National Favourite Local Business competition goes live in Chichester

The Chichester Gift Card is backing a national UK’s Favourite Local Business 2024 competition as part of a drive to encourage support for local businesses, with £1500 in Chichester Gift Cards as a possible prize.

Shops, restaurants, salons, hotels and attractions in Chichester are all eligible to be the UK’s Favourite Local Business 2024.

People can nominate their favourite local business for free at lovelocalwin.co.uk, giving the name of the local business they think deserves to win and a reason.

The UK’s Favourite Local Business will be the business who has the most nominations and will win a £500 Town & City Gift Card, such as the Chichester Gift Card, with one person who nominated the winning business receiving a £1000 Town & City Gift Card.

Led by Chichester BID, the Chichester Gift Card is an initiative to encourage local shopping in the city. Over 160 businesses – including big brands and independents – are part of the initiative.

Helen Marshall, CEO and Chair of Chichester BID, said: “We’re proud of our range and quality of local businesses in Chichester – including many that are part of the Chichester Gift Card. The national UK’s Favourite Local Business competition is a chance for us to shine a light on Chichester businesses who go above and beyond to help our city to thrive. Being nominated as the UK’s Favourite Local Business would be a huge boost for any business.”

Fintech Miconex, founders of the Town & City Gift Card concept, is sponsoring the UK’s Favourite Local Business 2024. Over 20,000 local businesses are part of Miconex’s local gift card programmes around the world with over £30m spent locally through the cards.

Colin Munro is the managing director of Miconex and said: “We’re pleased to launch the search to find the UK’s Favourite Local Business in Chichester as we champion ‘shop local’ in the run up to Christmas. Shop local sentiment continues to build in the UK with 98% of people saying they’re keen to support local. Nominating a business is one way to show your support for local businesses, and we’ll be celebrating nominations as they come in.”

Enter the UK’s Favourite Local Business competition free at: www.lovelocalwin.co.uk

The competition closes on the 31st October 2024.