Support a local small business this Saturday

Saturday 3 December is Small Business Saturday, so why not visit your local high street to get your Christmas gifts?

There’s free parking on Saturday from 10am-4pm in Lady Place car park in Alton and Swan Street car park in Petersfield. EHDC-owned car parks in other villages in the district are also free to use.

There are 6,500 small or micro businesses (with 50 staff or less) in the district* including many high street retailers and services. Roughly 63p of every £1 spent in local small businesses stay in the area, so by shopping locally you’ll also be supporting local people.

We were nominated recently for All-Round Small Business Friendly award by the Federation of Small Businesses (the FSB) and the support programmes we’ve set up are still available if you’re running a small business.

Councillor Ken Moon, East Hampshire District Council (EHDC) portfolio holder for Economic Prosperity, said:

“Small businesses are the lifeblood of the district’s economy, so it’s vitally important to EHDC that we support them.

"Small Business Saturday is a good opportunity to highlight the importance of small businesses to our economy, but supporting local businesses is a year-round job.

“Our wellbeing and business support schemes were set up during the coronavirus pandemic but they’re still available for local businesses to access until the end of March 2023.”

For more information on support available to East Hampshire businesses, visit our website.

*Nomisweb.co.uk (2022), actual figure 6,470.