Fiona
Bruce MP Supports Small Business Saturday
Fiona Bruce
MP met with traders from across her constituency on Saturday 6th
December, to thank them for their hard work and vital contribution to the local
economy and to encourage people to support them by buying locally at
independent shops.
Fiona Bruce said “There
are some 4000 or more businesses in my constituency and the vast majority are
small businesses who are the engine of our local economy. It is vital that we
support them individually by shopping locally. This Government has also taken
great steps to support small businesses, recognising their worth including
reducing National Insurance payments by up to £2000 for businesses, doubling
small business rate relief so that almost 400,000 small firms pay no business
rates at all, cutting corporation tax from 28% at the start of this Government
to 20% and reducing the burden of employment law.”
Fiona continued “On
Small Business Saturday independent businesses are estimated to take an average
of £468 million across the UK – one of the busiest shopping days of the year
and evidence shows that money spent in local independent shops is far more
likely to stay within the local community and benefit it further.”
Photo shows
Fiona Bruce MP with Olivia and Charlie Watts helping Fiona Bruce promote Small
Business Saturday, son and daughter of Mike and Rachelle Watts who have run
Temptations shop in Middlewich since 1977.
On visiting the shop Fiona said “Temptations
is a remarkable Aladdin’s cave with a maze of rooms behind the shop front
selling a phenomenal variety of goods – a choice of many cards, toys, slippers,
candles, a garden centre at the back, and even a men’s games room upstairs with
a real motorbike! I am impressed by the hard work of Mike and Rachelle who have
built this business up since 1977 and attract customers from all over
Cheshire.”
