Royston’s Laura victorious after council’s banner ban threatened craft fair’s future
Laura Whitford puts up her banner - Credit: Archant
The organiser of a Royston fair which almost faced closure due to tough new regulations on advertising outside the town hall is chuffed to bits that she’s been granted permission to hang up her banner at another location.
After complaints from the public, Laura Whitford, who runs the monthly craft fair, was told in July that she was only allowed to hang up a banner every three months outside the town hall, which subsequently caused a huge decline in footfall.
But thanks to her landlord at her craft shop No.3 in Melbourn Street, for which she has just extended the lease to make it permanent, she has been given permission to regularly hang up a banner outside the store premises, which will hopefully drum up business for the monthly event.
She said: “Nothing stops crafters once we get our heads together.”