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™ © In Touch™ © with Burstall & Sproughton Volume 10 • Issue No. 11 • SEPTEMBER 2020 Image by Jolanta Putnina YOUR LOCAL PERSONAL INJURY SPECIALISTS Our experienced personal injury lawyers handle accident claims arising out of incidents at work, home, on the roads, on holiday or in a public place in the UK or abroad. We provide personal, dedicated and professional support from the moment that you contact us through to the conclusion of your case. We deal with claims on a No Win No Fee basis. This means that whether or not your case is successful, you will not be responsible for our fees. Call us on 01473 232121 or email at [email protected] Elm House, 25 Elm Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2AD @Prettys_Law @PrettysSolicitors Prettys www.prettys.co.uk 2 In Touch online: A WORD FROM THE EDITOR NEWS My social life has been turned upside down in the last few months. I used to walk YOUR SHOPPING CHOICES MATTER into town on Saturday morning, list in hand, to visit the shops and the market stalls, meet with friends for coffee and wander home in time for lunch. Now I High Streets across Babergh and Mid Suffolk could benefit from walk into town on Saturday afternoon when it’s likely to be quieter and wave almost £19m of additional income over the next six months, if at friends from a distance. I know this isn’t what most of you might define as a all adults spent an extra £5 by shopping local every week. ‘social life’ (and I must admit it looks pretty sad now I see it in writing) but I’ve been ‘off the scene’ for many years and happy to be so. Of course I like to paint With just under 150,000 adults aged over 18 in Babergh and Mid Suffolk, an the town red (crimson rather than fire engine) on occasion but it’s been a while extra £5 spent could equate to over £730,000 per week being generated in since my weekends were spent in pubs and clubs, never knowing what might local high streets and villages across the districts, equating to a whopping happen. Or who I might meet! £18,980,000 over the next six months. I did meet my husband in a packed pub back home in Ballinasloe (yes, Guinness The figure was announced during Shop Local Week (10-16 August), part of was involved!), so for the sake of those who do enjoy an active social life or who the government’s Enjoy Summer Safely campaign, which set out to celebrate haven’t yet met Mr or Mrs Right, I’m delighted the pubs are open again, making an extraordinary effort to adhere to guidelines and ensure the safety of staff and the importance of local and independent stores and the benefits they bring patrons. Restaurants too; eating a meal I haven’t had to cook myself and not to the whole community and local economy. having to clear up afterwards is a thrilling (yes, thrilling) prospect right now. In Throughout lockdown, local shops and markets have played a crucial role fact we’ve booked a table at the new Italian restaurant in town and I’ve already in supporting the local community to buy food and supplies in a safe and decided what I’m having. I start from the back, with dessert, and work upwards easy way without having to travel too far. Many businesses have diversified and shall be enjoying vanilla pannacotta with wood-roasted apricots at about their offer to make shopping for essentials simple and supporting those who 9pm on Saturday evening. needed to shield. New services like deliveries, online ordering and even Live performance is making a comeback too, which is wonderful news for additional market days have provided a lifeline for many local residents. venues, artists and audiences. It will be interesting to see if performers and writers have been inspired by their lockdown experience. In fact, if you haven’t With many lockdown measures starting to ease, Shop Local Week aimed to already watched Staged, a BBC comedy starring David Tennant and Michael encourage people to keep visiting to their local high street and not return to Sheen, find it now on BBC iPlayer. It’s a wonderful treat. pre-COVID habits of out of town and online shopping. If there is anything positive to take from our experience of Covid-19, it must Cllr Gerard Brewster, Mid Suffolk District Council’s deputy leader and cabinet be that it has taught us to be kind and caring. We know we can pull together when needs must and now we must use our spending power to support our member for economic growth said: “This year has been incredibly challenging local economy and attempt to stave off further job losses. Every penny you for businesses on our high streets. I have been impressed to see how many spend locally will help to secure the future of a local business and its employees, businesses have risen to the challenges created by the coronavirus to support possibly even people you know. customers in their local community. It is staggering to see how an extra £5 Enjoy your freedom safely, consider the safety of others and together we can spent in our local high street can provide a huge boost to the local economy.” make this ‘new normal’ work in everyone’s best interests. Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils are working hard to support local businesses and will be launching an initiative to maintain the momentum of Published by: Mansion House Publishing (UK) Ltd, Shop Local Week in the coming weeks. 20 Wharfedale Road, Ipswich IP1 4JP EDITOR: Sharon Jenkins In Touch Titles T: 01473 400380 • Stowmarket & Stowupland Send editorial copy to: • Kesgrave & Rushmere St Andrew [email protected] If you have enjoyed volunteering in your community during lockdown, Readers are invited to submit articles, illustrations and • Melton & Woodbridge photographs for publication. The publishers reserve • Manningtree, Brantham, Lawford & Mistley why not consider volunteering with a local charity? 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