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£15,000 grant to help shops
Councillor Alan Cullens and Kate McCullagh in Butter Boutique
Two new businesses have been given almost £15,000 in grants to help them thrive.
Butter Boutique on Fazakerley Street and Fabulous Floors and Furnishings on Market Street have been handed grant support to the tune of £11,000 and £3,354 respectively by Chorley Council.
Cheryl Moran, who manages Fabulous Floors and Furnishings, on Market Street, said the shop had benefited from a business rate subsidy, shop floor refurbishment grant and shop front improvement grant.
She said: “The grant was a great help getting the business started and trading has been successful.”
Kate McCullagh opened Butter Boutique, on Fazakerley Street, in November last year and applied for the grant to help support her new business. The application was successful and she now receives a subsidy of £3,354.75 – a 50 per cent contribution to her business rate.
Kate, 27, from Heath Charnock, said: “I’ve wanted to open a fashion shop since leaving school so I’d been saving up for the right time.”
Coun Alan Cullens, who has responsibility for town centre development at Chorley Council, said: “One of the council’s priorities is to help local traders and attract new businesses to the town centre.
“These grants were created to do just that and have been an undoubted success.
“It’s important we continue to support new and existing local business in Chorley to help them develop and flourish in these difficult economic times.”
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