New indy bookstore takes aim at Amazon goliath
A new retail website – which hopes one day to grow big enough to take on Amazon – was launched in November. Called simply Bookshop. Org the enterprise offers independent bookstores 30 per cent of cover price sales income...
DetailsNow Mercedes revs up its stake in Aston Martin
Another big investment deal was announced for luxury sports car maker Aston Martin Lagonda at the end of October. Mercedes-Benz, which already owns 5 per cent of the company said it will increase its holding “in stages” from 5%...
DetailsCountry’s last parchment-maker is ‘endangered species’
The art of Parchment and vellum making – ( eg making a writing material from processed animal skin where vellum refers specifically to calf skin, and parchment to sheep and goat skin) is critically endangered, says MK Heritage Association...
DetailsWaterstones to shut in CentreMK, Milton Keynes
From the Bookseller Aug 5: Waterstones has announced the permanent closure of its bookshop in Silbury Arcade at the MK Shopping Centre, Milton Keynes, over “excessive” rent demanded from its landlord.
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Book reveals the Royals’ love affair with Aston Martin cars
A NEW book that charts the remarkable relationship between the Royal Family and Aston Martin cars of Newport Pagnell goes on sale at the end of October.
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PRESS RELEASE February 4 2020
Newport Pagnell’s anniversary of excellence in road transport got a jump start last week with an unexpected announcement that Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll was leading a consortium to put £500m into Aston Martin to secure the company’s future on...
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HAPPY NEW (anniversary) YEAR!
IT’S all Green for Go as Newport Pagnell gears up for a remarkable 200-year celebration of transport history. The story of how this little market town grew from being a centre of local coach-making into the spiritual home of...
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