The new North Laine website will be launched to members and invited media guests on Thursday 5th of October at the Jubilee library. Brian Pedley our designer has been working hard and produced an excellent site that works well for shoppers and traders.

Most of the site will go “live” in early September and everything will be in place for the October launch date. The NLTA plan to add new features such as a traders “blog” and introduce seasonal information such as Christmas late night shopping events.

The centre of this issue shows the basic layout of the site and gives members tips on how to make the best use of their personal webpage. Send your details now!

The new site will have a home page with information on meetings, business events and contact details for the NLTA as well as seasonal information maps and pictures. There will also be an interactive section of the website featuring a map, details and pictures of each trading street in North Laine with information on every shop.

Members shops will be highlighted and feature a page of extra information. Each NLTA member page can have up to 4 small images, what you send is up to you, pictures of the inside of your shop, stock / services on offer, even yourself?...This is a chance to show your customers what you do and what you sell. These pictures can be sent via e-mail to thenorthlaine@yahoo.co.uk (don’t forget to include the name of your shop in the e-mail!)

Information we need for your FREE members homepage

1. Name of shop
2. What type of shop are you? Stationers, Café etc
3. Shop telephone number
4. E-Mail address for customers to contact you online
5. Website Address – if you have a website we’ll link to it!
6. Opening Times
7. Most Important - Information about your shop, traders have already started sending information, why not check out the competition online at www.northlaine.co.uk, this will help give you an idea of the sort of information to include, eg. Stock / Services on offer, Shop History, Famous Clients, exclusive ranges. Special Offers.
Your Trader homepage is a free advert for your business – Use it!
*We suggest you limit the information text to no more than 500 words.

To submit your details online, takes just a few minutes, visit www.northlaine.co.uk/form
Alternatively you can e-mail the above information to thenorthlaine@yahoo.co.uk


If you want a sneak preview of the site in progress visit www.northlaine.co.uk

Don’t miss having your trader homepage on the website for the launch; submit your details now at www.northlaine.co.uk/form. For the site to work well and come top of the search engines we need as many links as possible - Please link to us at, www.northlaine.co.uk.
The NLTA will be asking local PR people to compile a list of media contacts for the launch and if any members have contacts or have found a particular journalist useful to them please let Peter know on 01273 601641 or by e-mail at peterthepotter@tiscali.co.uk

The first meeting of the elected BID board happened in July and their first task was to choose a Christmas lights provider for this years lights. They saw four presentations and one company stood out from the rest and has now been awarded the contract. The board are very excited about the proposed lights which have been designed to fit into the four North Laine streets in the BID area. The reps on the board for the North Laine area are; Grenville Nation, Ananada in Bond Street, Andrew Fisher, Pokeno pies in Gardner Street and Ed Birch, one40five store in Sydney Street. The next task of the board will be to discuss the appointment of a PR company to represent the BID area.