The Best Small Shops Competition, back for its fifth year, has relaunched post lockdown celebrating the return of Indie Retail to UK high streets and shopping parades.
This year’s competition has been revised to better reflect the current retail climate and judges will be seeking entries from independent retailers that are demonstrating specific innovation to combat the impact of COVID-19.
The judges will be looking for evidence of:
- Specific innovation to combat the impact of COVID-19
- Safety of staff and customers was maintained
- How the business diversified to maintain trading
- If the shop was forced to close what strategies were adopted to continue trading
- Plans put in place to retain communications with the local community
- Initiatives to reach a new customer base
Take a look at the competition entry guidance here.
Entries for all award categories in this year’s competition close on 11th September 2020. Click on the button below to enter your business and be in with a chance to be crowned Best Small Shop of 2020!
