Buy With Confidence - Winter 2015

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Buy with Confidence edition 

This e-zine is compiled by Devon & Somerset Trading Standards Service for members of their Approved Trader Scheme.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all of our members on behalf of the Buy With Confidence Team and the Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service.

We hope that 2015 will be a successful and prosperous year for you all and we look forward to continuing to be part of that success.

We’ve got lots of things planned this year, including more radio and online advertising during February, a new directory under construction and an exciting new partnership supporting victims of crime which you can apply to add to your list of accreditations now.

We’ve also just appointed Tim Isaac, who is joining the team as the National BWC Project Officer in early February. He will be looking at ways in which to develop the scheme nationally, including more added value for our members which we can implement locally, so welcome on board Tim.

As always we welcome your thoughts and suggestions so please let us have them and make sure that you’re following us on Twitter and Facebook for real time announcements as they happen


Buy With Confidence – Supporting Victims of Crime

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Can you help a person or business who’s been the victim of a crime in Devon and Cornwall?

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February Promotion

Radio

We’re working with ‘The Agency’ again to promote and advertise Buy With Confidence during February. Keep your radios tuned and your eyes on the web as part of our three weeks of advertising starting next week


New Website and New Features – are you making the most of your space?

FindaBusiness

Our new website went live at the beginning of November. We hope you’ll agree that it’s a massive improvement on the last one and that all the new features that come with it will help you to make more of your Buy With Confidence Membership.

If you’ve not had the chance to get familiar with the changes yet, read on to find out what’s available


BWC Out and About

Here’s what we’ve been up to since the last e-zine and don’t forget, if you’ve got an event coming up or a promotional idea and you’d like to involve us then get in touch to talk it through


Quick, free and easy promotion – interested?

FacebookandTwitter

We’ve mentioned before that social media is a force to be reckoned with and at Buy With Confidence we’re trying to make the most of it.

Why don't you do the same?


Direct Debit has arrived!

It’s nearly that time of year again when we start the invoicing process for next year’s membership and its great news; our membership fees are staying the same.

If you want to pay for future year’s membership by direct debit please download the attached form, print it out, fill it in and post it back to us; we’ll do the rest.

You need never worry about remembering to pay another BWC membership invoice again!


Winter 2015

OPEN

Buy With Confidence is NOT closing

We are aware that some of our members may have received information from other business approval schemes which might have given them the impression that Buy With Confidence is closing.

This is not true...


Becky Wright
Becky Wright from New Leaf Life Design

Businesses Buy With Confidence

New Leaf Life Design counselling and coaching services is just one business who has undergone the BWC vetting procedure. Meet Becky Wright


SignsOffer

We don’t do understated… Signs offer still on!

Want to tell everyone you’re a Buy With Confidence Trading Standards Approved business?

Several of our members have taken up our offer to buy large building signage to show everyone that they’re in the scheme. We’re still doing a 50% subsidy offer so get yours now!  


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