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Shrewsbury was today featured BBC Radio’s popular daily consumer affairs programme, You and Yours. The You and Yours team visited our town last week on the back of media reports on our positive footfall trends for 2018. Listen back on BBC Sounds Shrewsbury is featured from 24 minutes 30 seconds.

Shrewsbury is bucking the national trend of a drop in town centre footfall, according to new figures revealed today.  National figures show a national decline for the 10th straight year, but Shrewsbury Business Improvement District (BID) said the town was bucking that trend and footfall figures for 2018 were actually up on the previous year.  The total number of visits clocked by two ...

Thank you to Phil Gillam at Shrewsbury Chronicle for the kind words about the Wonderful World of Shrewsbury at Christmas magazine. Read the article on the Shrewsbury Chronicle website. Read the magazine online.

Shrewsbury has today been named as one of 10 healthiest high streets in Britain. The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has published a league table ranking 70 of Britain’s major towns and cities by the impact of their high streets on the public’s health and well-being. Shrewsbury came 4th in ...

Shrewsbury is going to town with its festive late-night shopping as more traders join in and a free park and ride service is extended to support seasonal shoppers. Every Wednesday from 14th November, when its sparkling lights display is switched on, until Christmas, many town centre shops will be open ...

Shrewsbury BID has launched its Business Plan for 2019-24 and will be seeking the support of its business members in a renewal ballot taking place between 27th September and 25th October 2018. During its first term, the BID which commenced in 2014, attracted additional above-levy income of £430,000 to deliver ...

Parking in Shrewsbury will continue to be free from 6pm after Shropshire Council’s Cabinet agreed to amend its new parking strategy at its meeting yesterday (5 September 2018). The decision follows discussions between Shropshire Council and Shrewsbury BID at which the BID raised concerns about plans to introduce charging until ...