Southport Eats has saved Town's takeaways £250,000 during 2022

TAKEAWAYS, restaurants, pubs and cafes in Southport, according to Southport Eats have saved thousands of pounds during 2022, thanks to a revolutionary local app.

According to Sam Benson, who launched Southport Eats as a way of providing local businesses in the Town with an efficient, reliable service without the very high charges demanded by some of the big multinational companies in the industry such as:- Just Eats, Deliveroo or Uber Eats. "It's been a crucial advantage for business owners at a time of rising costs. We now have more than 110 local venues have already signed up to Southport Eats, with more joining every week. The lower costs mean greater value for customers too with savings being passed on, with frequent discounts and exclusive offers. Ordering via the Southport Eats app is easy too."

Southport Eats Managing Director Sam Benson said:- "I estimate our business users have saved a quarter of a million pounds in 2022! That's how much you guys have saved local takeaways in the area by ordering with Southport Eats in 2022. That's an extra £250,000 that has remained in the local economy, by takeaways retaining more of their profits, rather than being sat in the bank of an international corporation. Did you know, on an average order, your favourite local takeaway is at least £1.56 better off if you order with Southport Eats instead of a large national brand! Even if a takeaway only does 100 orders in a week, you can see how you guys supporting local makes a huge difference. Some of the big corporations can charge anywhere between 15% and 36% on every order. That's a huge amount for a small business to absorb. Some of them are based overseas, so millions of pounds are flowing out of the country every year. As well as being much cheaper we also provide an efficient service, excellent advertising and great local support too. We have a huge range of local businesses on board too, with a superb choice for customers. People can choose breakfasts, pub food, Indian, Chinese, Thai, Italian, everything really! As a thank you for supporting local, these savings that are made not only allow takeaways to keep their prices down and employ more local staff, but it also allows them to offer flash offers, discounts, deals and giveaways with the money they are saving, allowing you guys to save some money too. The difference you guys have already made and continue to make by supporting local is amazing. Your local takeaways urge you, if you haven't already, download the Southport Eats app and lets save our local businesses even more money in 2023!"

Customers will recognise lots of local businesses on the Southport Eats:- www.SouthportEats.Co.UK.

the many takeaways include Sgt Peppers, who in December 2022. There are over 10 Chinese takeaways including:- Lucky Star (new), New Spring Deer (exclusive), Sea Palace, Lings On Kings, Panda Garden, Sun Tin, and Cathay Garden. Pubs on board include the Woollen Pig, and The Thatch.

You could grab desserts from Shake n Roll; fabulous grilled food from Turkish Grill House; ribs from Gannets; vegan food from Megafauna; hog roast barms from The Farmhouse Kitchen; pizza from Mr Casey's, kebabs from Sahara; burgers from Hey Burger; drinks from West Street Off License; and much, much more besides when you explore the Southport Eats.

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Mayor Joanne's plan to tackle Violence Against Women and Girls

A radical new approach to tackling violence against woman and young girls has been launched by Liverpool's 1st female Mayor.
 
Among the aims of the 3 year strategy are:-
 
►  Ensuring that demand for services is better met.

►  For women and girls to feel confident in calling out and challenging inappropriate behaviour.

►  A robust and consistent approach to raising awareness and taking action in Schools.
 
It follows 3 stages of rigorous consultation to engage various sectors and social groups across Liverpool, including young girls and students who shared their experiences in and out of School, as well as organisations involved in supporting those affected.
 
There are 250,000 women in Liverpool and it is estimated that 30 per cent of women and girls experience violence in some form in their lifetime.
 
Between October 2021 and September 2022, Merseyside Police were called out to 14,935 domestic abuse incidents, an average of:- 1,245 per month.  This resulted in:- 12,287 recorded crimes, an average of 1,024 per month. 
 
The 28 page strategy outlines five priority ambitions:-
 
►  Response to victim survivors - including:- making sure there is sufficient provision, a robust and consistent approach to increased awareness raising and action in Schools, improved confidence in the services offered, and for women and girls to be confident they can travel safely on public transport and report issues if they arise.
 
►  Response to perpetrators - including:- sufficient community based perpetrator programmes and robust evaluation and scrutiny to measure their impact.
 
►  Sustainable funding - a focus on ensuring demand is better met, and for voluntary and community sector organisations to have flexibility so their core costs are met.
 
►  Changing the narrative - for women and girls be able to feel safe in calling out and challenging victim shaming, misogyny and inappropriate behaviour from boys and men; campaigning to have misogyny categorised as a hate crime, and for 'low level' behaviours to be treated the same as high level offences
 
►  Governance and accountability - clarity of decision making, reporting and oversight of violence against women and girls within the Council and how transparency is achieved, and a clear process for any feedback or concerns to be escalated

Mayor of Liverpool, Joanne Anderson, said:- "I'm proud to launch Liverpool City Council's new strategy which I believe has the power to be transformative for thousands of women and girls across Liverpool. Violence against women and girls, by its very nature, can be more nuanced and complicated than other crimes. Often perpetrators are known by their victims and it takes real courage for them to come forward. It also takes highly skilled, strong and compassionate people working in the field to ensure that victims and families are sufficiently supported, and here in Liverpool we are very lucky to have incredible agencies working at a grassroots level. This strategy will build on the fantastic work of existing organisations to tackle the issues for victims and their families. I am determined to bring about change for the thousands of women and girls who right now, are living in fear and are at risk of violence in our City. We have to be their voice and act now - and I believe this strategy is the 1st step."
 
Paula Nolan, Chief Executive of Liverpool Domestic Abuse Service, said:- "We were delighted to be involved in putting together this strategy. We wanted to take part because we know how passionate Mayor Joanne is about tackling the issue and making a difference. We see hundreds of women every year who are all affected by VAWG. We know what services that they want because they tell us, so it was great to be able to input into the strategy in a very positive way. I hope this strategy means women and girls will feel and be safer. I hope it means all services are trained to respond effectively to women and girls impacted by violence and abuse and that people are made aware of how their behaviour, sexist attitudes and misogyny impacts women and girls."
 
In addition to the strategy, Liverpool City Council, together with Police Commissioner Emily Spurrell,  has secured £846k from the Home Office for the Safer Streets Liverpool project which has seen an increased uniformed police presence around transport hubs and on key bus routes, more CCTV, help point and a text message system to report concerns.
 
In 2022, a 5 year funding package was announced to support survivors of sexual violence by Merseyside's Police Commissioner in partnership with Local Councils including Liverpool and the NHS.