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A sustainable future for local shops – LocoSoco Group Plc #LOCO
Local shops are a focal point for any community. They are part of its history and part of its story. Without them our villages and towns become simple dormitories but sadly they are closing at an alarming rate. Independent traders are having to shut up shop due to the punishing economics created by out of town supermarkets and rising business rates. It’s not just retailers that suffer, there’s also a knock-on effect to other local businesses. In rural areas the impact is perhaps more acutely felt.
But all is not lost. There are a growing number, 300 at the last count, of local shops that are being turned into community owned enterprises.
There are a number of organisations set up to help communities in this predicament. The Plunkett Foundation (plunkett.co.uk), helps rural co-ops to develop, and Brighter Futures Together (www.brighterfuturestogether.co.uk) offers advice on how to help communities take back ownership of their prized assets.
Although a vibrant and committed community can activate this support it sadly doesn’t change the dynamics of the market.
We have arguably been sleep-walking to this point but are now starting to wake up to the fact that ‘keeping local alive’ benefits everyone. LocoSoco was born from this recognition and believe there are other approaches to levelling the playing field for local shops.
The current drive for sustainabilIty is a big opportunity. Buying what we need and reducing waste should work well for a retailer that manages numerous small transactions rather than 1 or 2 large ones. Refil models for cleaning products or food staples would be one such way to ensure sustainability is commercially attractive. In addition harnessing the power of the web would enable a local shop to sell a wider range of goods to a larger customer base. It needn’t stock them, they can be ordered and collected. The concept is well understood by consumers. That additional in-store footfall will also create incremental revenue.
Local shops and the communities they serve and are waking up to the fact that they can take greater control of their economic environment. LocoSoco is focused on helping them realise that potential and are currently working with a growing number of communities and their local shops to help them become part of a sustainable revolution.
This and other #sustainableliving #socialenterprise blogs can be found at https://locoso.co/news/
LocoSoco Group Plc (LOCO.AV) – Admission to Trading on Wiener Borse, Vienna and Share Subscription
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Admission to Trading on Wiener Borse and First Day of Dealings
LocoSoco Group PLC, a provider of goods and services to local enterprise and enabler of community owned supply chains is pleased to announce the admission today of its Ordinary Shares to trading on the Wiener Borse market, Vienna (“Admission”) under the ticker “LOCO”. Keswick Global AG, of Hoffingergasse 16/1/6 A – 1120, Vienna, Austria is acting as Capital Market Coach and Broker to the Company in relation to Admission.
Highlights:
- Dealings in the Ordinary Shares will commence today under the Wiener Borse Ticker “LOCO” with the ISIN GB00BD5BTL23
- On 18 September 2018, the Company entered into a Subscription agreement under which 1,000,000 new ordinary shares are to be issued at 25 pence per share on a date two months after the date of Admission to raise £250,000 gross.
- With 12,152,701 new Ordinary Shares at 25 pence in issue and 3 million warrants also issued at 25p, the Company’s market capitalisation as at Admission, based on the Placing Price, is £3.78 million.
- On 22 November 2018, the Company issued 1,000,000 new ordinary shares at 25 pence per share under a Subscription agreement raising £250,000 gross.
The Company’s Admission Document is available on request by emailing contact@locoso.co
James Perry, CEO of LocoSoco Group Plc, commented:“Our admission to the Wiener Borse today represents a significant milestone for LocoSoco group and strongly positions the company to accelerate its growth plans.
LocoSoco is uniquely positioned to engage with local business and their communities, enabling all to benefit from and share in the value of the everyday transactions they make with each other, both online and in-store. There are significant opportunities for growth in this new economic model both in the UK and globally which we intend to capitalise on.
We are delighted with the backing shown by a wide number of investors and we thank them for their support and we very much look forward to life as a public company and to updating the market on our continued progress in the months and years ahead.”
Enquiries:
LocoSoco Group PLC
James Perry, Chief Executive Officer
Alex Marks, Chief Marketing Officer
Simon Rendell, Non-Executive Chairman
+44 (0)203 538 0716
Via Brand Communications and Novus Communications Ltd
Alan Green
+44 (0)7976 431608
+44 (0)207 448 9839
Keswick Global AG (Capital Market Coach and Broker)
Tim Curle
+44 (0)7990 511553