We are involved in an Artisan Market Wilmslow where we sell our Brilliantly British Range.     This particular market in Wilmslow, Cheshire started over a year ago and we have been involved since its inception.

It runs once a month down the high street and I think there are now close to 140 traders.  Its a fantastic day and we have become good friends with lots of the other traders.

Never thought in my life I would be getting up at 6 am on a Saturday to go and work on a market and over the last year we’ve seen every type of weather there is.  In fact when the sun is shining at 7am on a crisp Saturday morning I feel all wrong – I’m so used to trying to set up a Gazebo in a HURRICANE with it raining so hard its coming back up at me I’ve become almost good at it.

Anyway – The Artisan Market Wilmslow has gone from strength to strenght and is winning all sorts of awards and is being asked to venture further a field to others towns looking to rejuvenate there high streets.

http://www.wilmslow.co.uk/news/article/6757/wilmslow-artisan-market-competes-for-national-award

Well worth a read about all the hard work that has gone into this market, its a pleasure to be involved.

Quick View down the High Street in Wilmslow

My bad, not blogged in a while and just been told off from our SEO company.  Not my fault I protested we’ve been too busy thanks to you..

Anyway it did give me a kick up the bum so sat down with a brew and thought I’d let you know what we been up to. Continue reading →

After writing yesterday about Christmas comes early to us and talking a little bit about the trade shows I went to bed last night thinking about something that happened to me at the Christmas Trade fair this year that I always found a little amusing with one of our suppliers so I though I would share the Story.

We deal with quite a few suppliers who are all lovely in the there own way and we have a fantastic relationship with them.  We choose our suppliers carefully and the thing that tends to win us over is good service and more importantly quality of the products.

Back in Jan 2010 when we went to our first Continue reading →

For years we’ve all heard the saying “Christmas seems to come earlier each year”.  you don’t know how actually true that is for us.

We start buying products for Bill and Betty in January.  Going to the trade fairs in January is like being in Santa’s grotto but on speed.  Just as we’ve packed up our own decorations and put them away for the following year “Betty” my wife is already starting to talk about the Trade show ready to buy stock for the business.  Then it comes,   Up at the crack of dawn on a cold Jan morning and making the drive to the trade show.  I remember the first time we went and to use that youth full word “OMG” I’ve never seen so many singing Santa’s.  Its at the point in the year when you want to forget about Christmas pay the credit cards and start looking forward to spring and we find ourselves still knee deep in Ding Dong Merrily on High. Continue reading →

Finally got round to adding a proper BLOG to the website, There’s so much to do with building and running and constantly promoting a E-Commerce Website.  Blogging seems to be the next thing to add in.   Its not easy always seems to be so many other things to be getting on with.  But hopefully we will be able to blog a couple of times week,  Sit down and write a few things about what we Bill & Betty have been up to both inside and outside of work.

Running and and maintaining a E-Commerce Website is amazing and I’m not trained hence “I Learn as I go along” method. Continue reading →