On Tuesday December 8 a virtual roundtable discussion was held between global trade show leaders to discuss the state of the exhibitions industry since coronavirus struck. Representatives from exhibitions around the world, including Messe Frankfurt and Maison et Objet shared their views on the year past and years to come, especially the role played by
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Planning permission for a new destination garden centre in the Alver Valley, Gosport, Hampshire, has been approved this week by the local authority, Gosport Borough Council. It will be the third centre for the Your Local Garden Centre group which already operates centres at Mappleborough Green (pictured top) and Stansted Park. Construction is due to
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The UK’s eighth annual Small Business Saturday took place on December 5 when 15.4 million people hit the high street and the average per person spend rose by 56 per cent year-on-year. A record spend of £1.1 billion was placed with small businesses. Over 250 small business organisations supported the nationwide initiative, including the Prime
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The special hybrid edition of imm cologne planned for January 20-23 2021 has been forced to cancel due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Gerald Böse, CEO of Koelnmesse, said in a press statement: “We’ve had to face the reality, even though it’s painful. In the end, because of the very dynamic way things are developing
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Britons were keen to get back onto the high street when lockdown ended but, according to retail analyst, Springboard, footfall is still 30 per cent down on the same period last year. The marketing director of Springboard, Diane Wehrle, said: ‘Part of this is timing – the proximity to Christmas means there is huge pent
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British Fashion Council (BFC) and the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) have today launched the ‘Great Global Designer Face Coverings,’ a unique collaboration between the two Fashion Councils and Bag of Ethics (BOE), which will manufacture and retail internationally the sustainable and reusable non-medical face coverings to use alongside existing social distancing measures.
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