U.K. To Get Its Own Version of Small Business Saturday
Small business owners in the U.K. will be getting Small Business Saturday in their country this year. British businesses and shoppers will see their own version of the highly-popular event that has resulted in over $5 billion in sales for small businesses in the United States last year alone.
Small Business Saturday U.K. will be held on December 7, 2013.
Shadow Business Secretary Chukka Umunna has been a champion of the event in the United Kingdom. Small business retailers there, like many in the U.S., have fallen on tougher times. According to a report from the U.K. news outlet The Independent: