Endorsements
Awaken Your Sole
“Such a lovely supportive, patient team at the Wye Local. I committed to the page spread editorial with six months of adverts. The response was incredible. In one week I had five new clients! The team are great. They are helpful with copy deadline reminders which is helpful for a busy mum/business owner, and I really feel like they cheer my local health business on too! Thank you.”
– Hayley Holden, Awaken Your Sole
Blunt
“Local Beacon is an efficient and friendly team that helps my salon to reach people in a way that social media doesn't, allows me to be seen in the community which encourages engagement and business.”
– Kalli, Blunt
Montez Architecture Ltd
“The team at Local Ludlow have been excellent to work with, friendly and helpful in meeting our advertising needs. Their magazine consistently generates local interest for Montez Architecture Ltd, leading to valuable enquiries and new projects.”
– Christian Montez, Montez Architecture Ltd
Hay Public Library
“The Wye Local community magazine has been indispensable in supporting our work and effectiveness in reaching out to the Hay community. Their brilliant and friendly team is always quick to respond to and accommodate our requirements, and the feedback we have received from our adverts and articles is a testimony to both the professionalism of the team and the reach of their magazine. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them to local businesses wishing to get into the local network. Wye Local has its finger on the pulse!”
– Hay Public Library
Silver Assist Homecare
“The communication from the Local Beacon has been fantastic; they are always responsive and attentive to our needs. The exposure we’ve gained has helped us reach a wider audience and attract new clients. We highly recommend them to any business looking to enhance their visibility and connect with the community.”
– Silver Assist Homecare
GJS Dillon – The House Surveyors
“Local Ludlow is a fantastic publication. It is not only a useful, quality resource for the local residents, it is also a great platform for businesses. The publication has helped GJS Dillon – The House Surveyors to raise our profile and we have certainly benefitted from advertising in this magazine.”
– GJS Dillon – The House Surveyors
The Thirsty Shepherdess
“As a relatively new business, the Wye Local and its far-reaching audience have been invaluable to us. The team are super helpful, especially when it comes to creating the perfect content to best advertise your service.”
– The Thirsty Shepherdess
Hampshire Outdoor Centres
“Exceptional service and impressive results! The Local Beacon team is a pleasure to work with, and their advertising efforts have significantly enhanced our brand visibility.”
– Hampshire Outdoor Centres
Chutneys of Ludlow
“The Local Ludlow team is fantastic! Their dedication to supporting local businesses shines. We’ve seen great responses to our advert from locals and also people travelling to Ludlow. Highly recommend them for anyone looking to connect with the locals and tourists to this great area.”
– Syed Ahmed, Chutneys of Ludlow
MFG Solicitors
“We were delighted to see a new, high-quality, community-focused publication come to the area in the shape of Local Ludlow. Following such a positive response to the advert with multiple new enquiries and our solicitor recognised in the street, we signed up for another three editions!”
– Elizabeth Armstrong, MFG Solicitors
Samii-Jayne Davies, Reader
“I like to see the local businesses to see what they have to offer. Supporting sole traders and family run businesses is important. The What's On section is helpful and I often use it.”
– Samii-Jayne Davies, reader
Acanthus Curtains
“A great place to advertise – this magazine is distributed so widely and is clearly very popular as it brings lots of new customers to us.”
– Rebecca Rogers, Acanthus Curtains
Brecon Cathedral
“Brecon Cathedral highly recommend the Local Beacon. The staff are always very efficient and helpful and the magazine has a large local distribution. On top of that, the prices are very reasonable so the Local Beacon is always our first port of call for advertising.”
– Brecon Cathedral
The Bakers’ Table
“The Wye Local team are a delight to work with. Nothing is too much trouble. It's a great way to get what's going on at The Bakers' Table to our local customers and very cost effective. We enjoy a discounted rate by booking for three months at a time. And as a receiver, I'm always delighted when it drops through my door, it's a great read and full of useful, local information. I can't recommend Lisa Marie and her team highly enough.”
– Nicola Willis, The Bakers’ Table
Brecon Chocolates
“Local Beacon is a great opportunity for us to advertise and enhance brand awareness for our new business.”
– Brecon Chocolates
Lizzie Harper, Illustrator
“Just to say how delighted I am with the new-look Wye Local. I love that we get to hear about events and places to visit in Brecon as well as here in Hay and surrounding areas; and it’s great that the advertisers have a wider, though still local, reach. Great decision to combine the two.”
– Lizzie Harper, Natural History & Botanical Illustrator
Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre
“It’s been great to be a part of Local Ludlow as an advertiser, and with many of our staff and families being from the Ludlow area, we also enjoy it as readers too. We have found a great deal of bookings and conversations have come from our adverts in the publication and we are pleased to be supporting something so local which has huge benefits for us at such reasonable prices.”
– Jade, Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre
Specsavers, Brecon
“Since appearing in the ‘Our Environment’ feature in the January issue, we have had so many old glasses donated. The activity is obviously working. Thank you Local Beacon, and keep up the good work.”
– Hannah, Specsavers, Brecon
Tina, Reader
“I have used the Wye Local magazine for everything from car wash to restos, events and just for info. I always have the latest one handy.“
– Tina (reader)
Ludlow Salvage
“From placing our very first advert in Local Ludlow we had a few customers at our salvage yard the first day it was out! An absolute pleasure to deal with Lisa Marie and her team too! Thank you!”