Magical Christmas Light Switch-on Parade
The Christmas lights (provided by the businesses in the area through Living Lerwick) will be switched on by Peerie Foxes nursery bairns waving their magic wands as they pass. This year’s Jarl Squad will be out as part of the parade and the brass band will provide music as the parade progresses
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BID Management Contract Invitation to tender
Living Lerwick Ltd is seeking a person or company to take on the contract as project manager of the Living Lerwick BID until 31/08/2021.
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Calder and Layla Win Bairns Photo Hunt Competition
Winners of the Bairns Photo Hunt competition, Calder and Layla Evans, are "made up" with their win and prizes from Lerwick town centre retailers.
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New “Goin Tae Da Street” Video Proves Popular
Living Lerwick commissioned JJ Jamieson to produce a video to showcase the town centre, it’s businesses and the community they serve. JJ filmed during Shopping week and used the services of local poet, James Sinclair, to create the voiceover. In just one day, it was viewed over 21,000 times and shared by 340 people.
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Town Centre Businesses Vote to Continue With BID
The project management team and directors of the Lerwick BID would like to thank all those members who voted positively in the recent ballot to determine whether the BID should go to a second stage and who have shown confidence in the ability of the BID model to continue improving what is on offer in the town centre by encouraging businesses to work together.
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Shopping Week 2017
The Living Lerwick Shopping Week runs from Saturday 29th July to Saturday 5th August and promises to entertain and entice customers with a varied mix of events and promotions. This year is the third Lerwick town centre shopping week. Town centre businesses have done us proud this year, making full use of the experience they have built up over the previous two years to offer a huge range of entertaining workshops, in-store promotions, demonstrations and great deals.
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Easter Holiday Hunt Winners
During the Easter school holidays Living Lerwick Ltd ran an ‘Easter Holiday Hunt’ competition for bairns where they had to identify 12 features from within Lerwick town centre.
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Heritage Drop-in Session
Pat and Steven Christie are holding a drop-in session at the Living Lerwick office at 7 Mounthooly Street on Monday 17th April from 2.00pm – 6.00pm. The aim is to gather interesting stories, photos and anecdotes about the people and places in Lerwick town centre from the past. Contemporary information is of interest too.
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Easter Holiday Hunt
During the Easter school holidays Living Lerwick Ltd is running a fun ‘Easter Holiday Hunt’ competition for bairns.
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Ninian Best Christmas Window Display
Businesses in Lerwick town centre decorated their windows with a festive theme to encourage the public to vote for them before 5th December in the Living Lerwick Best town centre Christmas Window Display competition.
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