Colour Run 2019 sponsors We are proud to announce, for the third year, we are sponsoring Eden Valley Hospice's annual Colour Run! Each year the Carlisle-based hospice organises the fun run at Carlisle Racecourse to help raise vital funds to maintain it's services. The run takes place on Sunday 12th May this year. [...]
Celebrating Women in Business On Friday 8th March, we attended a Women in Business event at Carlisle Lake District Airport. The event was organised by Natwest to celebrate International Women's Day and invited working women from across the area to come together and celebrate success and achievement. Our marketing manager, Karen Graham, attended [...]
Englands Business Awards: Best Independent Retailer On Sunday 3rd March, we attended Englands Business Awards and we're proud to announce we scooped the award of 'Best Independent Retailer'. Held at The Hallmark Hotel in Carlisle, the awards recognised the best of businesses in Cumbria. In January, we found out that we [...]
Carlisle Skills Fair 2019 On Thursday 31st January, we attended Carlisle Skills Fair at the Sands Centre in Carlisle. The skills fair is an event where employers from the city come together to showcase career opportunities to those looking for new careers, advice or job opportunities. Organised by John Stevenson, MP for [...]
Celebrating #CumbriaDay On Wednesday 23rd January, Cumbrian MPs put aside their political differences to celebrate the best the county has to offer. The six MPs invited representatives from some top Cumbrian businesses and we were excited to be joining them! Graham and David Jenkins set up stand in the Jubilee Room [...]
Cumbria Retail Business Awards 2019 We are very proud to announce that we have reached the final of the Cumbria Retail Business Awards 2019. These prestigious awards are part of England’s Business Awards which recognise retailers and businesses for outstanding service and products. We will be attending an awards ceremony and dinner [...]
Celebrating Christmas Jumper Day 2018 On Friday 14th December, we donned our sparkliest, funniest and most festive jumpers to raise vital funds for Eden Valley Hospice. We celebrated Christmas Jumper Day and raised over £130 for the Carlisle-based hospice. Staff from across the business took part in the festivities and we [...]
Staff attend Leadership & Management Skills course Recently, a number of our staff members attended and successfuly completed a Leadership & People Management Skills course. Julie Bell Consulting Ltd held the two-day course at our headquarters in Rosehill, Carlisle. Staff who attended the course are already in supervisory roles or stepping [...]
Carlisle Ambassadors - Retail, Leisure & Sport On Thursday 6th September, Carlisle Ambassadors held their Autumn meeting at The Shepherds, Carlisle. The theme for this meeting was ‘Retail, Leisure and Sport’ highlighting the excellent work, projects and investment taking place in the city. Our managing director, Graham Jenkins, gave a short speech [...]
Carlisle Ambassadors members We are very proud to announce that we are now members of the Carlisle Ambassadors group. Carlisle Ambassadors are people who have connections with Carlisle, an interest in the city and who support this Cumbrian centre of business, tourism and culture. It is for individuals, businesses [...]
