EFG, the UK’s largest independent housewares wholesaler in the UK have reported significant growth year-on-year across all key areas of their business including their cash and carry depot, online and export business. As part of the Housewares Innovation Awards 2016, EFG has recently been shortlisted as a finalist for the Britain’s Best Wholesaler Award, testament…
An event is to be held to showcase some of the exciting plans for the £2.7m redevelopment of Scarborough Market. On Tuesday 22nd March in an open event at the market, people will get the chance to see what is being planned for the building. There will be a display of plans and artists’ impressions…
Skipton, UK – March 15, 2016 – North Yorkshire schools food supplier, Gilmoor Foods Limited, has been made the subject of a restraining injunction to stop it using bread baskets to put meat in. GPS tracking technology, deployed by Bakers Basco, assisted with the investigation, leading to the Harrogate-based food wholesaler being sued over the…
As its multi-million pound refurbishment nears completion, Leeds Kirkgate Market is giving speciality and artisan food and drink producers the chance to take up some of the remaining prime spots within its impressive new fresh food hall. Just voted ‘Britain’s Favourite Market’ at the Great British Market Awards, Kirkgate’s new combined fresh food hall will…
As I sat at my laptop this morning to write my column for you I looked around for some inspiration and saw Sergei looking back at me! Now who is Sergei I hear you ask? A college? A customer? Nope its none of these, it’s actually a stuffed MeerKat that sits on my Market Stall,…
What a great One Day Conference we had at Birmingham. The reactions from our delegates suggested that it was one of our best ever. Over ninety per cent of delegates rated the Conference good/very good. Indeed the event is now almost becoming too big for the Council House at Birmingham but we are reluctant to…
Event to explain exciting future for market An event is to be held to showcase some of the exciting plans for the £2.7m redevelopment of Scarborough Market. On Tuesday 22nd March in an open event at the market, people will get the chance to see what is being planned for the building. There will be…
I have been refused insurance cover and the reason I was given was “dual insurance”, what does this mean and what can I do about it? Dual insurance (sometimes called double insurance) is when someone (or a company) has two policies in force that cover the same risk at the same time. While this is…
About 10 years ago the BBC ran an excellent drama series about fictional villain Harry Starks. He specialised in defrauding suppliers by using a ‘Long Firm’ – a technique based on the ‘Baby shark’ system perfected by Leo Albrecht, founder of Aldi. You establish a legitimate business, build up your supplier credit to say 30…
The organiser of Autumn Fair, i2i Events Group, is delighted to announce that the event has been shortlisted for Best Trade Show in this year’s Exhibition News (EN) awards. Best Trade Show is the most hotly contested of all EN Awards and this time around is open to any trade exhibition held in the UK…