Buy British to save our plant industry
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We need to ‘Buy British to save our plant industry’ says Alan Titchmarsh as an increase of imports will have a devastating environmental impact on
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What More UK, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers or housewares, Cooking and bakeware, and gardenware, is this year celebrating a milestone 20 years of
Santoro Licensing wins The Queen’s Award for Enterprise
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Santoro Licensing, founded in 1995 by Meera & Lucio Santoro, has been awarded The Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade 2020. It is the
Cancellation of Summer Nordstil 2020
April 23, 2020
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In response to the recent decisions of the German government to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, organiser Messe Frankfurt has announced that the Summer Nordstil 2020
B&Q opens more stores amid Covid-19 lockdown
April 23, 2020
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DIY multiple retailer, B&Q, has opened a further 61 stores, including those in Cardiff, Manchester and Aberdeen, following on from the 14 it re-opened earlier
LifestyleGarden donates product to the NHS Nightingale Hospital
April 23, 2020
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Set up as part of the ongoing fight against Covid-19 the temporary NHS Nightingale Hospital at ExCel London has become ‘home’ to over 1,600 support
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