We’re just days away from Small Business Saturday UK 2013, a national campaign encouraging shoppers to use their local independent retailers on the busiest shopping day of the year, Saturday 7 December.
Whether you own a small business which is making the most of this initiative or you’re a customer with a great story to tell about your exciting Christmas purchases, we want you to help us shine the spotlight on the UK's smallest retailers.
Share a photo or video of your favourite local business, a great gift or card you’ve located by eschewing the big retailers, an amazing display you’ve come across in a small shop window or the charm of mismatched tea cups in a local coffee shop.
Have you discovered a great new place to shop? Is this year’s turkey sourced from a farm shop rather than a big supermarket? Are you supporting local micro-businesses by planning a day at a Christmas market to buy hand-crafted presents? Do you always shop small or are you looking to do so as a new year’s resolution?
Let us know by submitting your stories, pictures and videos through GuardianWitness – or you can tweet them over to us using @GdnSmallBiz with the hashtag #SmallBizSatUK
To take part via GuardianWitness, click the blue 'contribute' button or download the free app. Make sure you include your story in the 'description' box under your photo or video.
Closes Monday 9 December at 4pm GMT
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