A YORK fashion retailer has spoken about the challenges and lows of lockdown in a documentary-style film. David Skaith, owner of Winstons of York, hopes the project will encourage people not to take local independent businesses for granted post-pandemic. He has also used it to urge local government and organisations to make the city as accessible as possible when it reopens. The two-part film, produced by milnerCreative marketing agency, documents David s switch to online-only trading after the first lockdown, and the stress of reopening, only to have to shut again. David, who is secretary of Indie York, said they initially focussed on driving e-commerce sales and promoting the family-run clothing shop across social media. It was probably the most continuous time I’ve ever spent on the business in my life – and it paid off.”