LoyalFree app showcasing ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ venues

Seventeen Loughborough venues already featured

THE award winning high street app LoyalFree has launched a series of Eat Out to Help Out ‘trails’ showcasing which local establishments are participating in the government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme.

And so far 17 Loughborough venues are already featured.

The government initiative, designed to encourage people to support the high street, is running throughout August and will provide a 50 per cent discount to customers Monday through Wednesday.

LoyalFree is a multi-award winning innovative mobile phone app which helps connect people to

the UK.

Users benefit by using one app across the UK – so they can tap into the local area wherever they are.

Utilising technology to support businesses in this recovery period from Covid-19, app users can now access trails which inform them which businesses are taking part in the government scheme, as well as the usual exclusive event offers and local information.

The app is completely free to download, free of advertisements and endorsed by over 20 Business Improvement Districts.

The shows special offers across government’s website results for two miles around a postcode however the LoyalFree app showcases all participating establishments in your town or city, no matter how far away you are.

They can be viewed in a list or map view and also give users extra information about the businesses including social media links, photos and other offers. As of last week over 32,000 businesses have signed up to the scheme and the government postcode checker lists these.

The series of Eat Out to Help Out trails are now ready in eight towns and cities across England already, with more to follow.

Lisa Brown, Love Loughborough BID manager said: “We wanted to make sure that locals and visitors could quickly and easily find out where they can use the new scheme and LoyalFree was the perfect digital platform for it.”

There are currently 17 venues in Loughborough participating in the scheme including Browns Lane, The Jam Garden and Dolcino. You can see the full list by downloading the app for free.

Sophie Hainsworth, cofounder of LoyalFree, added: “Whilst the high street is recovering, it is crucial for us to adapt our technology to allow the public to support local businesses whilst staying safe at the same time.

“We are delighted to be able to support the government initiative with our platform in a way which gives the user the option to find participating businesses across their local areas with the touch of a button.”

LoyalFree has continually adapted their offering during this difficult time by launching open for business and home delivery trails during lockdown as well as the new LoyalFree Marketplace so that you can support your favourite independents by buying directly from an online platform where the businesses do not pay commission.

To download the app for free and see if it can help you click here: www.loyalfree.co.uk/ download or search for ‘LoyalFree’ on the app stores.