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Small Business Saturday

News

Starmer calls on government to “repay” local businesses with more support

Keir Starmer has hailed the “monumental effort” made by small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic as he called…
Conrad Duncan
5th December, 2020, 12:01 am
Comment

Wherever you live and whatever you buy, support Small Business Saturday

Is your favourite coffee shop still operating from morning until night? Has your hairdresser or barber reopened its…
Ibrahim Dogus
4th December, 2020, 1:45 pm
Comment

Labour is the natural friend of small businesses but the uncertainty of Brexit demands the country do more for SMEs

Labour has in the past been tacitly and even directly accused of being inherently anti-business. The party has been…
Ibrahim Dogus
6th March, 2017, 2:57 pm
News

Senior Labour figures urge shoppers to back Small Business Saturday in run-up to Christmas

Small businesses “provide six out of ten jobs” and are the “life blood” of our economy, Clive Lewis…
Emma Bean
2nd December, 2016, 3:30 pm
Comment

Chuka Umunna: The jobs, services and innovation of small businesses puts them at the heart of Labour values

Small Business Saturday, now in its fourth year, remains one of the things I am most proud of…
Chuka Umunna
1st December, 2016, 8:44 am
News

Scottish Labour manifesto will be ‘most pro-business ever’

Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has said that Scottish Labour’s 2016 manifesto will be the most pro-business in…
5th December, 2015, 2:20 pm
Comment

Small businesses are the backbone of our economy – we should celebrate them today

Small businesses are the backbone of our economy. They employ over 14 million people, contribute nearly half of the UK’s…
Chuka Umunna
5th December, 2015, 12:41 pm
Comment

Celebrating and supporting small businesses – a powerhouse for local economic growth

Across Dulwich and West Norwood the bedrock of our economy is our small business community. Of the 3,500…
Helen Hayes
29th November, 2014, 12:10 pm
Comment

5 reasons why Small Businesses are important

Britain’s first Small Business Saturday was a big success. Chuka Umunna first flagged up Small Business Saturday in…
Mari Williams
14th December, 2013, 2:15 pm

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