We’re now about to enter the final week of the campaign and Small Business Saturday (1st December) is only just over a week away. The theme for the final week is Shop Local. This is all about encouraging audiences to support and/or purchase from small businesses and to use the Small Business Finder to do so. Small Business Saturday is an independent grassroots movement that the government are supporting. The campaign aims to promote the value of small businesses to local communities; provide support to small businesses; and encourage the public to shop small and shop local. Why support Small Business Saturday?
- Small businesses are the backbone of the UK economy
- Over 99% of the UK’s 5.7m businesses are small
- We want to highlight government support on offer to help small businesses start-up and grow
- Government support is available for small businesses and entrepreneurs
How can you support?
- Share local stories of small businesses on your channels
- Follow us on twitter (@HMGEast) and retweet and like our regional case studies. We’d love to spread the message about how brilliant the small and local businesses in the East of England are.
- Share the image attached to this email.
- Like Small Business Saturday on Facebook
- Shop Local!
