We're passionate about making some of the best silk ties in the world, but we're also passionate about the small businesses of the UK. Starting and running a business is extremely tough and so many of them rely on their Christmas sales to see them through a large part of next year.

This Christmas, instead of giving money to some off-shore residing multinational, why not spend a bit of money with the lifeblood of the UK economy. You might not save that fiver, but it will be money wisely spent, as it will more than likely be recycled and spent at other UK businesses. Economic growth in the making.