Broxburn & Uphall Traders' Association

Following a request from our local Community Police officers, 4 local Community Councils and BUTA contributed towards the fund for two new bikes which were supplied by a local business, Herbies Bikes, at a discounted rate.

The bikes were presented to PC Andy Kidd and PC Vince Manning at the official opening of the refurbished Police Station on 12 January 2012. Click on the thumbnail below to view a larger image.

Presenting the new bikes.

The recent Farmers Market, held on Saturday 10 December (as part of the Christmas Events Programme), has been hailed as a big success by the attending traders and those who visited. There was a wide variety of goods on sale and many local organisations and traders took part in the market this time around.

Broxburn & Uphall Traders' Association would like to thank the events company (Forum Events), who braved the snow at such an early hour to set up the stalls and also West Lothian Council's Economic Development Officer (Hazel Hay), who put so much work into preparing this and all the other events.

We took a few pictures at some of the various events on the day, these have just added to a new album in our Photo Gallery, meantime you can click on the thumbnails below to view a larger image.

	The Farmers Market.			Entertainers in Broxburn.
The Photo Gallery is here > - have a browse!

Following a planning application made by West Lothian Council, approval has been granted for a regular Farmers Market to be held in the Greendykes Road Car Park.

This will take place every second month on the second Saturday of the month, starting on Saturday 8th October 2011 (10am until 2pm). You can view more details by clicking here >       to view the file (PDF format).

The flowering baskets, carefully prepared for Broxburn and Uphall Traders' Association by Williamson Garden Centre, are now on display outside participating member businesses throughout Broxburn & Uphall.

After surviving such a harsh winter we took the baskets out of service at the end of April, they were taken back to Williamsons headquarters in Uphall and the staff quickly got to work... By the 3rd of July they were ready to go again.
We think they have done a superb job with the turnaround, the choice of flowers and mix of colours is superb and we hope you like the results.

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Baskets come out the greenhouses.

Baskets in place on the Main Street.

Following a period of public consultation in 2010, Sainsbury's lodged a planning application with West Lothian Council for a new food store in Broxburn on the 7th June 2011.

The proposal is for a 35,000 sq. ft. food store on land between East Mains Industrial Estate and the railway viaduct on the A89. Also included in the proposals are improvements to the existing Peniel Place junction with the A89, where the proposed store would be located. More detail is available at West Lothian Council's on-line planning pages, the application reference number is 0375/FUL/11

You can view a copy of Sainsbury's e-bulletin press release by clicking here >       to view the file (PDF format).

The Treasure Hunt first prize went to Lily Middlemass, age 9, from Uphall. Lily also collected the most eggs this morning and with a total of 105 eggs, was the winner of the Easter Egg Hunt too! Well done, Lily.

The Treasure Hunt second prize went to Kierren Dalton from Broxburn, a 2nd runner-up prize was also awarded to his cousin Caitlyn Stewart, Broxburn.

There's pictures of some of the entrants and the winners being presented with their prizes in our Photo Gallery, along with pictures from other Easter events. Use the button below to access the Gallery.

Local residents will benefit from flower displays this winter and again next summer thanks to a partnership between Broxburn and Uphall Traders' Association (BUTA) and West Lothian Community Safety Unit, which is a partnership between West Lothian Council and Lothian and Borders Police.

The new flowering baskets are being prepared by Williamston Garden Centre and will all be security marked with the latest UV micro finger printing system. It is also hoped that local schools will be involved in planting the baskets.

The scheme is being funded from the Town Centre Regeneration fund and by Broxburn and Uphall Traders' Association.

This has turned out to be a real community project with the Town Centre Management Group, Local Businesses (BUTA), West Lothian Council, Williamson Florists, Lothian and Borders Police and our local schools all being involved. We are delighted that West Lothian Community Safety Unit has provided the security marking kits for the baskets and our members are looking forward to displaying them.

The scheme has been designed to help retailers update and enhance the outside of their property. It is hoped that if enough businesses take part, there will be a positive visual impact on the town centres. This is a grant-based scheme with individual grants of up to £750 available. Funds will be allocated on a first come first served basis subject to applications meeting certain guidelines, more details can be found in the download documents below.