Ethics Trading

Updating the blog software today, please bear with me if the blog goes offline, or looks odd.

Thanks.

Sarah

The Enviro mail bags have arrived and we’ll be using them and assessing them with the next orders. Read the rest of this entry »

At Ethics Trading we care about the environment but as a small business any solution has to be cost effective as well as practical in addition to any environmental considerations. Read the rest of this entry »

As you probably already know, most of you take advantage of it, I’ve had the large order free post thing going for a while now.

However, with parcel charges going up and costs overall rising, I’ve had to raise the upper limit to orders of £40 or more now getting the free post. Read the rest of this entry »

Ethics Trading is having a bit of a stock take and rethink. I’ve been sorting out exactly what stock I have here and what is actually on the website and what has been hanging about for a while and needs to be gone! Read the rest of this entry »

Sitting here waiting for a photographer from BT Tradespace to come and take some pictures. No idea what they’re looking for and more than a bit nervous about the whole thing.

Update later, after it’s over, or possibly during the shoot!

I have sitting on my desk an Indigo Essences Sleep Easy candle in need of a home.

Would you like it?

Then place an order over £10 with Ethics Trading and tell me you want it in the order comments space. I’ll pop the candle into the next order that meets those criteria.  Simple as that.

Will it be you?

I’ve used a few different shopping systems on Ethics Trading, from the simplest paypal buttons through to the fully integrated cubecart. I like the full systems with all the bells and whistles on, but they tend to be a bit clunky for customers, especially at the part where you have to register and some even make you wait while your registration is verified before you can buy anything. Read the rest of this entry »

Anyone else found squidoo yet? I discovered it as a networking, information based site about a year or so ago and I really didn’t like it. It was slow, not intuitive and the help pages were no help at all. So I abandoned my account and ignored it.

Until now. Read the rest of this entry »

Time to make a fresh batch of comfrey based plant food to see us over the winter. So, cleaned out the bucket and used the sludge in the bottom, diluted, to feed the pumpkins. Then cut back all my comfrey – the flowers have just about gone over now – and shredded the leaves into the bucket, it half filled it! Add a liberal layer of fresh hen poo, top up with water and leave to stew for a couple of weeks. Should be ready to give everything a couple of feeds through the winter, and start off feeding in spring.

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