Small Business Saturday is a UK campaign to support

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, taking place on the first Saturday in December each year. The campaign encourages businesses to promote themselves and work with other small businesses, and consumers to ‘ shop local’ and support small, independent businesses in their communities. The first Small Business Saturday took place on 7 December 2013 with subsequent celebrations taking place on 6 December 2014, 5 December 2015, 3 December 2016 and 2 December 2017. In 2018, the event was held on 1 December. In 2016, research after the day suggested that consumers spent £717m with small businesses on Small Business Saturday, an increase of 15% on 2015 spending. Small Business Saturday 2017 was the most successful campaign yet with an estimated £748 million spent on the day. Each year in the UK, small independent businesses are encouraged to apply for the #SmallBiz100, 100 businesses that are profiled nationally one a day in the run-up to Small Business Saturday. The Small Business Saturday UK initiative has been supported by business organisations including the

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, Association of City and Town Management, Association of Convenience Stores and Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association. It has received support from all political parties and a number of large corporations. American Express founded the successful

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initiative in the U.S. in 2010 and it remains the principal supporter of the campaign in the UK, as part of its on-going commitment to encourage consumers to shop small.A first sight of the Small Business Saturday 100. The Telegraph. 27 August 2015
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External links

Website for Small Business Saturday UK
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