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Small Business Resource Centre

 

Tools, tips & offers for small businesses. Helping you deliver to your customers during COVID-19 and beyond.

Find resources, content and offers from our partners, to meet your business’s needs.

 

 

Encourage customer spend with our complimentary point of sale materials.

 

 

 

 

Marketing Tools

 

 

Use these printable signs, digital assets and more to keep customers informed about how you’re navigating this time.

 

Find tips on how to boost your social media presence, build a website and much more.

 

Explore our guide to navigating COVID-19 with a range of articles, trends and insights.

 

 

Help from our Partners

 

American Express and our Partners are committed to helping businesses like yours during this challenging time. These resources and offers can help you keep in touch, keep up productivity and keep selling.

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50% off for 12 months. Valid through 31 December 2021.

 

Establish your brand online with website, ecommerce, and email tools. Enter "AMEX50" during checkout to redeem 50% off. Expires 31st December 2021.

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FREE business website for life 

 

Get in front of customers, sell products, and accept bookings with a professional website and Google My Business listing. 
 

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Take online training with Google

 

Boost your digital skills and upgrade your business operations with a wide range of free online training courses and specialist guidance from Google. 

Business Class: Money Minutes Podcast

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Making your Social Media Budget Work Harder 

 

As much of our lives and spending has moved to digital, the value of social media for communicating your brand and driving sales has never been greater. Here, we bring you a crash course on how to get more bang for your buck on social media.

 

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Entrepreneurs Share Their Top Money-Saving Strategies

 

In this special episode, four of the UK’s leading women in business have joined us for a candid conversation on how they led their business through the challenges of 2020 and successfully generated savings on their bottom lines. 

 

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Being Sustainable Doesn't Have To Cost the Earth 

 

Doing the right thing in business is no longer just about providing a great product or service, it's thinking about what impact your enterprise is having on the world we live in. It can help your bottom line too. 

 

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Futureproofing Your Supply Chain Against Costly Disruptions

 

Robert Grieg-Gran of Mindful Chef, a recipe box company, shares how his business successfully navigated COVID-19 related disruptions.

 

 

 

Signs and Supplies

 

We know how important it is to stay connected with your customers. Place our complimentary point of sale signage and supplies at your location to show customers you welcome their business.  

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Love Local Signage 


Show customers you 'Love Local' with our new American Express signage. It's a great way to show that you're open for business and that you accept American Express payments. 

 

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NEW Signs


Our brand new Open / Close signs and City Decals are now available. Place these in your storefront door or window to support your local area or so customers can easily see if you’re open or not. 

 

Updates to our point-of-sale policy

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Contactless Payments

 

The contactless payment limit has been increased to £45 to help consumers pay securely. If you have any issues or questions, please contact your terminal supplier. 

Marketing Tools

 

Whether you’re modifying your hours, temporarily closing your doors or directing customers to your website, our templates can help encourage support from your community. Below, you’ll find printable signs, digital badges and social media templates to help you communicate how customers can support you during this time. 

Printable Signs


Our printable signs can help communicate how your business is adapting. Whether you’re changing your hours or switching to takeaway or delivery only, you can customise signs that work best for your business. 

Digital Badges


Our ready-to-use digital badges encourage your virtual community to shop online. Post them in an email or on your company’s website to connect with customers.

 

Social Media Posts


Our ready-to-use social media posts allow you to tell your virtual community about your new hours, direct them to your website and more.

 

 

Materials can only be downloaded from your laptop or desktop.


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Online Marketing Tutorials

 

Looking for a little advice or inspiration to help future-proof your business? You got it. See below for our how-to marketing tips and tricks.

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Running a Social Media Campaign

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Our Business Community

 

From HR tips to planning for growth, explore our range of articles and webinars designed to help you navigate COVID-19.

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Navigating the current climate:

Discover how companies can rethink and adapt their strategies to reach customers in new ways.

 

 

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Reskilling the recovery: 

Backing Small Businesses through COVID-19.


 


 

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More reasons than ever to accept American Express

 

We added over 129,000 new locations in 2019 in the UK*. Not one of them?

*Based on  American Express merchant locations setup between January 2019 and December 2019

 

 

Terms and Conditions 

 

Constant Contact

Fulfilment of this offer is the sole responsibility of the participating American Express merchant. Offer only available online at https://www.constantcontact.com/promo/amexlovelocal/signup.jsp. This promotion (the ""Promotion"") begins on 20 April 2020 at 00:01 a.m., Eastern Time (""ET"") and ends on 31 December 2021 at 23:59 p.m., ET (the ""Promotion Period""). If eligible Love Local customers purchase either the Email or Email Plus package levels of Constant Contact during the Promotion Period, they will receive a discount of 50% off of such purchased product for the first 12 months after they become a paying customer. Love Local customers will be eligible to participate in this Promotion if they (i) are a Love Local customer, (ii) are a Constant Contact trial account holder or a new Constant Contact customer who has never been a paying Constant Contact customer, and (iii) become a paying Constant Contact customer and either enter the applicable promo code “AMEX50” during checkout by 23:59 p.m., ET, on 31 December 2021 or call Constant Contact and mention this offer by 17:00 p.m., ET, on 31 December 2021. After the first twelve months have ended, eligible participants will automatically be charged the current retail price for the product unless they cancel their accounts or the applicable product. You may cancel at any time by calling customer support at UK # (0800 141 3172) and  International # (+1 781-482-8911) . This Promotion cannot be combined with any other Constant Contact promotion or special offer. Constant Contact offers a 30-day money-back guarantee on purchases of certain Constant Contact products, as more fully described at www.constantcontact.com/pricing. This Promotion and all Constant Contact products and services are subject to the Constant Contact terms and conditions. 

 

Grow with Google 

Visit https://policies.google.com/terms?utm_source=partner&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=2020Q3_EMEA_AMEX&utm_content=AmexLoveLocal for the Terms of Service

 

Ueni

To redeem the offer enter your business name at https://join.ueni.com/amex and complete the full questionnaire. The free website is delivered in 2-5 days, with access to a website editor where further customisations can be made. Google My Business official listing requires a valid and complete business address. General terms and conditions available here: https://ueni.com/en-gb/terms