Winchester City Council has signed up to the online shopping and ordering platform, ShopAppy.com. Businesses are being invited to register to the website for free, which will provide them with further opportunities to promote their services and sell products to local customers. The council and ShopAppy is offering free membership to all businesses and community organisations in the district for the first 12 months, enabling them to reach a wider pool of customers and extending their online visibility. Cllr Martin Tod, Cabinet Member for Economic Recovery, said: "More and more people want to shop locally online as well as offline – and we strongly support that.