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Oct 2022
Last Updated: 11/10/2022
Business Breakfast: Ripon BID to fund free parking to boost Xmas shopping
Ripon BID in partnership with Harrogate Borough Council is to fund free car parking on selected dates in the run up to Christmas and a Harrogate estate agent supports a junior football team.
Business Breakfast is sponsored by Harrogate law firm Truth Legal.
Ripon BID, in partnership with Harrogate Borough Council, is to fund free car parking on selected dates in the run up to Christmas.
The aim is to encourage shoppers from further afield to visit Ripon for all their Christmas shopping needs.
Free parking will be available from 3pm-6pm on the following Fridays November 25 and December 2 , 9 and 16 in the Cathedral, St Marygate & Marshall Way car parks.
The BID is also sponsoring live seasonal music in the Market Square on the above dates between 3- 6pm to add to the festive spirit.
Councillor Phil Ireland, Harrogate Borough Council’s cabinet member for carbon reduction and sustainability, said:
“I am delighted that Harrogate Borough Council can support Ripon BID to offer free parking in Cathedral, St Marygate and Marshall Way car parks between 3pm and 6pm on the four Friday’s running up to Christmas.
We want to encourage people to shop locally and I hope that scheme gives them a good incentive to do so.”
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Harrogate estate agent, Verity Frearson, have sponsored of one of the town’s junior football teams.
The company is sponsoring Pannal Ash’s U11s Jaguars and Leopards teams.
Thanks to the deal, the young players, who play in the Harrogate and District Junior Football League, are now sporting new kits for the 2022/23 season bearing the company's name.
Verity Frearson Director, Matthew Stamford, said:
“We are delighted to sponsor the U11s teams.
“Our company’s link to Harrogate stretches back 100 years, and whilst our association to the football club is more recent, it is nevertheless a strong one.
“We were asked if we would consider sponsoring the teams, which we jumped at the chance to do. It is so important that companies support local grassroots clubs, as often they are the ones that train the talent of the future.”
Pannal Ash’s U11 team, Jaguars, sport the new Verity Frearson kit
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