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M B Jarvie Car Service
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Richardson Swift
11 Laura Place, Bath, Somerset BA2 4BL
Bath's leading independent chartered accountants & business tax advisers
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The Cherwell Boathouse
Bardwell Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 6ST
Iconic family-run riverside British restaurant & working punt station on the River Cherwell
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The Marble Works of Bath
Locksbrook Road, Twerton, Bath, Somerset BA1 3EN
Bespoke architectural stone cutting, heritage marble carving & precision worktop manufacture in Bath
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82 Friar Gate, Derby, Derbyshire DE1 1FL
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40 Bishopthorpe Road, York, North Yorkshire YO23 1JS
Independent creative hair salon, precision cutting, balayage & organic styling on Bishy Road York
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Shepherd & Woodward
109-113 High Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 4DD
Traditional independent Oxford academic, bespoke tailors & British gentlemen's outfitters
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Footprint Workers Co-operative
Chapeltown, Leeds LS7 3HB
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Over 62% of independent British butchers have closed in 25 years. Behind the corporate 'protein transition' and fake…
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