Preseli Pembrokeshire MP Stephen Crabb, was out visiting small businesses in the constituency this past weekend to promote the UK’s fifth annual Small Business Saturday on Saturday December 2.
After visiting small business in Milford Haven and Haverfordwest this weekend, Stephen Crabb said: “Pembrokeshire has home to a great many superb independent shops and small businesses. Our local economy depends on maintaining a strong small business sector. In an age of internet shopping and out-of-town retail centers, local shops and traders get overlooked all too easily. The Small Business Saturday campaign is an opportunity for everyone to rediscover and celebrate our great local shops – which deserve our support all year round.”
Small Business Saturday, a grassroots, not-for-profit campaign, places small, independent businesses in communities across the country in the national spotlight. Its aim is to prompt people not only to spend money with small independent businesses in the run-up to Christmas but also to create a mind-set to support them all year round.
Small businesses around the UK have planned events, promotions and other activities to attract clients and customers to them not only on December 2 but also beyond.
“Small Business Saturday has become an exceptional example of collaboration and co-operation with small businesses teaming up in communities around the UK,” explains Campaign Director Michelle Ovens.
“We aim to showcase the level of diversity, innovation and talent that is active within our small business sector and persuading people to get out and support their friends, neighbours and family members and reinforce local communities and economies.”