nwes


Asda reomves single kitchen knievs fromshelevs support the communities that


ew serve.Whilst ew’vaelready taken steps to restrict the sale okfnives to enusre thedyon’t ffa ffe


all itno hte wrong hands, ew elt there wsamroe wceould


kinves fromsale ni all of its Asdwaill remove single kit


by teh ned of April.


The superamrket chain saitdhe edcision wasmaed in responsteo risnig concerns about kinfefe criem,


Asda sneior vice presidnet Nick children adn yougn people. particularly those involving


Jnoes said: “We strnogly believe we have raesponsibilittyo


storse cneh


how to brnig tihs issue do tsoupport those


cnotrol.


“Thsi si an sisue thatmeanas lot ot our cusotmers anodur colleagues, anwde’re committed to palying our smlal part ni helping tomake our communities safe fo


fer for all.


“hWilst our sales of kniveasre reltaively small, our dtaa shwos nkifefe tehftft imsost commno in


lookinagt udner


we’ve choesn to remove these signle products adn that’s why


items fromour stores. Customers will still be able to purchase larger multipack sets, whicwhill be security tagdeg fofor added


Poundland issued a statement protectino.”


announcemetn htat htey’ll join us saying that it ‘welcmoes Asda’s


tnihk other big retailers could joni knievs’. Howeevr,r, it added, ‘we in banning teh sale of kitcneh


us’. Last September,r, the discount


reomve kitchen knives frmo all of chain said it would compeltley


it7s5s5tores by the edn of October 8102.


Hradwrae and housewraes chain


ehadlien sponsor of Teh Greta Wilko has sigend up to be teh


The initiative - wihch kicked British Spring Clean 102.9


KU’s biggest evemrass-action Aprli 23 - is being bliled as the off oMnarch 22 and runs to


Orgnaised by the cahritKyeep nevironmnetal campaign.


005,000 people to join foforecs - in Britani Tidy, it aims to nispire


parntership wiht community organisations, businesses and teh governmnet - to collect and


platsic fromtsreest, parks and asfefely dispoes of single-ues


Wilko sponsors ThGereat Birtish Spirng Clean beaches, recyclinagsmucahs


up the ocuntry, ocllect 073,000 volunteers hel possible. Lasyteaarn a


pecdlean rym of


ign


036,000 bags of litter. Wilko said‘ew’re incr proud to be ehadlien s nad added taht it ahs ptu


pnosor’ edilby


together ‘some nahdy prdoucts to help yoguet stuck in.’ Thbeundle includes a hiv-is vest, littre pickre, refuse scaks, heyva duty rubber gloves adn hand sanitiser.


The retailehras also signead parntership deal wiht Kepe


Britani Tidy wihch sees procedes


National HoemImprovementMonth lauhcnes hcallegne MinutMeakeover’ - and VT


consumer awareness campaign ImprovemetnMohtn (NHIM): a April is National Hmoe


Enhancement Trade Association organsied by the Britsih Home


improve their homes bmyaking TA) ot encourage people ot


(HBETA


ohmeowners cnoducted by Vital An online survey of 2,100 KU one cnahge.


Research last November on behalf of HBETA


alomst three-quarters (69%) of TA revealetdhat


respnodents dno’t love their homes, only 21%fefeel proud of


mebarrassed by their hoems. their hmoes and 10%fefele


One esrise ‘IDY SOS’and ITV’s ‘60 Knedall - teh foforemr host of BBC NHIMambsaasdros Julia


8 | ohusew res ive eware liv ve.ent


presenter and property anDdIY interiros expert GeroginBaurnett are challegnign consumers to #MakeOneCnahge to their hmoes adn invitign themto entear compeititon to win £750


worth of home ipmroveemnt ogdoies fromNHIMsposnors L G Hraris, Valspra Paints adn Scnheider Electric.


Etnratnsmust email a picutre of their home ipmrovemnet to nifofo@hoemimprovementmohtn.co.uk, along with the reasons why they edcided to #MakeOneChaneg (in nomore tnah 30 words) befofoer


Usnig the reigstered tag lnie pAril 30.


‘Love The Hmoe Yo Ho You Live In’, HNIM • HosuewareswaresLivive esL ve. e.ent • wtititt ter.com/H /Ho ware


will also seoether supporters nicludnig DoultonWaetr Filetrs, Fiskras, Husqvrana (Garedna, Flymo,McCulloch, Jonsered, nUiversal), Shurtape rF(og Ta uDck tape, T-


Taep, T-eRx Ta Tape), Rnoseal,


GorillGalue, Croydex, UrfiKUc, ZEKUP, Ya


Yale anNdilfiswkork


toegther to engaeg consmuers befofoer a key Esater asles perio.d


ndduring the iwth


Vivid Artswins waaradt Hmoe Hradwrae show


Hradwrae Sou A total of 531


thwest’s Spring Trade Shwo, held exhibitors attended Home


onMarch 5 atWestpoint Arena in Exeter, uDring the evetn, a cotnest fofor BesDtisplay Stanwdas held, juddeg by an inedpenednt panel. Vivid Arts was teh winenr, earning teh company’s south-ewst sales aegnt Niegl Trevelyan-T-Thmoas (pictured rihgt) a cash prize of 001£, a certificate angadlass trohpy.


extremely eye on the presen (picturde leftft) Hmoe Hard


ware chairamn David Admas asid: “Vivid Arts wroked very hard ttaion of their satnd. It was well-lit, -catchign, adn fefeatuerd inteersting


products which weremerchadnised to a hihg stadnard.”


Pyrex keayccountmanager Stepneh Fneenll received the runner-up prize of 05£.


cAharity draw held at the show raised 004£ to bseplit equally betwene Cancer Research and teh RainDyay Trus.t


tter.com/Hosuewares ws esenws aMrch/A /April021 9


work to tackle nevironmnetal basg go towarsd supporting frmo the sale ofWilko carrier


Wilko and ist cutsomersK,eep and social issues. Backebdy


Britani Tidy will be delivernig threteransfoforamtional proj


ojcets


and green community spaces Eexter,r, helping to craete claen iBnlackpool, Leicester and


.


aBkeware jupms itnoONbSasket


Bakweare and single dinenr plates have bene added to the cnosumer price inflatino‘sohpping bsaketo’f goods and esrvicse fofor 9102, according to the Office ffo


or National Statistics (ONS).


NOS explained: ‘The‘shopping bsaketo’f items used in cmopiling the variosumeausres of KU consmuer price inflation is reviewed aech yaer. Soem itmes are takne out of teh basket and smoe are brought in, tomake usre themeausres aruep-to-date and representative of consumer spednign patterns. For 9102, 61 items have been added, 10 items ahve been removed nad 16 ahve beemnodified.


‘Bakweare has been added, reflecting


increaseedxpnediture in recnet years and teh growing popularity ni baknig at home, possibly influencebdy the usccess of variosu TV cookery programmes. Andadinner plate has replacead crockersyet, reflectign a chagne in consumers’ buyinhgabits, withmorpeeoplbeuying crockery items inidvdiually tnah as part of traditioanl sets.’


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