Small Business Saturday Blog
The Small Business Saturday Bus Tour launches across the UK for its fifth year!
Monday, September 18, 2017 at 15:22
Small Business Saturday are pleased to announce the launch of the Bus Tour for 2017!
The bus willbe visiting 29 different towns and cities and launching the brand new SmallBusiness Saturday mentoring programme, supporting small businesses one-to-one,with advice directly from their peers. Small Business Saturday is recruitingexperienced business mentors in all locations and small businesses will be ableto sign up on the campaign website from the beginning of October.
Alsodebuting this year is the “Small Business Saturday Blue Sofa” where interviewsand exclusive Q&A sessions will be live streamed via Facebook Live.
Beginning at Dundee on October 23rd,the bus tour travels up and down the country with stops including Lisburn,Cardiff, Lowestoft and the Isle of Wight before finishing in Brighton onNovember 24th. The tour will provide advice and information to all smallbusinesses as well as some hands-on activities for the public to promote localsupport for the campaign. Full list of stops is below:
Bus Tour 2017 | |||
Week 1 | |||
Date | Location | Arrive | Depart |
Mon 23rd Oct | Dundee | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Tue 24th Oct | Edinburgh | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Prestwick | 16:00 | 16:30 | |
Wed 25th Oct | Lisburn | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Thu 26th Oct | Belfast | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Fri 27th Oct | Dumfries | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Week 2 | |||
Date | Location | Arrive | Depart |
Mon 30th Oct | Sunderland | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Tue 31st Oct | Lancaster | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Wed 1st Nov | York | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Selby | 15:00 | 16:00 | |
Thu 2nd Nov | Brigg | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Fri 3rd Nov | Rochdale | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Week 3 | |||
Date | Location | Arrive | Depart |
Mon 6th Nov | Bangor | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Tue 7th Nov | Stoke | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Wed 8th Nov | Birmingham | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Studley | 15:00 | 16:00 | |
Thu 9th Nov | Hereford | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Fri 10th Nov | Barry Island | 09:00 | 09:30 |
Cardiff | 10:00 | 14:00 | |
Week 4 | |||
Date | Location | Arrive | Depart |
Mon 13th Nov | Leicester | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Tue 14th Nov | Stevenage | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Wed 15th Nov | Lowestoft | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Thu 16th Nov | Maldon | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Fri 17th Nov | London | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Week 5 | |||
Date | Location | Arrive | Depart |
Mon 20th Nov | Plymouth | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Tue 21st Nov | Taunton | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Wed 22nd Nov | Reading | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Thu 23rd Nov | Ryde, Isle of Wight | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Fri 24th Nov | Brighton | 10:00 | 14:00 |
Logos and posters will be available to download from the website: www.smallbusinesssaturdayuk.com from end of September and can be displayed online or on premises. Posters can also be collected from your local bus stop on the tour. Businesses around the country can also upload information to the ‘My Small Business Finder’ on the website (www.smallbusinesssaturdayuk.com) on what special events or promotional offers they will be running for Small Business Saturday.
More information on Small BusinessSaturday can also be found on the Small Business Saturday Facebook page: (www.facebook.com/smallbusinesssaturdayuk) and Twitter feed (@SmallBizSatUk).
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