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Lakeland buying director to headline BHETA forum

The British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) has revealed plans to hold a members’ forum featuring Lakeland buying and merchandising director Samm Swain as guest speaker. BHETA said Samm will share the housewares chain’s ‘latest plans and strategic thinking in relation to the current market’.  She will also highlight opportunities …

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Exclusively Shows reveal seminar programme

Details have been revealed of a seminar programme planned for the upcoming co-located Exclusively Housewares and Exclusively Electrical shows. Owned and organised by Brooke House Exhibitions on behalf of BHETA (British Home Enhancement Trade Association), the shows will run on June 12 and June 13 at the Business Design Centre …

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BHETA welcomes Vitality House and Tramontina

Housewares suppliers Vitality House and Tramonita have joined the British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA). Vitality House was founded in 2008. It started from a simple website and now owns its own offices and warehousing space, and has its own shop on Dorking High Street in Surrey. The company works …

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‘Phenomenal response’ to BHETA export push

The British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) has announced that discounted grants to exhibit at the National Hardware Show in the US have sold out. BHETA had a limited number of exhibitor grants available from the Department for International Trade to support supplier members towards the cost of exhibiting at …

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BHETA welcomes housewares trio: Ist London UK, Captivate Brands and Scott UK

Three housewares suppliers have joined the British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA): Ist London UK, Captivate Brands and Scott (UK). Ist London UK is based in Surrey and specialises in contemporary tableware, hand-made in Turkey using Limoges and Mont Blanc porcelain. Captivate Brands is a new UK supplier to the …

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BHETA sets date for next Credit Forum

The British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) will hold its next Credit Forum on March 15. These thrice-yearly events are growing in popularity, with the most recent – held last November – the best attended ever. Feedback included comments such as “great to share best practices; very informative” from Amefa …

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Spontex joins BHETA

Spontex is the latest housewares brand to join The British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA). Created in France in 1932, the name Spontex is an amalgamation of the words ‘sponge’ and ‘textile’. The brand began when it designed the world’s very first cellulose sponge. Now based in Worcester, Spontex bills …

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BHETA seminar advises on GDPR legislation

The British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) held a forum on November 21 to advise members on the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which replaces the Data Protection Act (DPA) in May 2018. The new regulation stipulates that any data held by any organisation must be for a …

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BHETA membership passes 300 milestone

Total membership of the British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) has risen to over 300 members this year. This figure takes into account membership renewals, which are well up on last year, plus the addition of 23 new home improvement members and 11 housewares members. BHETA executive director for housewares …

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BHETA Forum highlights housewares opportunities

A Housewares Forum run by BHETA (British Home Enhancement Trade Association) earlier this month attracted a packed house. At the event, which was held on November 9 in central Birmingham, more than 80 BHETA members heard presentations from a line-up of speakers invited to highlight opportunities in the housewares industry. …

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