Dewsbury MP pushes Best Small Shop competition

Mark Eastwood MP is calling on small shopkeepers across Dewsbury, Mirfield, Kirkburton and Denby Dale to enter the Best Small Shops Competition, celebrating the successes of

small shops and the central role they play in their local community, particularly in response to Covid-19.

The free-to-enter Best Small Shops Competition is open to any small shop operating in the UK, and will benefit consumers through an online Indie Retail Directory.

MP Mark Eastwood said: "This is an excellent initiative to recognise and celebrate the contribution small shops make to our local economy.

"We have so many innovative small independent shops across Dewsbury, Mirfield, Kirkburton & Denby Dale and I hope many will take this opportunity and enter the competition."

The judges will be looking for evidence of a small shops’ entrepreneurial spirit, ways that they have been innovative in their business and what they have done to have a lasting positive impact on their community.

The shortlisted small shops will then be in with the chance to win one of five awards, including the newly launched award for small shops response to Covid-19.

Shopkeepers can nominate their businesses until Friday 11th September 2020 via www.bestsmallshops.co.uk.

A shortlist will be announced in October with winners announced in November.