Michelle spoke to Leader of Brentwood Council, Chris Hossack for this weeks updates
UPDATES
- Covid 19 Varient Testing CM13
- Brentwood Council acquire the 42.75 acre Childerditch Industrial Park, located just off of the A127
- Grant Funding from Thames Chase Trust £13, 456 to plant 6000 new trees within the next month in four locations
- The Budget
- Click It Local a new virtual High Street launching 9th March 2021. An Amazon for Brentwood. www.clickitlocal.co.uk/brentwood
CLICK IT LOCAL
A new virtual high street that allows shoppers to buy from their favourite local Brentwood shops and have their purchases delivered direct to their door the same day will launch on Tuesday March 9. The new Click it Local service opens in time for residents to make the most of the scheme for Mother’s Day orders and includes companies offering everything from flowers to food, wine to gifts, household goods to clothing.The online service is available to residents anywhere in the borough and means they can buy from and support local shops. Local retailers around Brentwood, Shenfield and Ingatestone have signed up to the scheme and their products can be viewed on the new Instagram style shop windows online. Customers can buy from as many shops as they like, with one payment and one delivery. Businesses that have already signed up to Click it Local Brentwood include; French Quarter, Chicken and Frog Bookshop, The Olive Branch, Sincerely Yours, The Larder, The Greenhouse, Brentwood Brewing Company, Shenfield Wine Company, Patrick Green Hardware, Oaktree Gallery, Woodland Café, The Brentwood Kitchen, Liquorice, Brentwood Emporium, Beauty 88, Lizzie Bees, Beautiful You Boutique and New Day Originals.
Businesses interested in finding out more about signing up with Click it Local can contact hello@clickitlocal.co.uk.
Details
** local shops have the chance to try Click It Local for free for the first two months. ** Click It Local offers local companies and retailers the opportunity to have their products listed and displayed “Instagram” style online with the logistics of delivery all sorted from the moment the purchase is made.” With the help of the Click It Local team businesses can:
- Set up their local virtual shop for free
- Add unlimited products
- Receive online payments within 7 days
- Have orders collected from their premises and delivered to their customers by Click It Local drivers at no extra cost to the business and a starting fee of £3 to the buyer – cheaper than delivering most items by Royal Mail
- Brentwood Council has negotiated an exclusive 0% store fee for two months from launch date to help traders take part in the scheme
