Southport Visiter

Salute our inventive and supportive firms as stars

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PEOPLE are being asked to nominate Your Southport Stars! Southport Business Improvemen­t District (Southport BID) wants to highlight those individual­s or businesses who have overcome adversity to really make a difference during the past two years of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Southport BID would love to hear your stories about individual­s or businesses in the Southport town centre who have:

● Supported our community

● Reopened safely and securely

● Reinvented what they offer

● Offered personal support

● Organised drop-offs and deliveries

● Provided employment and supported staff.

Nominating couldn’t be easier, with a form on the Southport BID website. Alternativ­ely, people can email nomination­s to info@southportb­id.com.

Southport BID CEO Rachel Fitzgerald said: “Southport BID is asking residents to nominate individual­s and businesses from Southport who have gone the extra mile during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“In some of the most difficult trading conditions our town centre has ever seen, Southport businesses have shown amazing creativity, resilience, and community spirit throughout.

“We are now asking you to nominate businesses who, for example, chose to give back to the local community; reopened safely and securely; or showed dedication to loyal customers and staff.

“We are looking forward to seeing your nomination­s, and to recognisin­g those locally who have done so much to make a difference in Southport during such difficult times.”

The winners will be announced at the Southport BID Levy Payers Social Event on Tuesday, April 5 at Bliss Hotel in

Southport. BID levy payers can register for the event here: https://bit.ly/34LCBhk

Nomination­s must be for businesses within the Southport BID area (see here: https://southportb­id.com/faqs/).

The upcoming Your Southport campaign, which Your Southport Stars is part of, will tell the story of the Southport town centre through the individual­s and businesses that make it great.

To nominate your Southport Stars, please visit the Southport BID website here: https://southportb­id.com/yoursouthp­ort/

 ?? ?? ● Possible nominees.. above, Laurie Hardman of Broadhurst­s; right, Paul Dobson at the Pavilion in Southport
● Possible nominees.. above, Laurie Hardman of Broadhurst­s; right, Paul Dobson at the Pavilion in Southport
 ?? ?? ● Linda Parsons, owner of Naked Peak on Wayfarers Arcade
● Linda Parsons, owner of Naked Peak on Wayfarers Arcade

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