‘Great Gift Card Giveaway’ celebrates local shopping in Perth – Scottish Business News

OVER 50 independent businesses in Perth are taking part in the activity in the first weeks of August. Customers will be given the chance to win a £50 Perth & Kinross Gift Card as a thank you for shopping local.

Shopping local in Perth just got more rewarding as a Great Gift Card Giveaway goes live in the city.

Led by Perth based Miconex, the Great Gift Card Giveaway aims to celebrate local shopping and raise awareness of two initiatives designed to encourage local shopping in the city, the Mi Rewards loyalty program and the Perth & Kinross Gift Card.

People who shop with one of over 50 businesses between 1^st and 15^th August will be handed a card with a QR code for a chance to instantly win a £50 Perth & Kinross Gift Card. The Perth & Kinross Gift Card can be spent with over 200 businesses.

Quince & Cook, Cullach Brewery, St Johns Restaurant, Willows, Hell Yeah, Nail Diamond, Rae Peacock Hairdressing, Perth Piercing, Evalucia, Alan’s Pet Shop and McCash’s Country Store are some of the businesses who will be taking part in the Great Gift Card Giveaway.  

Mi Rewards relaunched in the city in 2024 with a focus on exclusive local offers from businesses. Free to join, users earn points for shopping local which they can spend on a variety of offers, from 2 for 1 pizza to 20% off bungee jumping.

Over 70 businesses in Perth are part of Mi Rewards, which is provided for city businesses free by Perth & Kinross Council.

Colin Munro is the managing director of Miconex and said: “Miconex is the leading provider of ‘shop local’ initiatives globally, but it’s here in Perth that initiatives like Mi Rewards and our local gift card concept originated.

“This August, we’re excited to bring the Great Gift Card Giveaway to Perth so we can celebrate local shopping and the two initiatives we have in the city to make local shopping appealing and accessible, Mi Rewards and the Perth & Kinross Gift Card.

“When people spend money with a local business, the business will hand the customer a card with details of how to enter the Great Gift Card Giveaway. It’s an extra ‘thank you’ for shopping local from the business and a chance for people to win a Perth & Kinross Gift Card, which is the ultimate ‘shop-local Gift Card. 

“This August, choose Perth and you could win a Perth & Kinross Gift Card for supporting local.”