Spotlighting Our Small Businesses

Support Small Businesses Basket-Small Business Saturday Landscape

Love your local business by supporting them not only on Small Business Saturday on 7 December, but throughout the year.

Small Business Saturday is a nationwide campaign to support, inspire and promote the UK’s 5.8 million small businesses. The aim is to encourage consumers to ‘shop local’ and support small businesses in their communities.

The day itself takes place on the first Saturday in December each year, but the campaign aims to have a lasting impact on small businesses.

Now in its 12th year in the UK, the campaign has grown significantly year on year encouraging millions to shop small.

You’ll already be familiar with the ‘Shop Local’ feature in our magazines, which appears in every issue and is free for local retailers to participate, but in this feature we’d like to remind you about supporting your local services and B2B as well.

Local businesses you might like to take a look at:

  • 3Doc Solutions located in Tring: Dee Fagg is a local Microsoft document specialist, creating bespoke, branded business documents, giving you the professional edge. Find out more at: www.3docsolutions.co.uk
  • James the Gadget Man located in Berkhamsted: Trouble with your tech? James White is the man to turn to. He provides high quality, reliable and affordable technical assistance, consultancy and training. Visit www.jamesthegadgetman.co.uk to find out more.
  • Alison Page Marketing located in Tring: Alison Page helps SME’s across a wide range of industries to grow their business by generating results from relevant and focused marketing activities. Take a look at www.alisonpagemarketing.co.uk to learn more.

There are many more local businesses in Berkhamsted, Tring and the surrounding villages whose products and services can meet your needs. Help them to survive and thrive by supporting the local economy. The Living Magazines local services directory makes it easy to find them!

Take a look here: www.livingmags.info/directory

Whether you shop in person, online or use a local tradesperson, make sure you leave them a review and spread the word among your friends and family, and share the campaign using the hashtag #SmallBizSatUK