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Can Pop-Up Shops Save The High Street? Inspiration For Small Business In 2021

There may be a silver lining in the collapse of high streets during the pandemic, presenting inspiration and hope for small business in 2021. Store closures have been unprecedented. It’s been less damaging for independents who were able to downsize, pivot and offer tailored delivery services without impacting huge infrastructures, a fact that is testament to the resilience of our home-grown…

Protecting UK Industry – Is It Time For A Tougher Response?

In Britain in the 16th century, to protect the wool industry, people were required by law to bury their dead ‘in woollen’. It was to prevent the market being flooded with foreign made linen and undermining the UK made textiles industry.

Sadly the future of wool was not secured, and, as if farming wasn’t difficult enough already, there is now no money to be made from British produced wool. For…

Reblog: Make It British: Calculating Cost By Wear

Here’s something to think about. Buying cheap is a false economy if you want something to last. But how many of us do? We should be investment purchasing but that won’t happen unless we change our attitude towards being ‘in fashion’. Cheap prices promote a poor attitude towards our clothes and one change feeds off another. So is it time you changed your attitude towards more pricey purchases?

Reblog: Holly & Co: Why is shopping local a greener option?

Now more than ever, we need to keep up the positive response over the last four months to buying locally and buying British-made for both businesses and the wider environment. The pandemic forced everyone to shop locally but, if like me, you have noticed your followers reverting back to their usual behaviour since high streets began to reopen, you will be worried that nothing has changed going…

Reblog: Make It British: What do shoppers really think about buying British-made products?

We have a long way to go before the average British shopper really appreciates what it means to shop local and to shop British Made. We are still very much in the grip of ‘get it as cheaply as possible’. I get why. My finances are just as pushed as everyone else’s and I don’t by any means shop well in all things. This is purely a money issue for me.

What is it that makes someone want to buy…

There is a better way than shopping on the high street this Christmas #buyhandmade #buybritish #supportsmallbusinesses

In 2018 I have taken a long hard look at my shopping habits, particularly in the wake of last Christmas. I have been disappointed that I don’t always follow my own ideals, for no other reason than sheer laziness. I found myself picking up whatever would fill a gap on the list. It’s easy to go into Lush or John Lewis and pick up whatever seems suitable for someone. But it always felt like a cop…