Local shops work together to provide online shopping service
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Caldicott, South Wales has set up a virtual high street offering a single online destination for local shops. The idea is to help local businesses compete with the pervasive power of the big name supermarkets, a similar service could work in Snowdonia. This could be particularly effective if aimed at self-catering accommodation. Details could be sent out with booking confirmations so that orders could be placed and deliveries arranged to holiday accommodation for the day of arrival.

Launch your own recycling scheme

In parts of the North West, groups of hoteliers, restaurant owners and others in the catering and hospitality industries have banded together to launch their own recycling schemes. These may range from making group contributions to the cost of a bottle bank, to making group discount savings through a formal arrangement with a commercial waste contractor. In addition to reducing costs, it might be that by banding together with others, you can provide sufficient quantities of materials to gain a small income from a commercial waste recycling specialist.