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

£3.8m fund proposed to boost town centres, young jobs and rural tourism

A multi-million-pound cash boost which includes £10k grants for town centre start-ups, pop-up shops, new jobs for...

Pair charged following garden centre break-in

Two men have been arrested and charged after a break-in at Mackenzie and Cruickshank in Forres, and...

Forres bucks trend as six new shops open in town centre over six months

Despite grim forecasts and news of business hardships, Forres town centre is bucking the trend with the...

‘Eat Out’ deals continue into September as owners bounce back with their own offers

September eating out offers If you know of any more, let us know by email, or by...

Cafe customers are paying it forward by buying coffee and cake for strangers

A high street cafe is 'banking' the kindness of local folk who want to pay the cost...

Oh Fudge! Coronavirus restrictions make re-opening of sweet shop ‘unviable’

The Kilted Fudge shop at the east end of the high street won't re-open owners have stated,...

Shopping locally is ‘absolutely essential’ for recovery of economy says Moray’s MSP

Richard Lochhead MSP met with local businesses in Forres recently to discuss the challenges of coronavirus and...

Gemma fulfills her dream to open a high street nail bar despite lockdown setback

A young woman who fulfilled her dream of having her own nail bar has finally re-opened on...

Business owners are painting the town red… and green, and cream, and black!

Forres business owners have only just come out of lockdown, and they haven't wasted any time in...

Forres publican says vigilance is needed to protect health and jobs as well as business

A Forres publican has joined the call from licensed trade chiefs for bar owners and their visitors...