The Shop Local charter - ten reasons to use local businesses
1. Money stays in the local economy
2. It helps prevent "clone towns"
3. Local businesses are good neighbours
4. It helps promote tourism
5. It helps promote competition and business innovation
6. It's better for our planet
7. It promotes local democracy
8. It helps nurture the development of communities
9. It helps preserve choice and diversity
10. And you'll get an enormous sense of well-being from doing it…
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