Mail to Philip M
Assuming that recent events may have derailed our initial efforts and closed this conversation.
I admire such community have a go approaches, but I do wonder whether this entirely voluntary-led approach has been thought through? Does it address the real structural problems that high streets (and their residents ... lets not forget them) actually face? What happens after the current crisis? We are already inundated with a surfeit of convenience economy offerings, which ain't very sustainable. Is the future really just more of the same?
Happy to provide advice to local business or anyone that has outgrown the DIY approach and wants to embrace technology and change fully.
Happy also to look further at what sort of offering would help. Drive and determination to develop an online presence are obviously necessary ingredients, as is a willingness to take risks.
But the most important is time, a commodity that I fear many feel they lack.
Many thanks
Kind regards