Shailesh Vara, Member of Parliament for North West Cambridgeshire, has praised a local business that has been nominated to the Small Business Saturday 100.

Small Business Saturday is a campaign to get shoppers supporting small, local businesses and seeks to celebrate their successes. Whilst there is an annual day of celebration, which is on 6th December this year, the campaign looks to create a lasting effect for these enterprises.

Crafty Revolutions, run by Francesca Kemp, has been selected as part of the 100 UK businesses that will travel to Downing Street today for an event to celebrate the campaign. Ms Kemp, who lives in Wyton-on-the Hill with her husband and her two small children, set up the enterprise in 2012. She has also run her own Human Resources consultancy business but with her husband’s employment in the RAF requiring the family to move on a regular basis, it was difficult to keep this going.

Crafty Revolutions specialises in handmade gifts which are sewn, crocheted or knitted by Ms Kemp who runs the business from her home and online at www.craftyrevolution.co.uk. Items range from children’s clothes and tooth fairy kits to bunting and decorations for the home. Recently, children’s t-shirts with a World War 2 plane motif were made to commemorate Britain’s military history and £2 from every t-shirt sold was donated to the Royal British Legion.

Mr Vara said:

“It is excellent news that a new and expanding local business like Crafty Revolutions has been selected as one of only 100 in the UK to be part of Small Business Saturday.

Francesca Kemp has a very interesting story to tell and I very much hope she will enjoy meeting with Ministers and other small businesses at Downing Street today.

I wish both Francesca and Crafty Revolutions well for the future.”


Francesca Kemp commented:

“I am delighted to have been selected as one of the 100 small businesses by Small Business Saturday UK. It highlights the challenges small businesses like mine face and that there is support out there for us. It has already helped increase my network, not only in Cambridgeshire, but beyond too.”