November 2015 - WBC Blog

Make the most of Small Business Saturday in 5 easy steps

Business Matters 30 Nov 2015 Bobby Stearns

It’s the annual Small Business Saturday again this weekend – Saturday 5^th December. WBC welcomes this grassroots, non-commercial chance for us all to champion the UK’s 5 million small businesses and encourage consumers to ‘shop local’ within their communities.

In the UK, Small Business Saturday takes place on the first shopping Saturday in December each year. But to be fair to the organisers, this is a campaign which aims to have a longer lasting impact on small businesses throughout the year too.

The battle of good over evil

Cocobagh Project 28 Nov 2015 James Hayward

An idol Durga being immersed in river Yamuna, Delhi after the completion of five days Durga Puja Festival, on October 17, 2010. P D Photo by Debatosh Sengupta

With the monsoon finished and the celebrations of Durga Puja over, the end of Diwali signalled a reignited excitement for the India project and another visit in November to look at practical ways we can help to keep momentum going.

Heading along the new highways for the ever shorter drive out to Baduria, bustling Kolkata gives way to the growing suburbs fading in to lush green fields and monsoon soaked lakes. It really is a beautiful time of year.

Rural Entrepreneur – a world of ideas to make more money from your land

Business Matters / Out & About 17 Nov 2015 Bobby Stearns

Rural Entrepreneur Live is held each year at Birmingham’s NEC. With over 300 exhibitors and attracting more than 6,000 visitors, it’s a trade exhibition and business event for all kinds of rural leisure and tourism businesses looking for ways to increase their revenue. Flying the WBC flag, I went along to find out more…

Radius Business Group: The Impact of Innovation

Business Matters / Out & About 13 Nov 2015 Gerry Moss

Radius When asked by my photographer friend, Mark Weeks, if I wanted to attend a networking event held by the Radius business Group at The Royal Horseguards Hotel in London last night, I thought, how could I refuse?

After all, with my background in food and retail innovation as it pertains to technique, style and products, this opportunity was one I’d have been crazy to miss.

WBC retail Prop Shop launches on eBay

Product Launches / Retail Display 2 Nov 2015 Sarah Wilson

Hi, I’m Sarah Wilson and I’m a retail prop buyer for WBC.

I have a passion for 20th Century furniture, vintage props and decorative items. It’s a passion that propels me out of bed between 1am – 3am, four days a week to hit the road in search of beautifully designed objects which in turn are used across the UK retail market as seasonal displays and retail merchandising props for shop windows.

I have a particular weakness for a nice chair, some of which are pictured on my Pinterest Board: Mid Century Modern Chairs. I’ve been known to break into an undignified trot across a field full of white vans at antique fairs to secure one or two of these beauties!