The Rainy Day Trust (RDT) is holding a fundraising event on social media later this month. The Facebook Lockdown Street Fayre will take place on 18 and 19 June. Rainy Day Trust chief executive Bryan Clover said: “As you can imagine, things have been tough recently from an income generation …
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Following the popularity of its webinar with eBay on 14 May, BHETA will be hosting a return ‘visit’ from the eBay team on 11 June at 10.30 am. eBay will again be represented by its head of trading, Chris Gardner and category manager for home and garden, Rosalind Bridges; and …
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Lock down has seen retail footfall decline to unprecedented levels, forcing some businesses into administration and giving almost all companies cause for serious concern and action. However, according to the latest report from Springboard, lock down easing is seeing a tentative uptick in footfall trends. “The second month of lock …
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The Giftware Association has launched a one-off Gift of the Year: Gifts of Hope Award through June. For one month only the Association will be inviting entries to celebrate not just the entrant’s good work, but the work of the charity that it has chosen to support with its product. …
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What More UK, the organisation behind the home storage brand Wham, has announced the latest in a series of multi-million pound investments at its Altham manufacturing site. The new development will provide 26,000sqft of extra distribution space and operate as a link between their existing buildings 5 (110,000sqft) and 6 …
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John Lewis will begin to reopen its shops for customers as part of a gradual approach from Monday 15 June, starting with its Poole and Kingston department stores, followed by 11 others on Thursday 18 June. Depending on the response from customers and Partners to our new ways of operating …
Read More »Retail expert Springboard has revealed that footfall rose by an average of +11.3% across UK retail destinations over the period from Monday to Thursday in the run up to the late May bank holiday weekend. Footfall has risen on a week on week basis on each of the past seven …
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Outdoor accessory specialist Whitby & Co has designed a special ‘thank you NHS’ Klean Kanteen bottle , with 100% of the profit from the sale of every bottle going to NHS Charities Together, supporting NHS staff and volunteers caring for Covid-19 patients. “We wanted to show our appreciation to all …
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BHETA’s series of member webinars has just been extended with another four events added to the popular programme. The first is on Wednesday 20 May with BHETA’s HR and health and safety business service provider, Ellis Whittam, closely followed on Thursday 21st May by a webinar with foreign exchange specialists, AFEX. …
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After six years of successfully building the BergHOFF brand in the UK, and almost 35 years in the housewares industry, managing director Andrew Leggett and wife Paula have announced they are sadly stepping down due to Mr Leggett’s ill health. “I’m proud to have been an ambassador for BergHOFF in …
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