Our Shop Local campaign is all about championing our favourite independents – so here’s a word from some of them on why you should shop, dine and browse with Cheshire’s finest.

As the Great British Bake Off returns, Jade Wright looks at Cheshire’s own flour power

Cheshire cycling booms under lockdown

Ian Bartholomew who lives in Malpas has a glittering career in theatre and television

Macclesfield’s Nick Robinson on his role at East Cheshire Hospice

Ladies who lunched in lockdown

Joe Wright runs Chester’s Joseph Benjamin and Porta in Chester, Altrincham and Salford

Jason Armstrong of the SuperSaver app is on a mission to support Cheshire’s high streets

Cheshire artist Nicky Thompson shows stunning new railway posters at Tatton Park

The Cheshire village of Prestbury is full of architectural gems

Cheshire-based customer experience specialist and author Katie Stabler on the ways you can look after your customers

Aviation museum’s fascinating link to Churchill

The most popular baby names in Cheshire

Use your local says Macclesfield’s Peter Munday

Mother, lawyer, diversity champion Sally Penni on why all families are not the same

Wilmslow, Alderley Edge, Handforth gardens go virtual for Africa

Get a lesson from acclaimed Cheshire astrophotographer Nigel A Ball

Lawyer Nick Freeman (aka Britain’s Harvey Specter) on workplace sexism

Cheshire Life is committed to doing all it can to get the county back where it belongs – here is the introduction to our 2020 campaign to support our many and varied wonderful independent businesses. *Scroll down for the nominations form*

Editor Joanne Goodwin announces Cheshire Life campaign to regenerate Cheshire and its independent businesses