Forres business promotions

Forres Loves Local

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

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.

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

We also offer a range of media services such as social media, photography and websites

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

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 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 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...

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...

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...

£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...