MEET the five traders who will benefit from the Mail’s Fightback Fund with £2,000 each.

Since the riots, security is a priority for Claudeth Bennett, the owner of Alpha and Omega hair studio, in Handsworth Wood.

She said: “We’re saving for shutters and this money will be a big help.

“We lost stock, too, but shutters will deter thugs if we ever have to go through that again.”

Kristian Ludford, who has owned Ideal Skateboard Supply, in Digbeth, for more than 20 years, said: “You hope nothing like that will happen again, but you have to be prepared.

“I would like to thank the people who made this fund possible. It’s a great help.” He will install shutters and CCTV.

Court News owner Alum Khan set up his business on Corporation Street six years ago as an investment for his children.

He will use the cash to replace stock that was stolen.