Chamber initiatives are available to local businesses to help in trading.
Tullamore Chamber Of Commerce is encouraging people to shop local this Christmas.
Local businesses are now embracing online trading, allowing people to shop from home and have goods delivered to them.
There are chamber initiatives available to enterprises such as the QUIDs vouchers which can be spent in participating businesses across Tullamore.
Anthony Hanniffy, past President of Tullamore Chamber of Commerce says, people shopping in the town, keeps the money in the local economy: