As regular readers of this blog will know, the Better Tuition team are celebrating five years of fantastic tuition on the corner of Crofts Bank Road.  It’s a significant milestone and one which has led us to reflect on how grateful we are to our customers, past and present, without whom we wouldn’t still be here.

Better Tuition is celebrating!

We are great believers in shopping local to keep the money you give us within the community.  When choosing a new kitche, a cake baker or a stationary supplier, we generally look no further than our own customers.  There are so many independent traders in Urmston and we firmly believe that small, independent traders keep our towns and neighbourhood centres interesting, and yet there is so little in the way of concrete support for them.

Urmston needs independent traders.

Having a bit of down time over half term, we have launched a new project, Urmston Independents, which aims to celebrate and promote independent traders in Urmston.  Independents Urmston is a website with an A-Z of independent Urmston traders, a virtual suggestion box and a blog that will cover issues affecting independent traders in Urmston and beyond.  The A-Z does not yet cover all of Urmston’s independent traders (an overwhelming task), so we are encouraging website users to add their suggestions.  We want to include as many independent Urmston traders as we can, so please take a look and get involved.  The website is free and always will be: it’s our gift to the community and we hope it helps encourage people to use independent shops and services.