Totally Locally Comrie

15/01/2024

In 2024, if every adult in Comrie, spends £5 each week, with one local, independent business, over the course of the year, together, we could put an extra £400,000 into our local economy.
Use your money to change the world, let’s start a revolution!

07/12/2023

Planning a product drop later in the week (hey, listen to me getting with the jargon) if I can get Etsy to play ball !

So far, photos taken and edited for three mosaics- a bird with lots of chintzy bits; a bird with flags and text and a lovely flower with the most gorgeous nugget… all on slates

Perthshire Artisans
Comrie Perthshire

07/12/2023

07/12/2023

Have you spotted the naughty elves in the Comrie shop windows? They’ve taken over!
Can you find all the hidden letters and unscramble them to find their message?
It’s totally free to enter, fill in your slip and drop it into The Handy Shop - Comrie for a chance to win a voucher for Crieff Hydro
Comrie Pet Shop
The Handy Shop - Comrie
David Comrie & Son Butchers
Urquhart Glass
Cafe Comrie
Goldfinch Gallery
Hansen's Kitchen
Cushielaine
Studio 52
Comrie Post Office

06/12/2023

Tomorrow evening, Thursday from 6pm, in Comrie is our Christmas Late Night Shopping event.
Come and visit
.52.store

03/12/2023

Some dates for your diaries folks!
Thursday 7th - Christmas late night shopping in Comrie.
Festive Friday 8th - special offers in many of the shops and businesses.
Saturday 9th - performance by Brass Central Strathearn, 2pm, St Kessog’s Sq
This Christmas buy from your local independent businesses, keep your money in our local economy and keep Comrie thriving.



David Comrie & son Butchers
Comrie Pet Shop .52.store

24/11/2023

Let’s B.0.y.c.0.t.t Black Friday!
Amazon and the other big boys will be absolutely fine folks, shop local and independent this Christmas.
Comrie’s independent shops and businesses make the village an enjoyable, vibrant and social place to be.
This Christmas, buy nice things from your local businesses, keep your money in our local economy and keep Comrie thriving.

23/11/2023

Don't believe the hype!
Before you jump at the chance of buying a Black Friday online deal, do a bit of research first and see its available locally, it's often the same price and sometimes even cheaper!
A recent study by Which found that just 1 out of 50 offers from online giants were at their cheapest during Black Friday, they were cheaper at other times of the year 🤔
Either way, buying locally will benefit Comrie more.



Independent businesses care about what you really want - recommendations from people, not algorithms.

Staff armed with good conversation & witty banter, we make at real contribution to our local economy - keeping our village alive.

Things made by local people who you actually know....

22/11/2023

Black Friday doesn’t change the world for the better, but you can! Do you know, when you spend £10 with your local businesses, up to £50 goes back into your local economy?
This is because local independent businesses tend to spend with lots of other local businesses, so the money goes around and around in our local economy, unlike when you spend at a big chain store or national supermarket where most of the money leaves our village.
Amazon will be fine folks, buy nice things from your local, independent businesses and keep Comrie thriving.

20/11/2023

There are so many ways that you can support your local community this Christmas 🎄

Here are some ideas….

🚶 Take a walk down your high street…..
🍖 Ask your butcher how to cook your roast – then ask for meat from a local farm
🥕 Buy veg grown within walking distance
🍻 Pick up your tipples from your local wine merchant
🍞 Visit your high st. baker
😃 Stop, chat, smile, repeat
☕️ Grab a brew & cake from an independent cafe
🎁 Buy gifts made by people in your area and from small shops. Feel good.
🍖 Pop to the deli for those nice bits
💻 If youʼre buying online, type in what you want, followed by your town name. Then you can see if you can buy it from a local business!
📕 Turn into your local bookshop – ask what they’d recommend
🎨 Discover an artist or maker from your town
🛍 Check out your local market – enjoy the atmosphere
🍽 Round off with a meal at a family run pub or restaurant

But don’t forget… your independent shops, local makers, service providers and small local businesses are forever not just for Christmas. You can use them all year round 🌞