08/09/2026
At a trade fair in Birmingham yesterday I had the great pleasure to meet and chat with Jeff Banks and the rocker, and founder of Candlelight, Mike Winch.
Jeff Banks may be more familiar, having presented The Clothes show from 1986 to 2000, and being a designer of clothing, jewellery and home furnishings, whilst also a co-founder of Warehouse.
Myself and Boutique By The Sea had a good chat with both of them. Both lovely guys who took the time to have a chat, give advice and show support of the business. Mike did also give me some other advice about my extremely high business rates, but I can’t repeat that on here!! 🤣🤣
I had a good visit to Birmingham and ordered lots of new stock, so watch this space as it starts to arrive.