Small Business Saturday - support your local shop and prevent a chainstore massacre of the British high street

Business Saturday.

It’s a day when every one of us is urged to support the nation’s five million small businesses by turning our backs on the big chains for a day to use local shops, local traders and eat at local restaurants.

Theidea began in America three years ago to help small firms survive competition from bigger rivals.

It was a factor in boosting the turnoverof small businesses by

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Twitter accused by MPs of not doing enough to prevent online abuse and trolling

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Twitter was accused by MPs today of not doing enough to stop online abuse.

ExecutiveSinead McSweeney said that the website had upped protection for users since Labour’s Stella Creasy and campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez were bombarded with rape and death threats.

MsMcSweeney told the Commons Culture, Media and Sport select committee that measures included a

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