Health of our planet. Now, more than ever, I find myself focussing on the health of our planet. Daily news bulletins are rarely up-lifting. War, a global pandemic, increasing fuel prices, food shortages, delays at airports, queues in A&E – it’s currently a bit grim. Even the Platinum Jubilee was tainted amid comparisons of the…
HFSS Legislation. More than 20 years ago Tesco started to remove high in fat, salt, and sugar (HFSS) items from their checkouts. Since then, in many other retailers, we have seen impulse-purchase chocolate bars and crips replaced with bottled water, “healthier” snacks like nuts and seeds and – of course – chewing gum and Amazon…
Office furniture. Replacing tired furniture is near the bottom of most companys’ agendas, it feels like spending money with no business return. But what if your business relies on selling style and comfort through ergonomic office furniture? Popular serviced offices rely on exactly that, and elderly chairs and broken desks are not acceptable in such…
Store layouts. We supply custom made shop fittings to retailers, brands, shop fitters and retail-designers. Often retailers will ask us for advice about store layouts and the best configuration for shop fitting equipment. So we need to understand the different options. There are many distinct types of shop layout, but there are only four main…
Retail colour psychology. As a leading UK shop fittings manufacturer, the last couple of years have been “interesting”. We have all endured Brexit, Covid 19, supply shortages, rising raw material costs and now storms. All of which have had major influences on not just our business, but many others world-wide. However, maybe good news is…
What have the Great British public, Kiss and all the villains in Scooby Doo got in common? We all got unmasked in the end. Last month Boris announced the lifting of Plan B Covid19 restrictions. Many people breathed a sigh of relief, which probably immediately fogged up their glasses. And, as a shop fittings manufacturer,…
Local metal work engineering. Many local metal work engineering companies like ours, and even some global manufacturers, feel vulnerable and too reliant on China. Price increases and supply problems are always in our minds – and in our P&Ls for that matter. There was a time when offshore metal work engineering reduced costs, but several…
It’s not all green wash… is it? It is not easy to be green working in engineering companies but we all try. Recently I came across a thought-provoking post on LinkedIn showing an image of a paper bottle. What a great idea, less plastic! But, on closer inspection, the second image showed that there was…
Face masks and shopping. As a shop fittings supplier to the bricks and mortar retail market Dymond Engineering has a keen interest in our high streets and malls remaining full, profitable, and of course safe. There have been mixed reactions to the news that face masks are mandatory again in shops and shopping centres. Masks…
Growing our high quality bespoke metal work team. Thanks to the great team of skilled and committed people that we have working at Dymond Engineering we have a 40-year heritage in engineering and making great quality bespoke metal work for our customers. And we are still working with our very first customer! But growing a…