April Highlights

by Tracey Saunders | 7 Apr 2021 | Featured

Monday 12 April is the second key date in the lockdown roadmap, as non-essential retail is allowed to fully reopen and pubs with outdoor spaces can welcome customers. Together with the rules on meeting up to six people or two different households outside, we are looking forward to more freedom and seeing footfall in the town centre increase.

March Highlights

by Tracey Saunders | 8 Mar 2021 | Featured

Over the past 12 months of lockdown, our local shops and businesses have been there for the community more than ever, offering residents a lifeline with home deliveries and online events to tackle the lockdown blues. Now that schools have reopened, and we will be able to meet with one person outdoors from 29^th March hopefully the gradual easing of lockdown measures will put a spring back into our step.

Some of our highlight this month include:

• Arnold Lodge has refurbished their ballroom, bar and restaurant ready for when they can host events again.
• Revelicious celebrated their fifth anniversary for their Churchside Arcade shop.
• The Annex Studios celebrated their second anniversary of their salon opening in Sheep Street.
• Rugby Art Gallery & Museum added the Rugby Open 2020 online and made original artworks from the exhibition available to purchase from the Visitor Centre shop.

FEBRUARY HIGHLIGHTS

by Tracey Saunders | 9 Feb 2021 | Featured

It may be lockdown still but love is still in the air in Rugby. Our local shops and businesses are going out of their way to ensure that we can still show partners, family and friends that we care about them. It is essential that we all do the right thing for Rugby. We know so many people and businesses are making huge sacrifices to contribute towards controlling this pandemic. Let’s continue to do our part in ensuring we minimise its impact on Rugby by minimising the number of people we see, washing our hands regularly, wearing a face covering and keeping a distance from others.

Some of our town highlights this month include:

• Edward Knights were voted the Best Estate Agent in Rugby by Right Move.
• Terracotta featured in The Times The Best Boutiques To Shop Online During Lockdown.
• Rugby Advertiser featured Hunt’s Bookshop’s Books For Children Fund which aims to raise £1,000 to give children from low income families new books.
• Complete estate agents celebrated their 16^th anniversary of their first business in Rugby.
• Negrills Caribbean takeaway in partnership with Nu Gen Care delivered food parcels to local vulnerable families.
• Uber Eats gave Hill Murry a Local Legends badgefor being a popular takeaway choice.
• Baylis & Peet hairdressers launched a new online shop.
• Our round up of 14 ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day can be viewed here.

JANUARY HIGHLIGHTS

by Tracey Saunders | 11 Jan 2021 | Featured

We’re starting 2021 with the coronavirus pandemic still looming over us and lockdown measures in place. Yet despite these difficulties our resilient local retailers and businesses are continuing to operate safely within COVID-19 guidelines.

Have you told your friends about your favourite small businesses? Whether it’s an online yoga class, food delivery service or birthday gifts, let’s share #shoplocal recommendations to support Rugby town centre businesses and our local communities.