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The Avondhu receives calls on an occasional basis from business owners on the issue of sponsorship requests from clubs and other organisations in their area.
Needless to say, the businesspeople in question do not want their names published.
A man who runs quite a sizeable business in this area employing three full-time and two part-time staff was anxious to point out that his business is ‘barely surviving’ and that constant requests for sponsorship are ‘unfair and not helping’.
“Hardly a day goes by that I don’t receive a letter ...
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