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Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services .

These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community .

It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times.

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// load facebook etc loadSocials();

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