After much anticipation and a great deal of excitement, the winners in the Carlsberg UK Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards 2019/20 are finally celebrating being named the best of the county’s best, writes Anna Murby.
The competition, now in its...
You can't help a wry smile when you say it: Northampton is the world centre for excellence in leather.
Perhaps it's the Kinky Boots thing. Perhaps leather just sounds a bit naughty but if I bring it up Northampton's leather...
A new model agency based in Northampton is set to showcase the talent already signed and scout for new models at a fashion show this Friday (7th June) featuring wearable vintage clothing from Vintage Guru St Giles.
Eden Model Management...
‘What kind of idiot opens a shop at a time of economic turbulence and crisis on the high street and in retail?’
If you’d asked me this time last year what I thought I’d be doing twelve months on, the...
The first new shoe factory for years has been opened in Northampton by Foster and Sons.
The high end boot and shoemaker of Jermyn Street, London, is aiming to create top quality ready to wear shoes using the skills of...
New qualification standards will lock in world beating skill sets
Shoe manufacturers come together to agree training framework
Business booming at Northants' 'Made In England' factory
The UK production manager for Dr Martens says shoemaking is part of the DNA of Northamptonshire...
Northampton College has helped launch a new nationally accredited apprenticeship standard to train the next generation of shoemakers, teaming up with some of the industry’s most iconic names to ensure specialist skills are passed on to the workforce of...
Organisers are celebrating the success of ‘Eclectic Catwalk’ which took place at Northampton’s Guildhall, writes Liz Carroll-Wheat.
Age UK, School of Life and Voluntary Impact Northampton worked with local businesses to create a truly different catwalk fashion show.
The whole project created models from...
15 Collingwood interiors shop, selling vintage furniture, ceramics and glassware, handmade jewellery and contemporary artwork was started in 2013 by brothers Franco and Rocco Catalano, both born and bred in Northampton but with Italian heritage and a shared love...
