from the editor
diary dates
Winter 2010
9 – 12 JANUARY Christmas & Gift
www.harrogatefair.com HARROGATE The UK’s leading Christmas trade fair is perfectly timed so that your key bestsellers and top suppliers are still fresh in your mind.
16 - 18 JANUARY Top Drawer
www.topdrawer.co.uk LONDON, EARLS COURT A feast for the eyes, covering design-led gifts, housewares, children’s products, fashion and accessories.
28 JANUARY – 1 FEBRUARY Christmasworld
http://christmasworld.mes
sefrankfurt.com GERMANY, FRANKFURT Decoration is the name of the game at Christmasworld; from Christmas, Easter, Halloween, and New Year to weddings, Christenings, Valentine’s Day and general festivities, every possible occasion is thought of! If decoration buying is your remit, this show is a must-see!
6 – 10 FEBRUARY Spring Fair
www.springfair.com BIRMINGHAM, NEC The UK’s largest retail trade show, with thousands of suppliers offering everything from toys to tools and cookware to crafts. A must for all in the industry!
11 – 15 FEBRUARY Ambiente
www.ambiente.messefran
kfurt.com FRANKFURT
Ambiente covers everything from gifts, interiors, home décor, kitchenware, and tableware.
To publicise your event, please send details via email to
naomi.davis@onecoms.co.uk.
It’s time to increase efficiency
Large and medium organisations that have delayed implementing innovative energy-efficiency schemes to maximise their CRC league-table performance should put these in place right now, according to carbon management company, Carbon Statement. Mark Chapman of Carbon Statement says, “With some pub chains and retailers having to find an extra £2- million a year for the carbon tax, we’re being called on to introduce smart innovations to measure and
Movers and Shakers
Falcon Products has made an addition to its sales team with the appointment of David Waters. Waters brings 25 years of experience in the industry and will serve as an agent and cover the M62 corridor and nearby area. Housewares specialist Simplehuman is backing a team of REME soldiers and volunteers that are setting out to complete the Snowdonia Mountain Marathon in aid of the Royal
reduce carbon emissions through structural and behavioural change to reduce organisations’ liability in 2012.”
Structural change is needed to achieve greater reductions, but can be harder for organisations to implement, as it requires full employee and stakeholder engagement, as well as capital outlay. Chapman continues, “By making bold changes organisations save the money they would have spent, and also reduce their
Berkshire Hospital. The company is helping raise sponsorship for the challenge, which will go towards the hospital’s Robbie The Robot which enables surgeons to operate on various forms of cancer. Dunelm has announced that current chief executive, Will Adderley will step down to the role of executive deputy chairman next February. Nick Wharton will become the new chief executive, leaving is current role as financial director of Halfords.
Discount card retailer Card Factory appointed
exposure under the CRC and keep the extra profit they would have had to outlay in either case.” Whilst removing the recycling payment has taken away the uncertainty around the money companies will receive from reducing emissions, it will take £1-billion annually from UK companies that could have been spent on emission reduction projects rather than paying down the national debt. For more information visit
www.carbonstatement.com
PricewaterhouseCoopers retail and leisure director Andy Garbutt to development director on October 4. Garbutt has worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers for eight years; this will be his first retail role. Home furnishings giant Habitat has hired a new chief operating officer. Shaun Wills has been appointed to the newly created role from that of finance director at Fat Face and will take up the position in early in 2011. He will be responsible for areas including ecommerce, property, maintenance, logistics, HR and finance.
How healthy is your high street?
The British Retail Consortium has declared its support for a new health check for retailers. ‘Healthy High-Street? A health check for high streets and town centres’ was launched at the beginning of November by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills. The tick- box guide is designed to help business leaders assess the condition of their high street and to then address any decline. The BRC commends the document’s simple and practical
advice and is encouraging its use by businesses and local authorities. In response to the document, the BRC has identified eight ways that regulators can work to ensure that businesses and consumers see high streets as an attractive place to frequent. These include actions such as the government keeping business and property rates as low as possible and local authorities reducing car parking costs as well as setting aside some of the funds raised
through parking to improve parking options around high streets. Furthermore, it says that transport policy should be shifted to reward people for using public transport and that retail crime and anti-social behaviour should become a priority for the police. Empty properties are a key focus, with the BRC calling for the Empty Property Rate Relief (EPRR) to be reinstated, providing reduced rates for empty properties, and for the Government to tackle increasing rates of vacancy and the knock-on decline in many town centres.
The complete BRC report can be downloaded at
www.brd.org.uk/highstreets and the BIS Healthy High Streets Guide from
www.bis.gov.uk/assets/bisco re/business-
sectors/docs/h/10-1224-healt hy-high-street.
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