opportunities

Businesses in Forres will soon have the opportunity to try a high street venture rent-free thanks to...
Jude Simms and Dave Powney

Business duo win £15k funding for leggings that help people walk again

Two local businesspeople who run a specialist body rehabilitation centre have scooped a £15k funding package to...