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The benefit of offering local authorities the opportunity to retain some locally-raised business rates risks being negated by the rates themselves rising in an unaffordable way.

The Colanders business has recently completed a large extension of its shop in Hitchin.

Homebase has revealed plans to introduce around 800 Habitat products into its stores.

Next year's Exclusively Housewares show has sold out of exhibition space - eight months before it opens its doors.

The Prince of Wales is to visit the Burleigh ware factory - Middleport Pottery in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent - tomorrow to officially launch the restoration and regeneration of the last working Victorian pottery in the UK.

Employees of Faversham House Group, publisher of HousewaresLive.net, really joined in with the spirit of National Baking Week - and helped raise funds for a worthwhile cause in the process.

The contemporary tableware supplier Make International is offering a new collection of limited edition gift sets for tea lovers for the Christmas period.

The Steamer Trading chain of cookshops enjoyed a big publicity boost last night when it was featured in ITV2's The Only Way Is Essex.

Coatings specialist Whitford says its recently-introduced Lunch and Learn initiative has generated positive feedback from customers and plenty of food for thought on how Whitford might meet new market challenges.

Last night's Excellence in Housewares Awards presented a host of accolades across the industry.