Community
The people, places and groups that make a town feel like home — given a proper place to be seen.
COLLECTIVE COMMERCE GROUP
The front door to what's local.
Community • Communication • Connection
CCG brings local businesses, makers, creatives, market traders, food businesses, pubs, cafés, community groups, charities, events and local services together in one place — starting in Nuneaton, Bedworth and the communities around them.
Start local. Connect outward.
THE PUBLIC FRONT DOOR
One place for everyone doing something local.
If you make it, cook it, pour it, sell it, run it, organise it or offer it locally, CCG is here to help people find you — and help you find each other.
- Local businesses
- Makers
- Creatives
- Market traders
- Food businesses
- Pubs
- Cafés
- Community groups
- Charities
- Events
- Local services
Communication
Clear, simple ways to say who you are, what you do and how local people can reach you.
Connection
Introductions between neighbours, customers, suppliers and collaborators that help local life grow.
DISCOVERY ISN’T JUST ABOUT CUSTOMERS
Your next opportunity might come from another business.
A local maker might be discovered by a shop looking for new products. A trader might find a supplier. An event organiser might discover a service provider. A business might find someone to collaborate with.
You never know who might discover you. EasyHelpings is being built as a local discovery network — not simply a customer directory.
Get discovered locally →
People. Businesses. Communities.
CCG is the organisation behind the work and the public front door for local life. We build connections, create opportunities and help good local ideas grow.
EasyHelpings is where this is heading. It is the community platform CCG is developing — the directory you can use today is its first live layer, and the fuller platform is still being built in the background.
Creative Labs is the professional paid arm helping independent businesses and organisations get properly online.
WHAT'S LOCAL
A local directory you can actually use.
Browse without an account. Find a business, service, event, group or opportunity. If you run something local, ask to be listed for free.
Businesses & Shops
Independent businesses, cafés, food, retail and local producers.
Food & Drink
Local food businesses, pubs, cafés and producers.
Trades & Services
Useful local skills, trades and services.
Makers & Market Traders
Makers, crafters, traders, pop-ups and home businesses.
Events & What's On
Markets, events, festivals and activities.
Groups & Activities
Clubs, sport, hobbies, social groups and activities.
Community Organisations
Charities, churches, spaces and volunteering.
Opportunities
Jobs, experience, collaboration and local opportunities.
The public directory grows as real local providers submit and are approved. Be one of the first to list →
LOCAL LIFE
Local life comes together.
EasyHelpings isn't just about finding a shop. It's about discovering who's doing something, what's happening around you, who needs help, who has an opportunity — and who you might be able to help.
Events & What's OnMarkets, events and things to do.
Discover activity happening around the places you live, work and visit.
Makers & IdeasPeople building something of their own.
Makers, side ventures, home businesses and local ideas all have a place.
CommunityThe places and people that make a town feel like home.
Community spaces, groups, charities, projects and local stories belong in the picture too.
HOW IT WORKS
Discover. Connect. Support. Grow.
Four simple ideas underneath the whole EasyHelpings vision.
Discover
Find local people, businesses, events, groups and opportunities.
Connect
Find the people and organisations behind what you discover.
Support
Participate, collaborate, volunteer, buy, visit or help.
Grow
Help good local ideas, businesses and community activity move forward.
BUILT WITH THE COMMUNITY
The community comes first. The technology follows.
EasyHelpings is being built by meeting people, listening to what they need and creating the first useful layer before the bigger technology arrives.
We're building EasyHelpings with people, rather than simply building technology for people.
Understand EasyHelpings →FOR BUSINESSES & ORGANISATIONS
Get on the local map.
Create a free listing. We review submissions before they go live. If you don't have a website, that's okay — EasyHelpings can still be your local front door.
List Free
Businesses, makers, traders, services, groups, charities and event organisers can submit.
List your business →Get Discovered
Make it easier for local people to find what you do and where you are.
Explore the directory →Need a Website?
CCG Creative Labs offers professional websites from £99, separately from the free directory.
Meet Creative Labs →LOCAL LAUNCHPAD
Support. Opportunities. Progress.
For people with an idea, a side hustle, a new business, a market stall, a skill to develop or simply a next step they want to take.
Explore LaunchPad →CCG CREATIVE LABS
When your business needs more, we can build it.
EasyHelpings helps people discover local businesses. Creative Labs helps businesses build the professional online presence they need.
CCG Creative Labs · Project Showcase
JUST LOVE LACE
“Fabric, lace and all things pretty.”
A boutique ecommerce store for fabric, lace and haberdashery, designed and developed by CCG Creative Labs. It took Just Love Lace from marketplace selling to a polished online showroom of its own.
- Shopify ecommerce
- Brand & art direction
- Collection structure
- Product merchandising
- Responsive design
- Content & SEO
COMING NEXT · EASYHELPINGS
The directory is where we start.
The fuller EasyHelpings platform is in development and not live yet. As the network grows, these ideas can grow around the people already using it.
Local Link
Future connections between local businesses and independent drivers for deliveries and collections.
Richer Connections
Profiles, events, opportunities and useful local tools can grow from the real network.
A Living Town Square
The technology follows the relationships, needs and activity that already exist in local communities.
START LOCAL. CONNECT OUTWARD.
Technology is the tool. Community is the purpose.
Explore what's local, list what you do, start something with LaunchPad or talk to CCG about what you're building.