18/04/2026
We wanted to share a quick update with all of our customers.
OUR BUSINESS IS NOT CLOSING!
Over the past 4 years, we’ve been dealing with ongoing issues at our current site, including a collapsing roof, severe water leaks & failing electrics just being a small snippet. Unfortunately, despite repeated assurances, these problems were never resolved. Because of this, we have taken independent legal support for the failure to carry out essential repairs and maintenance over this time, we’ve logged and recorded everything since the beginning. If you’ve been a regular customer you’ll know how much we’ve battled to stop stock from being lost to collapsing roofs & water damage.
To arrive to work on Friday to locks changed with no formal notice that the trustees wanted to end our tenancy was a shock, very gutting & upsetting but I think it after making complaint after complaint about the condition to the building did we really expect anything less?
We battled through 4 huge break ins & damaged caused to our stock totalling well over hundred thousand pounds and still bounced back.
That said, we want to make one thing absolutely clear — we are NOT closing our business in any way, shape, or form, the shop & workshops will BE BACK VERY SHORTLY!!
We’re incredibly proud to have always worked with local suppliers and to have built such strong, positive relationships. Your loyalty and support genuinely mean a lot to us, and we’re very grateful to every single one of you.
Now for the good news — we are collecting the keys to our new yard on Monday! It will take us a few weeks to get everything moved and ready for the public, but we’ll be back open for shop trade very soon.
Finally, a small reminder: please always be kind. You never truly know what someone is dealing with behind closed doors, or the stress situations like this can put on both mental and physical health. A little understanding goes a long way.
Thank you all for sticking with us — we’ll see you very soon.
