PaperAwards 2017 winners revealed
January 12, 2017
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The organiser of Top Drawer and Paperfest, Clarion Events, has revealed the winners of the 2017 PaperAwards 2017. Sponsored by GF Smith, the PaperAwards
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Springboard Christmas footfall review
January 11, 2017
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Christmas footfall magnified the 2016 trend of “a modest bounce back of the high street alongside a slowing of growth out of town and a
Launch into design-led stationery
January 10, 2017
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The London Stationery Show, which was sold to Ocean Media Group in autumn 2016, has set up a LaunchPad competition for companies that want to
Alan Monahan’s Retail Reflections: Christmas was saved!
January 10, 2017
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How was it for you? I’m talking about Christmas trading. Earlier this week, if newspaper headlines were to be believed, retailers had suffered a pretty
PaperAwards finalists revealed
December 15, 2016
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The organiser of Top Drawer London, Clarion Events, has announced that finalists for the next Paperfest PaperAwards have been chosen. Paperfest is a dedicated stationery
Blackburn is winner of The Great British High Street Awards
December 15, 2016
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The winners of The Great British High Street Awards 2016 have been revealed after 900 entries, 42 finalists and over 500,000 votes. Blackburn, Lancashire, has
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