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Campaign offers small businesses tips for uncertain winter

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Small Business Saturday, the campaign that encourages consumers to shop local, has offered small business owners tips for coping with a still uncertain winter. The campaign, which is in its eighth year, has issued a list of five top tips for small business owners, struggling after national and localised lockdowns have kept many customers at …

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