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Just launched: a Business Directory for ThirskBusiness.com

June 29, 2010

We launched a new business website for Thirsk in April this year, developed in conjunction with Thirsk Regeneration Initiative (TRI) and Hambleton District Council. It’s designed to promote businesses in the area, and also to encourage businesses to start-up, or to re-locate to Thirsk.

Phase 1 of the development went very smoothly, and we moved onto Phase 2. This next phase of the development includes a Business Directory, which is designed to encourage businesses and residents to shop locally, and to use local services.

The Business Directory is now live at http://www.thirskbusiness.com/business-directory and we have already begun adding businesses to the Directory. Early adopters include SuperSkills Construction Training, Askham Tax and Accountancy Services and CK Services of course.

We are now actively seeking further Thirsk-based businesses to join the Directory and make it a really useful resource for Thirsk. A listing costs just £30 per year (£2.50 per month), and the proceeds will be used to support community projects in Thirsk, through the TRI.

Here’s an example of how it works:

  • Your potential customer searches for ‘florist’
  • ThirskBusiness.com provides them with a list of all Thirsk-based florists
  • The florist’s name, contact details, logo and website appear, making it easy for
    the customer to make contact, however they wish!

This is how the listing could look:

Sanple listing from the Business directory

Sanple listing from the Business directory

You can advertise your business on ThirskBusiness.com for just £30 per year

For more information contact us on 0844 3579 027 or e-mail advertising@thirskbusiness.com

ThirskBusiness.com is a not-for-profit website run by the Thirsk Regeneration Initiative.
Any proceeds from the website and the Business Listings will be used to support
community projects in Thirsk.

Link to the official Hambleton District Council flyer: Thirskbusiness.com Flyer

Please help find Missy – a cat stolen from Thirsk

June 18, 2010

This article is straying away from the subject of web design but I do feel it’s important to get this information out to as many people as possible.

We have two elderly neighbours, really nice people who are very friendly and do a lot for us, and for the community.
Their beloved cat was STOLEN from outside their house on Tuesday the 15th of June at about 10pm.

Another neighbour saw a blue ‘03 reg Peugeot 307 car pull up outside their house. A man jumped out of the passenger door, grabbed the cat, and then the car sped off.

Missy the stolen cat, at home in Thirsk

Missy the stolen cat, at home in Thirsk

The cat is just an ordinary moggy, but much loved by her owners. Why anyone would want to take her, we don’t know.
The cat herself is called Missy, she’s black and white with a T-shaped white mark on her back (see photo). She’s also rather old and a little plump, and has only three teeth.

I can’t believe that there is someone out there callous enough to steal an elderly couple’s cat. I mean really, how low can these people get?
If they’re callous enough to take their cat without warning or reason, what’s to stop them taking anyone else’s cat. I know we’ve kept our two in every night since Missy went missing.

If anyone local saw anything, or has any information, please e-mail me!

Twitterers, I’d be really grateful if you could tweet this. Let’s find Missy!

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