It’s ‘Small Business Saturday’, a day to encourage shopping from the little locals.
Support small businesses every day!
It’s commonly known now that high streets are struggling as online shopping becomes more and more popular for its conveniency.
Small Business Saturday aims to get people buying from exactly that, small businesses. Not only does this help support local people, but it adds to the community too.
Here are 5 benefits to shopping small businesses:
Strengthens your local economy - Shopping small means you are supporting local people and the community. Rather than buying from big corporate companies, buying from small businesses means your money goes straight to the people who help serve you, rather than to big millionaire bosses.
Reduce climate change impacts - Small businesses means locally sourced produce, which means they don’t get shipped in from the other side of the world to be sold in the U.K. This has positive impact on the environment. If you want to be greener, shopping with small businesses is a great step forward.
Creates jobs - Without all our small businesses, we would lose many jobs. A lot of small businesses are family businesses, and therefore buying with them keeps people in jobs.
Better service - With small businesses you are almost guaranteed better service. If there’s a problem, it can be sorted almost instantaneously. When someone is running a small business, reputation and customer service is a big deal - you’re more likely to have your issue dealt with by a small business owner than a huge business.
Encourage local prosperity - Shopping with small businesses means you’re putting money into local causes, which encourages local development. Keeping small businesses open builds communities!