The East Anglian Daily Times and Ipswich Star want to know what independent shops could do to attract more customers.

Earlier this week we launched Shop Local – a campaign asking you to spend your hard-earned cash with local businesses and give Suffolk’s economy a boost in the run up to Christmas.

Shop Local is a use-it-or-lose-it plea to shoppers to consider independent traders and businesses this Christmas and beyond in a bid to bolster our beloved high streets and spark a wave of online spending with local retailers.

As part of this campaign we want to know about our readers shopping habits and what independents can do to make themselves more attractive to consumers.

So we are launching a short survey. It has just seven multiple choice questions and should only take a couple of minutes to fill in.

You can fill in the survey here.