Hand sanitiser stations are being introduced throughout Inverurie to make it more accessible as lockdown lifts.
Inverurie BID and Inverurie Business Association, with support from Aberdeenshire Council and Scotland’s Towns Partnership, have launched an initiative to promote “Shop Local – Shop Safely” in Inverurie.
Almost 100 automatic, floor-standing hand sanitiser stations have been installed in and around Inverurie Town Centre businesses, branded with the colourful INverurie logo.
Shoppers will be able to use the touchless, foaming dispensers as they enter most of the town’s businesses.
Inverurie BID Manager Derek Ritchie said: “We are absolutely delighted with these hand sanitisers, which we have been able to subsidise for the businesses at a fraction of their true cost.
“They have been welcomed by businesses and customers alike and it’s not only shops you will find them in, as many are located within office-based businesses, pubs, cafes and restaurants too.
“Shopkeepers and other business owners and managers have been working very hard in the last few weeks to make sure they have all the risk assessments done, the social distancing markings and signage in place and increased hygiene and cleaning practices shared with all their staff.
“The message we really want to get across to the lovely people of Inverurie and the surrounding area is shop local, shop safely.”
