This week's #iPledge theme is.... SHOPPING! Fashion, cosmetics, homeware….we know everyone has been missing their usual dash for summer clothes, so we are asking which stores they’ll be heading back to first when lockdown ends. We also have an interview with Fenwick Store Director Simon Youden. If you are a retailer please share this page on your socials to get your customers planning their visit - and writing their shopping list! Join the conversation on Facebook & Instagram. We are currently working on some short 'welcome back' videos, designed for everyone to share as restrictions start to lift - so watch this space...

KMFM has teamed up with Wards this Spring to celebrate "High Street Heroes". After a really difficult 12months, they want to showcase those businesses that have really shone and gone out of their way to help others and make a difference in the local community during the pandemic. They are therefore asking you to nominate amazing businesses in 8 different categories. Each winner will receive exposure of their business showcasing what they have been doing differently and brilliantly across kmfm, Kentonline and the KM Newspapers. To find out more and to nominate that extra-special business please click HERE

You've got until 31 March to vote for your favorite High Street Business! Or to get your supporters to vote for your business! KMFM has teamed up with Wards this Spring to celebrate "High Street Heroes" to showcase businesses that have really shone and gone out of their way to help others and make a difference during the pandemic. They are therefore asking you to nominate amazing businesses in 8 different categories and you have until midnight on 31 March to do so. Each winner will receive exposure of their business showcasing what they have been doing differently and brilliantly across kmfm, Kentonline and the KM Newspapers. To find out more and to nominate that extra-special business please click HERE

Whether you are offering Mother's Day discounts or takeout cream teas, hampers for Mum, chocolates, cards, gifts, flowers, cocktail sets, haircut vouchers or pampering promises, PLEASE email us your offering so we can add it to our special Mother's Day shopping list. Remember, this is the PERFECT time to get your business back on the radar in time for reopening. Please email kathy.moulton@canterburybid.co.uk with your offer and an image and we will do the rest

From 12 April hospitality business will be able to serve food and beverages outside. If this requires tables and chairs being placed on public pavements outside, you will need a licence from the council. Please click HERE to apply for one. Applications cost £100 to cover the council's costs and the council has a maximum of 14 days in which to decide an application, otherwise it is automatically granted. Find out more here

12 April will see the opening of non-essential retail; personal care premises such as hairdressers and nail salons; and public buildings, including libraries and community centres. Indoor leisure facilities such as gyms will also reopen (but only for use by people on their own or in household groups); as will most outdoor attractions and settings including outdoor hospitality venues, zoos, theme parks, and drive-in cinemas. Read more here