Good Retail Awards open for entries
November 27, 2020
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Spring Fair @Home and Modern Retail will stage the Good Retail Awards 2021 on Monday, February 8 2021 during the digital trade exhibition. There will
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Best Small Shops Revealed
November 27, 2020
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Accolades have been served in this year’s Best Small Shops Competition, now in its fifth year of celebrating Indie Retailers in the UK high streets
Shop owners defy lockdown
November 26, 2020
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Independent greeting card and gift retailers, Alasdair and Lydia Walker-Cox of Grace Cards and Books, have been served up a £1,000 fine for refusing to close during the latest lockdown of so-called non-essential shops.
Shops get ready to reopen
November 24, 2020
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Bira has expressed ‘delight’ non-essential retail will be allowed to reopen in England from next Wednesday December 2. The comments follow Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s
#MakeRetailFair campaign launches
November 23, 2020
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A new campaign backed by the British Allied Trades Federation (BATF), The Gift-ware, Jewellery Distribution, and British Travel Goods and Leather Accessories Associations was launched
Offset Charity opens Christmas card portal
November 19, 2020
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Basildon-based Publishing company, Offset Charity has today announced that it is assisting charities to continue selling its Christmas cards and gifts during lockdown by offering
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