Band together to save small businesses | Brief letters

Community assets | Jeremy Beecham’s letters success | Top-deck traveller | Bank holiday weather | Domestic workers’ rightsIn Kings Heath we faced a problem similar to the one that concerns Janie Toy (Letters, 19 May). The solution was for the community to band together and buy the shop, so we did. Our beloved York Supplies remains, as a successful community co-op still selling you an array of hardware, amazing plants, and one nail if that’s all you want. Members of the buyout committee are happy...