There are so many ways small businesses benefit the community. They create jobs and lessen environmental impact; local businesses can provide employees with higher wages than the large chain stores.
Locally owned businesses have a reputation for building strong communities and creating relationships between community members and their neighbours.
Local ownership ensures that important decisions are made locally by people who live in the community and who will feel the impacts of those decisions.
By keeping the circulation of money within our local community, our energy or wealth is kept intact, and our communities can meet their needs and prosper.
Entrepreneurship fuels South Africa’s economic innovation and prosperity and serves as a key means for families to move out of low-wage jobs and into the middle class.
Supporting local businesses is good for the environment because they often have a smaller carbon footprint than larger companies.
Having many small businesses over a few large chains is sure to spark innovation and drive down prices in the long-term. With the community and their own interests and the needs of local customers, this guarantees a much broader range of product choices.
Remember, think local, buy local, support local. You will be helping to uplift your community whilst reducing your own footprint on the Earth.
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