Great British Greetings
March 28, 2018
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With the British greeting card market leading the world and still managing to grow, we have no trouble celebrating some of the wonderful independent card
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Too posh to be true?
March 27, 2018
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Fiona Young is the product designer at Southfield Ltd, a family run Giftware business based in Scotland which has been trading for over 40 years,
Greeting card story books
March 14, 2018
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Purple Pomegranate Press is a small independent publishing company which was set up in June last year by artist Elspeth Tavaci. Its beautifully illustrated little
Artistan British greetings designers to love at BCTF
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For 43 years the British Craft Trade Fair has showcased the best of British Craft and Art from the inspiring setting of the Great Yorkshire
Strong Ambiente hosts the winners in tableware
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Rounding off our intensive pilgrimage around various spring trade show was the most excellent Ambiente (February 9 – 13), where trade visitors from 168 countries
New product inspiration: Spring Fair picks
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As the daddy of British retail exhibitions, Spring Fair (February 4 – 9) is a veritable gifting feast with multifarious new product treats in store
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