Out and about at Portchester Market
Bella and her Lib Dem Team had a great day out and about at Portchester Market being warmly welcomed by residents, stallholders and shop-owners around the precinct.
The difference that the Lib Dem Councillors are helping to make to Portchester Precinct after 10 years of continuously lobbying Hampshire County Council for remedial works is much appreciated by all residents and traders alike. Once complete, these works will make the precinct a safer and more welcoming place to visit.
![A warm welcome from Portchester shop keepers](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/6/csm_bella-hewitt-portchester-4_33322000ce.jpg)
An incredible array of family-run businesses from the haberdashery to the hardware shop, the bakery, butcher, cafes and more, plus the weekly stallholders are vital to the lifeblood of Portchester Precinct. However, these hardworking retailers continue to face relentless rises in energy costs, input prices and wider cost of living pressures: issues that urgently need addressing.
The Lib Dems are the party to support small business owners:
✅Reform business rates
✅Boost investment in local high streets
✅Windfall taxes on energy companies
![Time to reform business rates](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/0/csm_bella-hewitt-portchester-2_eb23355846.jpg)
![Bella Hewitt discussing business with a shopkeeper](/fileadmin/_processed_/5/2/csm_bella-hewitt-portchester-3_b43d08afbc.jpg)
![Talking to market goers in Portchester](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/9/csm_bella-hewitt-portchester-6_82a10aef20.jpg)
![Campaigning hard for fair rates for businesses all across Fareham and Waterlooville](/fileadmin/_processed_/b/8/csm_bella-hewitt-portchester-1_7a2eef90b2.jpg)
![Discussing ways we can improve the lives of business people up and down the country](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/3/csm_bella-hewitt-portchester-5_62bbea0986.jpg)
Published and promoted by Tiggy Ayoub on behalf of Bella Hewitt, both at F&W Liberal Democrats, Unit E, Bar End Industrial Estate, Winchester SO23 9NR