
Tomorrow's Store
Set up in 2013 and tucked away just around the corner from Liverpool Street station, Tomorrow’s Store is a shop that is entirely stocked by young people who have been through The Prince’s Trust Enterprise Programme. The businesses set up by these people with the support of The Prince’s Trust are usually pretty unknown to the general public when they first start out and Tomorrow’s Store gives them an platform to get their products onto the high street in a Central London locat

Christmas Market Number 2
Yesterday I sold at my second and last Christmas market for the year - the Winter Fair at Lewisham Arthouse. It's a beautiful pillared building that, despite having driven past it several times, I've never really noticed before. In between dealing with customers I spent much of the day chatting with the other stall holders. Many of them had been selling their wares for a number of years and were old hands on the market scene. Most of them knew each other well from having sold

The Wedding Present Conundrum
At my age practically every weekend is taken up with one of the following; an engagement party, a hen do, or a wedding. In fact, I am currently suffering heavily from the effects of my cousin’s wedding. You would have thought the previous 85,000 weddings I’ve been to over the past few years would have taught me some self restraint but alas that lesson is yet to sink in. You may have to forgive me for the brevity of this blog post - in my current post wedding slump I’m struggl