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Knowle West Health Park cafe serves up new outlets

Mike Merelie from Whisk!

Director Mike Merelie from Whisk! said the café was a positive example of a public/private partnership and how a business can work successfully within its community

Cash-strapped consumers push down post-Christmas retail sales

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Retail sales have had their biggest annual fall in nearly three years as shoppers tightened their purse string after Christmas, according to the latest survey by the CBI

Cabot Circus to offer free WiFi throughout shopping centre

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The rise in the number of people using smartphones to check out bargains online while shopping has led Cabot Circus to become the first shopping centre in the South West to offer free wireless broadband

Bristol shoppers fastest on the mouse

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Bristolians were the fastest internet shoppers this Christmas, taking on average less than two minutes to make their purchases, new research shows

Online spending boom fuels retailers’ demand for warehouses

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Major retailers are scouring the region for large units capable of supporting the dramatic increase in online shopping, with analysts predicting £7.75bn will be spent online during December alone

Christmas spending spree on cards as Bristol shoppers put gloom on hold

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Despite household budgets being squeezed tighter this year, figures from Barclays predict that spending will be up by 4% this December on the same month last year.

Cabot Circus appoints new centre manager

Stephanie Lacey at Cabot Circus

Cabot Circus has appointed Stephanie Lacey to the position of Centre Manager, whose role will focus on managing the day-to-day running of the Bristol shopping centre and developing the retail mix

Consumer confidence falls to four-month low

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Nationwide said it was a relief the drop was not bigger during a month when many UK major cities hit by riots and global economic uncertainty hit share prices

Bristol ethical food co-op celebrates 40th birthday

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Essential Trading will this Friday celebrate its 40th anniversary as a co-operative dedicated to vegetarian, organic, sustainable and ethical trading

Bristol online retailer in line for national award

Michelle and Andy Beresford

Homeleisuredirect.com was founded in 2007 by husband and wife team Michelle and Andy Beresford and has now grown to become the UK’s largest Games Room Retailer

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