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Pachamama Supplier Spotlight

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Pachamama Supplier Spotlight

We've got some great winter warmers for you lovely folks today! Atop the South American Andean Mountains are some amazing people who live their lives in the bitter cold. These people have an amazing resilience due in part to their clothing. Our Supplier Spotlight this week is a great company who makes clothes from the same materials. Today we look at Pachamama! . . Pachamama is the ultimate in naturally sourced, handcrafted and sustainable quality clothing. The products are handmade on a relatively small scale it is highly unlikely you will meet someone wearing the same thing. While the designs...

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Why Poppies?

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Why Poppies?

It’s the time of year where we start to see plenty of poppies about! The significance of course being remembrance but even to this day some people aren’t totally sure why we wear poppies. . Quite simply, the poppy is the symbol of remembrance of the First World War and the wars that followed. The churned earth in the French fields that saw most of the fighting was the perfect place for poppies to grow and flourish. From tragedy came beauty as fields of red poppies filled the French countryside. . . The artificial red poppy was first created in...

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The Scottish Fine Soaps Company Supplier Spotlight

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The Scottish Fine Soaps Company Supplier Spotlight

  If there’s one thing everyone gets for Christmas, it’s soaps. Every man gets some Lynx Africa, every woman with more soap than she knows what to do with! Today, we’d like to tell you a little bit about the only soaps you’ll ever buy from now on! Our Supplier Spotlight for this week is The Scottish Fine Soaps Company. . . The Scottish Fine Soaps Company have been creating amazing scented bars, and lotions for over 45 years. During this time, they’ve scoured the country and all over the world for inspirational ingredients to create the brilliant products they...

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Calzeat Supplier Spotlight

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Calzeat Supplier Spotlight

If we were taught anything a couple of weekends ago, it’s that the Scottish weather can change in an instant! Weeks of sunny days and cloudless skies suddenly became downpours the likes of which we only see once a year. Soon we’ll be in the gripping cold of winter and there’s one supplier that springs to mind when it comes to preparing for the cold, Calzeat. . . Calzeat is one of Scotland's premier manufacturers of high quality jacquard textile products with an emphasis on design, value and customer service. We primarily stock their beautiful scarves. . . Calzeat is...

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Wraptious

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Wraptious

Nowadays we spend a lot more of our time online, where you may or may not have seen a lot of brilliant artwork. There are some very talented people in this world but too often, many brilliant artists are pushed to the side by established figures or just simply don’t get the opportunity to showcase their work. That’s where today’s supplier comes in. Wraptious. Wraptious started in 2013 when their founder Simon had a stall in Manchester that blew away after a few hours of trying to sell his art. Hardships like these are what independent artists face every time...

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