Shoppers to help out small businesses

The national intiative is a move to boost local economies and the profits of smaller shopowners who are sometimes overlooked for national chains.

Small Business Saturday was first launched in the United States last year and created £3.5 billion in sales to small businesses.

The UK’s small businesses provide almost two thirds of private sector employment and almost half of private sector turnover.

So take a trip to the town centre to support the initiative, buy your meat from a local butcher or try out onw of these local markets.

Halifax – Saturday, December 7, local produce market

Sowerby Bridge – Saturday, December 7, evening local arts and craft market

Hebden Bridge – Sunday, December 8, local craft market

Ripponden – Sunday, December 8, local community market