Stay safe, stay well, shop local

• Author: Anne Cleaver
• Published: 24th November 2020
• Categories: Blog, Business, Clanfield

Stay safe, stay well, shop local

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I hear the words “stay safe, stay well” so often now, that I forget it is a fairly new greeting when we speak to family and friends. With the news of a possible vaccine on the horizon, it is to be hoped that one day, these words will be used less often and with less feeling.

However, for now, we are in lockdown and it may not be the last. We need to heed the message to protect ourselves and everyone around us – mask, hands, space - every time, on every occasion, in every shop or business you visit.

We need to protect local business owners and their staff who have been working so hard throughout 2020. Long hours, no holidays, supply problems, safety equipment costs and the fear, faced every day, that if they fall sick their business will close putting jobs and livelihoods at risk.

Whatever the challenges for the remainder of 2020 and into 2021, we need our local business community to be there with us, when we make it to the other side of the pandemic. Business owners and their staff live locally, they are your neighbours - we’re in this together and our village won’t be the same unless we support them.

Stay safe, stay well, shop local