Shopping locally supports our local economy in a number of ways:
BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
If you shop locally, you reduce the need for use of your car or even public transport to buy your groceries and other shopping items. Furthermore, if there is a local growers' market, you can purchase many organic and environmetally friendly goods and reduce energy-wasting long hauls into the bargain.
SAVE MONEY ON YOUR SHOPPING BILLS
With ever increasing fuel prices, you are encouraged to refrain from using your car whenever possible, shop local and save money in doing so. Additionally, shopping at a local produce market effectively cuts out the middleman, therefore reducing (long haul) transportation costs.
BUILD A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY
Research has shown that money spent locally remains in the local economy, through wages paid to local employees and products and services purchased from other local businesses. In turn, shopping locally contributes significantly to the overall development of the economic base of the community.
'Your Town, Your Community' Questionnaire Survey
In the November 2009 edition of the Town Council’s quarterly Residents' Newsletter, people were given the opportunity to comment on goods and services they want to see in Hailsham, amid growing concerns that unless shopping habits change, independent shops will disappear.
Responses from the survey, produced by the Town Council in partnership with local councils and the Hailsham & District Chamber of Commerce, have been received from over 600 residents within the Hailsham Parish. VIEW RESULTS DATA.
