Autumn 2009

New Businesses Open in Little Common

The village of Little Common is a thriving shopping area and despite the country being in a recession a total of SIX new business’s have opened in Little Common since August.

It is good news for the village which has a wide variety of shops and services.

The first to open was the Hair Fairy with owner Katie Foster opening her own salon with stylist Natalie Briley. This was followed by Ashe Alarms a family run company from Kent which opened a branch here to back up the work they were already doing in the area.
The Refurb Co. (UK) Ltd and Ecofurb (UK) Ltd had their official opening on Saturday 19th September. Both companies are family run by Darren and Karen and this will be their first showroom opened to support the increase in demand for their products and services.
These new business’s will serve to enhance the existing hair salons and home improvement showrooms already on offer within the village. A fourth new business Bibby’s Tea Rooms then opened in mid October. Next was Ufosa charity shop and in December Indian Ocean restaurant opened. During this time the only casualty was Threshers as sadly the nationwide company disappeared from our High Streets.

‘A Touch of Glamour’ run by Kathy Harmer was a finalist in the recent Bexhill Achievers Awards.

Everybody is extremely conscious of the down turn in our economy and we hear so much doom and gloom in the press that it makes you feel there is no hope for a brighter future. Well in Little Common the business community are proud of their exceptional personal service, keen prices and the quality of the goods and services they offer are second to none. Those who have dealt with our traders for years come back because they know we care. We also believe that we can help to address the problems facing us all with climate change, we offer in a very small area a huge variety of products and services so why travel any further than Little Common, we have banks, a butcher and baker, hairdressers, financial advisers, kitchen and bathroom designers and fitters, hardware, an electrical supply company to match any multiple, a supermarket and convenience stores, double glazing, estate agent, a carpet company, a wonderful hotel, a dry cleaners, a superb delicatessen, a book makers, restaurants and a coffee shop, then when you have finished all that and need to travel home we even have a taxi company close at hand to take you home. When you come to our village for the first time we are sure you will find every shop a pleasure to visit, a lovely atmosphere where you will experience old fashioned care and service. We look forward to serving you.