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Provenance, Valpak and WRAP launch postcode-specific tool to tell shoppers where and how to recycle locally
Confused about recycling? The UK’s first postcode-specific ‘Recycle Router' launches to help shoppers quickly find out where and how to recycle packaging locally. Valpak, WRAP and Provenance.org have partnered to deliver location-specific recycling instructions, via a simple postcode lookup…
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Barbary & Oak Hoxton and Chevron Wood Collections Join the Tower Family
Barbary & Oak is following the success of its critically acclaimed cast iron cookware collection, Foundry, with two brand new range releases. Hoxton and Chevron are premium collections of vintage ash wood and acacia wood pieces for the home, and will be the next ranges to hit the shelves in Q4 2021…
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Tower Air Fryers Hitting TV Screens in New Winter Campaign
SDA and housewares brand Tower is set to launch its biggest multichannel marketing campaign to date to promote its latest feature in innovation, the Xpress Pro Combo 10-in-1 Air Fryer Oven. Tower is a historic brand boasting over 100 years of quality in manufacturing and design excellence, so it…
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The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Adopts Digital Ticketing with SECUTIX
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo has introduced secure mobile digital ticketing for the first time thanks to a new partnership with SECUTIX. Following a competitive pitch, The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo has appointed SECUTIX as its new Ticketing Technology Partner on a multi-year agreement.
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Poochy Déjeuner and Scents of Place Await Doggies Visiting Langley Castle
A super-dog-friendly Northumberland castle hotel is offering its canine guests not just luxury shut-eye but a very special breakfast too - their very own ‘Poochy Déjeuner’. In addition, it is giving the four-legged visitor the chance to enjoy true scents of place during a stay. Langley…
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Graco Joins Forces with Asda
Graco’s best-selling baby products to be stocked in selected Asda stores Global experts in baby gear, Graco, launches in three Asda stores across the UK this month to bring a wide selection of baby essentials to customers while doing their weekly shop. Customers in Asda’s Colindale, Eastlands…
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Cheshire Botanicals celebrates a year of Nantwich Gin with limited edition Matron’s Strength
Just the tonic: 57% proof version available exclusively online for Christmas orders Nantwich, UK – 26 November 2021: Cheshire Botanicals, the family-run craft spirits business, today celebrated a full year since the launch of Nantwich Gin, its award-winning, debut London Dry which honours
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FSC campaign aims to keep adults connected to nature through learning
A major campaign which aims to help adults stay connected to nature post-pandemic and promote a love of life-long learning has been launched by a leading UK charity. Environmental education charity, the Field Studies Council (FSC), has compiled an exciting programme…
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Amazing Black Friday Discount on Pizza Oven 'Maestros'
Foodies and lovers of outdoor living, can upgrade to something more plush than a barbecue or throwaway pizza oven this Black Friday, by grabbing a little piece of luxury in the curvaceous shape of an artisan-built, top-of-the-range Valoriani pizza oven from Orchard Ovens (www.orchardovens.co.uk).
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Live Like a Celeb With Black Friday Exclusive-Use Castle Hire Deal
With all the focus on castles created by the forthcoming ‘I’m a Celebrity’ series, and with Black Friday also on the horizon, a Northumberland castle hotel has created a one-day-only special Black Friday deal for exclusive use of the castle for up to 50 people. An extended family…
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Tower Launches ‘As Seen on TV’ 10-in-1 Air Fryer Xpress Pro Combo
10-in-1 air fryer packed full of exciting functionality to add even more variety to healthy, family mealtimes Britain’s favourite air fryer brand is leading the way in innovation for the category with all new designs for 2021/2022. As seen on TV the 10-in-1 Air Fryer Xpress Pro Combo is Tower’s…
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Fabricator Glazerite welcomes new faces
The Glazerite UK Group has welcomed several new faces in support of its ambitious growth plans. New additions to the management team include Paul Jagger, who has recently joined Glazerite as Group Head of IT, and Luke Hatfield, who has been appointed as Group Procurement Director. Paul says…
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RKW Brings Hubble Connected's Award-Winning Baby Tech Range to the UK
Leading housewares and SDA distributor, RKW Ltd, has announced its exclusive distribution partnership with the Hubble Connected brand, bringing its award-winning baby monitors and health & wellbeing products to the UK and ROI markets. Award-winning international technology products firm, Hubble…
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Trade: Mitchell & Brown Commits to Android TV Platform
Mitchell & Brown is backing Google’s Android TV smart platform, giving High Street retailers another strong USP against mass-market brands. Bolton-based British TV brand Mitchell & Brown has backed Google’s Android TV smart platform as the de facto operating system across its smart TVs into the…
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British TV brand says Android TV is the future of smart TVs
Bolton-based British TV brand Mitchell & Brown is backing Google’s Android TV smart platform with the launch of its latest near borderless KBL range of smart 4K TVs. One of the UK’s largest domestic TV brands has adopted Google’s Android TV smart platform as the de facto operating system…
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Milton Keynes housing group offers ground-breaking therapy to support employees’ mental health
Housing association staff struggling with mental health issues are to be offered pioneering therapy after it transformed the life of an employee who experienced a breakdown during the pandemic. Milton Keynes-based Grand Union Housing Group has introduced brainworking recursive therapy (BWRT) to…
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Codelocks expands into Europe with strategic new hire
Codelocks has appointed Eddy van der Vegte as the new General Manager Codelocks EU, (CLEU). Eddy has over 15 years’ experience in the door hardware and access control sector and will be challenged with continuing to develop the Codelocks brands across the European Union. Codelocks established CLEU…
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Insurtech Platform Ripe Announces Majority Investment from Aquiline Capital Partners LLC
Ripe Thinking Limited (“Ripe”), a UK-based digital underwriting and insurance distribution platform, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement for Aquiline Capital Partners LLC (“Aquiline”) to acquire a majority stake in the company. Aquiline is a private…
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Hotel, Restaurant & Catering announces Michel Roux Jr as Chef Ambassador for 2022
Hotel, Restaurant & Catering (HRC), the business event for the foodservice and hospitality industry, has announced that Michel Roux Jr will be joining the event as Chef Ambassador when it returns to ExCeL London on 21-23 March 2022. In his capacity as Chef Ambassador, Michel…
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Levens Hall and Gardens Creates Festive First
Levens Hall and Gardens, the stunning Elizabethan house close to Kendal, whose gardens include the world’s oldest topiary garden, has created a ‘first’ for those wishing to see both house and garden in a unique and festive way. Although traditionally closed over winter, Levens Hall and…
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Head to Cumbria to See Levens Hall’s Festive First
Levens Hall and Gardens, the stunning Elizabethan house close to Kendal in Cumbria, whose gardens include the world’s oldest topiary garden, has created a ‘first’ for those wishing to see both house and garden in a unique and festive way. Although traditionally closed over winter, Levens…
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Crossland Employment Solicitors – Company Backgrounder
Crossland Employment Solicitors specialise only in employment law with clients ranging from FTSE 100 businesses, to SMEs and third sector organisations. As leading specialists, they are passionate about providing the best commercial employment law advice; delivered only by a senior level team who…
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Barry Ross – Director
Director, Barry Ross, has been practicing Employment Law since 2006 when he worked in-house for major legal expenses Insurance provider, DAS, to provide employment law advice across a whole spectrum of issues to a number of commercial and individual clients. Barry’s experience in private practice…
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World Topiary Day Enthuses Global Gardens
A Cumbrian visitor attraction has seen an event in the gardening calendar, which it founded just a few months ago, go global in its appeal, delivering more impact than even it anticipated. Levens Hall and Gardens, located close to Kendal, is witnessing gardens and historic homes around the world…
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£6.1 million injection will see up to 50,000 tonnes of packaging waste recycled into construction products
Thanks to an injection of £6.1 million, including the help of PRN funding, the UK’s largest producer of damp-proof membranes is increasing its capacity for recycling ethylene-based plastics by 66 per cent. Mercers, which is based in Bolton, transforms plastic packaging waste, such as HDPE and…
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£6.1 million injection will see Mercers recycle up to 50,000 tonnes of packaging waste into construction products
Thanks to an injection of £6.1 million, including the help of PRN funding, the UK’s largest producer of damp-proof membranes is increasing its capacity for recycling ethylene-based plastics by 66 per cent. Mercers, which is based in Bolton, transforms plastic packaging waste into 100 per cent…
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£6.1 million investment will bring over 20 new recycling jobs to Bolton
The UK’s largest producer of damp-proof membranes has invested £6.1 million in new equipment to extend its manufacturing and recycling business in the North West. Toughsheet, which has a history of over 50 years in the region, transforms plastic packaging waste into 100 per cent recycled…
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Toughsheet’s £6.1 million injection to boost capacity to 750,000m2 of construction membranes
Thanks to an injection of £6.1 million, the UK’s largest producer of damp-proof membranes is increasing its capacity to 750,000m2 of construction membranes per year. Toughsheet’s membrane is manufactured from 100 per cent recycled material. The company, which is based in Bolton, transforms…
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Halloween Castle Abseil Could Prove Ghost ‘Agnes’ Has Been Laid to Rest
Ahead of Halloween, a Northumberland hotel is renewing its appeal for historical information relating to an ‘apparition’ noted by some visitors. Langley Castle, in Langley-on-Tyne, is also wondering whether this ghostly figure will put in an appearance for hundreds of charity abseilers…
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GOGORO’S ULTRALIGHT EEYO 1 EBIKE NOW AVAILABLE IN THE UK
Driven by Gogoro’s streamlined Smartwheel digital drivetrain, the Eeyo™ 1 is the perfect ebike for city living Available to order now at eeyo.uk and experience at Selfridges, London from November 2021 LONDON – OCTOBER 21, 2021 - Gogoro®, a technology leader transforming how innovation…
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Treat the family more for less this Christmas with £245* worth of savings from Boundless
Civil-service and public-sector membership club Boundless announces four new benefits for members, their families and friends: Kids Pass, Dine, plus complimentary access to Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) sites, Kew Gardens and Wakehurst With just over two months before Christmas, now’s the time
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NEW Cavaletto food prep range by Tower Housewares
Since its highly-anticipated release in 2020, the Cavaletto range has been one of Towers most popular products, shown through online sales and a buzz on social media, especially for the more unique pink colour option. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, customers are spending more time at home preparing…
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The Foundry Collection by Barbary & Oak – Design that excites and inspires.
Following a successful year in 2020 within the SDA and housewares industry, Tower is seeking to continue its exponential growth throughout 2021 with a brand new category under the Barbary & Oak brand, Foundry. Bringing aspirational living to the home, the Foundry collection introduces robust and…
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Sheet Piling (UK) Ltd Completes Clacton Cliff Reinforcement Project
The impacts of coastal erosion in Clacton-on-Sea and Holland-on-Sea have been stemmed using 21st century sheet pile techniques and the technical expertise of the team at the UK’s leading sheet piling specialist, Sheet Piling (UK) Ltd. Slippage of the crumbling cliffs in the Essex resort had…
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Somerset CCC partners with SecuTix
Somerset County Cricket Club today announces a new ticketing technology partnership with SecuTix. The Club will work with the cloud-based ticketing engagement platform to deliver a first-class, digital-led experience for all Members, supporters and visitors. Regarding the partnership, Caroline…
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RATIONAL invests in multi-channel strategy with Hotel, Restaurant & Catering
Innovative cooking systems supplier RATIONAL has announced a new comprehensive partnership with Hotel, Restaurant & Catering (HRC), across the brand’s live event and digital platforms. In early 2021, Hotel, Restaurant & Catering launched HRC Connects, an innovative digital platform providing…
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South Tyne and Wear residents are changing lives with new recycling campaign
Under a new initiative which launched across South Tyne and Wear earlier this month, householders are supporting vulnerable people through recycling. Reconomy Group company Valpak’s latest #PowerToDoMore campaign donates money to the Changing Lives charity every time someone recycles a small…
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Levens Hall and Gardens’ World Topiary Day Goes Global
A Cumbrian visitor attraction has seen an event in the gardening calendar, which it founded just a few months ago, go global in its appeal. Levens Hall and Gardens, located close to Kendal, is witnessing gardens and historic homes around the world busily making plans for the second World Topiary…
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Hoteliers welcome the return of the Independent Hotel Show
After a two-year absence, the independent and boutique hotelier community returned to Olympia London on 4-5 October for the ninth edition of the Independent Hotel Show, presented by James Hallam. Guests attending the event were able to enjoy a wide range of insightful seminar sessions…
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Secutix’s Blockchain Solution Aides Stade de France & Ed Sheeran’s Ambition to Tackle Black Market
The musician’s Stade De France gig next year will be the first concert in France to use blockchain technology. Ed Sheeran is returning to the live stage with a series of stadium shows in 2022, including two nights at the Stade de France in Paris. To help combat the secondary ticket market, tickets…
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START-RITE SHINES BRIGHT FOR AUTUMN WINTER 21
Hot on the heels of a successful collaboration with JoJo Maman Bebe, Start-Rite Shoes reveals an AW21 collection inspired by nature and the great outdoors. Beetle blues, harvest golds and berry purples are complemented with misty pastels and botanical greens that will alight young minds as Autumn…
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TVD Group celebrates 25 years of Great British enterprise
The British company behind the successful Mitchell & Brown TV brand turns 25 years young, with plans to gain an ever-greater share of the UK’s TV, display, and digital signage markets TVD Group, the Bolton-based business behind TV brand Mitchell & Brown, is celebrating 25 successful years in
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RKW Partners with Binatone to Distribute its Range of Landline Telephones
Leading housewares and SDA manufacturer and distributor, RKW Ltd, has announced its distributor partnership with Binatone Telecom, bringing its affordable industry-leading landline telephones to the UK market. Building upon existing relationships with the world-famous BLACK+DECKER and Italian mobile…
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Interiors and Tabletop rebrands to Design & Décor at Hotel, Restaurant & Catering
Hotel, Restaurant & Catering (HRC), which takes place on 21-23 March at ExCeL London, has announced a rebrand of its Interiors & Tabletop section to Design & Décor for 2022. Following extensive communication and collaboration with key show partners, the decision has been made to expand…
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Northumberland Tour Numbers Soar Thanks to Kids’ History Crammer
Langley Castle Hotel, located near Haydon Bridge in Northumberland, has seen a boom in demand for its daily Battlement Tours, quadrupling its anticipated numbers on some days, as guests and non-residents prove hungry for more details of Langley’s ‘Hairy History’. The upswing follows Langley…
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British TV brand Mitchell & Brown announces winners of its Summer of Sport competition
Three lucky customers scored big by winning back the cost of their TV in the prize draw 29th September 2021: Celebrating an incredible season of sporting events, Mitchell & Brown has announced the three winners of its ‘Summer of Sport’ competition, which encouraged customers who purchased one
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Essex couple who lost everything in boating accident ready to do it all again thanks to pioneering therapy
Debs Mitchell, aged 54, from Hullbridge, Essex, and her partner Mark Morrow, aged 58 It was going to be the adventure of a lifetime. The boat was our home and we’d been living on it, moored in Essex, for seven months while Mark was doing it up after his last trip. He’s a carpenter by trade and…
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Latest KitLock by Codelocks makes access control even easier
The new KL1000 G3 boasts a streamline design and enhanced features Codelocks has expanded its KitLock range with a new keyless access control solution for storage cabinets and lockers. The KL1000 G3 comes with all the popular features of the KL1000 Classic Plus including Private and Public…
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Fairy-tale Castle Creates Inspiring Elopement Guide
Exquisite Northumberland wedding venue, Langley Castle, has created a step-by-step guide for couples wishing to create the perfect elopement wedding and follow in the footsteps of those who fell in love with the extraordinarily meaningful ‘wedding for two’ during 2020/21. The ‘How to Enjoy…
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Glazerite welcomes return of Pro-Am golf day
After a challenging 18 months of postponed social and industry events, the Glazerite UK Group swung back into action this month with the return of its much-loved charity golf day. Now in its 15th year, the Pro-Am tournament was rescheduled from its usual July date to Friday 3rd September…
