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what we do Described by the BBC as being ‘at the heart of the alternative West Country’, The Spark has supported green, ethical and holistic living since 1993. Each issue of Britain’s biggest eco-ethical guide is bursting with three months of life, covering everything from food to family, complimentary health to cycle-powered sound systems, news, views and events. Our community-powered quarterly is an essential read for all greenthinking people, and our unique A-Z directory of eco-traders, therapists, wholefood outlets workshops makes us ‘the West’s alternative Yellow Pages’. Printing 30,000 copies an issue, with around 100,000 readers, The Spark is distributed free-of-charge across Bristol, Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire and beyond. If your customers are interested in environmental issues, social change, holistic health or simply want to get more out of life, you should advertise in The Spark.
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Listings ads They go in our popular Listings Directory of independent services, practitioners, and businesses. This is in the 2nd half of the Spark. Listings go under section headings so readers can find your ad A – Z from Acupuncture to Zen. In Listings you choose a set number of words to describe your product or service 15, 30, 60, 90 words. To make your ad stand out on the page you can pick a 110 word ad (called a Header 110) like this one here which gives you a logo above your listing.
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