Community-owned shops become winners in FIVE regions, joining the running for national awards in MarchThe community-owned shop sector is celebrating a record win at this year’s Countryside Alliance Awards, with four being selected as regional winners. The winners, stretching the length of the country, are: Humshaugh Village Shop, Northumberland; Storth Village Shop, Cumbria; Yarpole Village Shop, West Midlands; The Shop at Strood Green, Surrey (right) and The Galleries Shop and Café, Freshford, Somerset.The winning shops are five of 255 community-owned shops across the UK, which open at an average rate of 19 per year – saving 5% of the 400 village shops that...
21 Feb 2011