Brantano steps up for the Bramble appeal
IT is best foot forward for our Bramble Appeal as a Kidderminster shoe store steps in to raise money for the canal boat’s restoration.
Brantano in Weavers Wharf is hosting a ladies’ night next Thursday from 4pm to 9pm, when all shoes will have 20 per cent off.
Local businesses jumping on board include Thorntons, which will be giving away free samples and displaying its range of Mother’s Day and Easter treats.
Frankie and Benny’s will be offering a free bottle of wine and £10 off a return visit with bookings made for Mother’s Day, while D’nada Ltd will show a range of gifts and flower displays for the special occasion.
Staff from the Sweet Jar will demonstrate cake decorating and Jewellery Ltd will be offering pieces at sale prices.
Raffle prizes include a meal for two at Frankie and Benny's, Thorntons chocolates and Mother’s Day gifts. Guests can enjoy drinks and nibbles on arrival while they browse the discounted shoes.
Money raised will go towards the £7,000 needed to get Bramble, a 1934 working boat currently based at Stourport Canal Basins, looking ship shape for generations of children to learn from.
The heat over Easter may have been welcomed by punters all over the UK but it left chocolate egg on the face of executives at Thorntons. Yesterday's profit-warning was not the first time the company has blamed the weather for sickly rather than sweet
Asked when and where he believed things had gone wrong for the UK's largest independent chocolate maker, Thornton said:“It's quite a long story, it goes back to 1995 when they decided to expand the shop chain quite considerably.
Jia, a 25-year-old economics graduate, was bludgeoned to death as she walked home from her job at the head office of chocolate maker Thorntons in Alfreton, Derbyshire, on March 10. Restaurant delivery driver David Simmonds, 21, has been charged with