Tour de Yorkshire

This completly passed me by – the first three stages of the Tour de France are in England this year and begin in Leeds to Harrogate on the 5th July (York to Sheffield on the 6th and Cambridge to London on the 7th). This is a link to a competition to win one of 38 […]

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Avoca Winter Woollens

Avoca has been around since 1723 and is a family run business from County Wicklow in Southern Ireland. Its the colours and softness of the yarns – Lambswool, Angora and Mohair.  Please visit our online store – not all products are uploaded yet thou, please look by again

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Promotion and Free Beanie Bear

15% off Natural Beeswax Candles and T-Lights, Floating Flower Candles and Flower T-Lights and also handmade Flower Gift Bags .. until the end of April. (We’re in a free CD with Brides Magazine in the April/May issue, with advice and ideas to help plan the Big day) And as a thankyou for ordering from us – the first 5 orders over £10.00’s will be […]

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Advertising

Been wondering about the sense of spending money promoting a small business in the small ads in magazines and discovered the Seth Godin blog and think he makes some sense Some of the things he has to say.. ‘Magazines don’t offer advertisers clicks, but they do offer them hope, something advertisers love to buy’ ‘Very few […]

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Mumpreneurs UK

Been hearing about mumpreneurs who came about to support other mums to be able to run their own businesses from home – so that they can earn some money and be there for their family. And by buying from a mumpreneur instead of from the high street you are helping a mum to stay at […]

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High Street compared to Online Shopping

Like to shop both on the high street and online but if im looking for good prices, information and reviews of what i want to buy and something different ..probably will look online. But shops are definitly better for seeing products that you need to touch and feel and try on. High Street Shopping for me around peak times like Christmas especially with […]

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