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    All you want for Christmas is on your High Street!

    Let the smiles & sparkles of the High Street give you the festive feeling.

    Visa is celebrating our independent shopkeepers this Christmas

We all love to make an extra special effort at Christmas. It’s our chance to delight the family, surprise our friends and finish the year on a high with unique gifts and familiar festive treats.

That’s why this year we’re celebrating our independent retailers. When you want to go the extra mile, all you have to do is come home to the High Street.

It’s where shopping comes alive with twinkling lights outside and a warm welcome inside. Personal service helps you to finish your list, and gives you the satisfaction of coming home with your shopping all packed and wrapped.

The High Street is where Christmas happens and your local shopkeepers are hoping to see you very soon. Merry Christmas!

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Dinsdales Joke Shop

Keeping Hull smiling has been a serious business for Dinsdales for over 85 years. It might be a local celebrity, but the customers are still family.

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James Elliott Butchers

The cheerful local family butcher has been a feature of the High Street for decades. James Elliott Butchers has been handing out turkey roasting tips and dishing out the laughs to his regular customers since 1950.

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Dunn’s Bakery

This family-run bakers has been a Crouch End landmark passed down from generation to generation since 1850. Customers love their traditional loaves and sourdoughs, but it’s their festive cakes that make Christmas special.

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Fitzroy's

For over twenty years, Fitzroy’s Flowers have been helping their regular customers pick flowers for every occasion. Adding sparkle to each arrangement is one of the promises that this local High Street florist strives to keep at Christmas.

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Rafi’s Spice Box

What’s the secret recipe for turning Mum’s idea into five high street stores and 50 different curry dishes? You’ll find the answer (and your Christmas spices) at Rafi’s in Sudbury, York, Harrogate, Leeds or Newcastle!

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Crescent Fruiterers

Crescent Fruiterers owner Matthew makes sure to greet each customer with a smile, especially at Christmas. He enjoys being the local greengrocer that goes the extra mile with a personal touch for your five a day.

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Endemic Skateboards

Andy started with a local shop in Huddersfield, but ended up with a hub for the skateboarding community from far and wide. It’s why every High Street shop is part of something bigger.

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Crep Select

Remember when the fun of Christmas shopping on your local High Street was all about finding something unique for that special someone. Lawrence in Lewisham will help you pick up exclusive, limited edition gear at Crep Select. 

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Botanic

New to the High Street in York, Alice opened Botanic this year and it excited for her first Christmas in the town. The products come from local makers, but the people come from far and wide.

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Pug & Puffin

Need your pooch pampered? Head down to Martin & Jenny’s family-run pup emporium in Bath for gifts and treats for your dog, and the kind of personal attention you can only find on the High Street.

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Labour and Wait

Victoria’s shop in London’s Shoreditch has been a treasure-trove of timeless gifts and gadgets for more than 20 years. It’s where beautiful designs on the shelves meet a friendly face behind the counter.

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Pankhurst Cycles

If you’re in Reading and need your bike fitted, serviced or fine-tuned, you pop in to see Ricky Pankhurst. For the last four years, he’s been rallying the cycling community, from serious bikers to first-timers.

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Bookish

From her bookshop in Crickhowell, Ally has been connecting the community with words for more than 8 years. They’re putting the passion back into reading, especially with their books written in Welsh!

Make their wishes come true and join us in supporting your local High Street this Christmas.

Proud to support the Great British High Street

We haven’t just waited until Christmas to champion our local high streets. Visa is proud sponsor of the Great British High Street (GBHS) Awards 2018, run by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. This competition recognises and celebrates local achievements on our high streets and supports the communities in which we live and work.

Check out this year's winners here.

 

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