BHETA to walk 500 miles for Rainy Day Trust
November 11, 2020
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A British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) team is set to walk, run or cycle over 500 miles between now and Christmas to raise money
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Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home are retail casualties
November 7, 2020
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Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home, both part of the Philip Day retail conglomerate, have fallen into administration, with 2,900 jobs now at risk. Administrators
My Town Centre will survive any lockdown!
November 4, 2020
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A new consumer-facing online marketplace, My Town Centre, is opening just in time to help independent retailers and designer-makers survive the latest lockdown and find
Spring Fair 2021 goes digital
November 4, 2020
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Spring Fair organiser, Hyve Group, has announced that the UK’s premier retail trade exhibition will go virtual for February 2021, along with sister events due
Ivyline commits to eradicating plastic packaging
November 4, 2020
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As part of its ongoing mission to become a more environmentally responsible business, Ivyline, the leading UK supplier of inspired collections for the garden and
HTA reacts to regulations on second lockdown
November 4, 2020
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James Clark, HTA Director of Policy and Communications, said: “Now that we have the Government regulations for this second period of lockdown we know for
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