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29 Apr 2024

A Peterborough store stocking products solely from local entrepreneurs said it is bucking the High Street trend and looking to expand due to its success.

29 Apr 2024

BIRA is giving independent businesses across the UK a powerful new resource with the launch of its “High Street Matters” podcast.

29 Apr 2024

The Guardian has reported independent shopkeepers saying prices they pay at Tesco’s cash-and-carry arm Booker are often higher than in Tesco’s stores.

18 Apr 2024

Independent record stores around the country are preparing to celebrate all things vinyl for this year’s Record Store Day on Saturday April 20th. 

18 Apr 2024

BIRA, the British Independent Retailers Association, has announced its partnership with this year’s SME National Business Awards., joining the 2024 awards as a leading sponsor, backing...

18 Apr 2024

A Midlands fish and chip shop is celebrating 40 years in business and offering half-price chips to mark the milestone.

18 Apr 2024

Assaulting a shop worker is to be made a separate criminal offence in England and Wales as part of a government response to a wave of retail crime. 

18 Apr 2024

Eleven new businesses that have opened in the last year in the historic arcades of Cardiff city centre’s Morgan Quarter, made up of the Morgan and Royal arcades, have helped the arcades...

15 Apr 2024

The Rediscovery Centre, the National Centre for the Circular Economy in Ireland, today announced its partnership with Cytech, the internationally recognised training and accreditation scheme for...

3 Apr 2024

Research by the University of Stirling and the Scottish Grocers’ Federation has shed light on the impact of rising staff costs on the convenience retail sector in Scotland.

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Get involved with National Stationery Week

Posted on in Business News , Creative News

National Stationery WeekFill your pencil cases, sharpen your pencils, grab a clean sheet of paper and get ready to celebrate - National Stationery Week is coming. Celebrations begin on 20 April and run until 26 April!

In its tenth year, this ground breaking initiative engages with consumers, retailers, dealers, suppliers, schools, offices and the media in an unprecedented way.

The 2019 campaign achieved huge levels of column inches, airtime, and trended on social media helping to gain extra sales for retailers and re-sellers.

Get involved

National Stationery Week and the ‘Writing matters' campaign presents retailers with a great marketing opportunity to get involved with.

#stationeryshopsaturday, which is part of National Stationery Week's 7 days of stationery, is the perfect time for independent stationery stockists day to encourage the public to visit their shops, to shout about how great they are, their passion for stationery, their product knowledge and breadth of products.

It's a day for people to treat themselves to a beautiful new notebook and pen, to buy a card, write a letter and to celebrate wonderful stationery and the act of writing, and to share their local stationery shop with the world via social media.

For the second year running Stationery Supplies is spearheading #stationeryshopsaturday in support of this amazing chance to get people talking about their love of stationery and visiting their local stationery shops.

Join in with National Stationery Week 2020, take part in #stationeryshopsaturday on 25h April and share the stationery love.

Details on how to become a participating retailer can be found here.

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