AS I was out to get my shopping on Friday evening, I couldn’t help but be saddened by the number of closed small businesses.

These aren’t just faceless shops - most are people who live in our community, whose children go to the same schools as ours, who live on our roads, who stand next to us at the match.

I hope we all support these companies when the world returns to normal.

We need them.

ALAN TAYLOR Orford