A wedding and celebration shop in Devizes has closed due to dwindling customers and rising costs.

Your Big Day, run by Jackie McCue and her partner Allan Clark, was based in a half-timbered building in Northgate Street.

It had been there for 18 months and operated by signing up companies who provide services for weddings and parties such as photographic, catering and printing. Ms McCue and Mr Clark closed the shop earlier this month, but said Your Big Day was still trading.

Ms McCue, who lives in Hampshire, said: “We had a concept, but maybe Devizes wasn’t the place for it.

“Maybe it needed to be more in a central town like Bath or Bristol.

“It’s also a sign of the times that brides are spending less and less on their wedding and have a ‘make do and mend’ attitude and doing things themselves as money is tight.

“The centre was not financially viable to run with the associated overheads and outgoings.”

Ms McCue said all bookings had been passed on to relevant suppliers while she and Mr Clark said they would concentrate on holding outside events showcasing their services at venues such as hotels.