As the New Year predictions provided by BFA member company bosses make plain, 2012 is going to be a really testing year laced with uncertainty and unpredictability. Some optimism shines through all of the forecasts...
READ MORE »Footwear Predictions for 2012
Tim Little, CEO, Grenson Ltd. “It’s strange when you’re in a recession because you’d expect everyone to be suffering, but they aren't. There is real turbulence out there with some retailers doing well and...
READ MORE »Company Alert and News Update from Credit Assist
BFA Update January 2011 Welcome to Credit Assist's Company Alert and News Update that will be sent out on a monthly basis to all BFA members. The object of this newsletter is to ensure that you are all aware as...
READ MORE »Increase in Statutory Redundancy Pay and Unfair Dismissal compensation limits from 1 February 2012
The limit on the amount of the compensatory award for unfair dismissal will increase from £68,400 to £72,300 from 1 February 2012. Other increases include the following. The maximum amount of a "week's pay"...
READ MORE »Good News from Esska Design
Esska, the London based footwear brand, has re-launched its web site following a complete overhaul with a new look and feel, extra functionality and an international web store. Esska is looking to drive 10%...
READ MORE »Dr. Martens UK Factory Expansion & Apprenticeship Scheme
Dr. Martens’ Cobb’s Lane factory in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, is the factory where the very first Dr. Martens boot, the 1460, was made. It survived the factory closures of a decade ago and has continued...
READ MORE »Scam Alert
A Northamptonshire member company has received two requests for payment of €1987.00 from an organisation calling itself the European Central Register of Brands and Patents. Upon taking legal advice, it appears...
READ MORE »Bulgarian Orphanages in Silsistra, Bulgaria.
Bernadette Leggett and her husband Douglas are two ordinary people trying to help those people who are less fortunate than us. Over the past four years they have bought a quarter space on a lorry and send lots of goods...
READ MORE »2012 Trade Shows
JANUARY 10-13 January MosShoes - International Footwear Fair Moscow, Russia 14-17 January Expo Riva Schuh Lake Garda, Italy 16-19 January Couromoda 2012 São Paulo, ...
READ MORE »BFA’S FIRST FOUNDATION COURSE AWARDS
The British Footwear Association (BFA) has awarded certificates to the first cohort of trainees that completed the newly established BFA Foundation Course in Footwear Technology. The BFA Foundation Course – by the...
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