For councils and business improvement districts
Know what your town's independents are missing
Independents Only lists every independent business we can find, and only independents. That lets us show you, town by town, which kinds of business are missing, what residents search for and can't find, and how local people use the listings.
What you get
- A quarterly report for each of your towns. Which kinds of independent business it has fewer of than similar towns, and where it's strong. For example, Hertford has about half the independent gyms and butchers of similar towns, and three times the antiques shops.
- What residents searched for and couldn't find. Recorded as words and town only, never linked to a person.
- Independents with no website. How many, by town and kind, so business support reaches the right people.
- A full directory of your area's independents for your own website, searchable and kept up to date (example below).
How councils and BIDs use it
Evidence for letting empty units, targeting business support and digital skills funding, choosing market and pop-up traders, building trails around what a town does well, and backing funding bids.
Example directory
How it looks on your website. Try it on your phone.
Price
| District or county council | BID or town council | |
|---|---|---|
| Founding price (first 10 subscribers, first year) | £1,250 a year | £500 a year |
| Standard price | £2,500 a year | £1,000 a year |
Prices exclude VAT if applicable. Independent businesses are always listed free, and no subscriber can change who appears or where.
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