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Thursday, November 20th, 2008Last night I had the pleasure of meeting with two Kaos Pilots!
Rowan (from Denmark) and Zulma (from Columbia) have recently moved close by (with their adorable newborn Naira) having finished studying at the Arhus Kaos Pilot school in Denmark. They have clearly landed with a cargo packed full of really interesting and innovative ideas and [...]
You buy one pair, and you give another pair for free!
Monday, October 27th, 2008We’re very proud to announce Socks for Happy People’s ‘Buy One Give One Free!’ initiative. The scheme ensures we all make a genuine difference to others with every pair of Socks for Happy People we get our feet into!
It’s really simple. Whenever you buy a pair of our Socks for Happy People, you also buy [...]
Socks on Dragons Den!
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008For us, Dragons Den is a nice little bit of homework and it always gives us some fresh perspective on Socks for Happy People.
But last nights Dragons Den, episode 8 and the last in the current series, gave us the best perspective yet! It saw ‘Beyond Boil’, a business with an underlying social mission to [...]
Sometimes the best things in life are free
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008This is nice, eh?
SFHP heads back to The Sock Drawer
Friday, August 8th, 2008There’s been many benefits of SFHP relocating to an idyllic Swedish Island for a few weeks, and one has the been the farmhouse in which we’ve enjoyed many a long discussion over green tea and umpteen cakes. But with the farmhouse, came the farm next door, and with the farm next door came the frolicking [...]
Money can make a world of difference
Thursday, July 10th, 2008With Tom away in Mongolia looking at Camel Hair socks for one of our social initiatives, I get to busy myself with all things official. Recently my specialist subject has been banking…..with an onus on the ethical management of our money.
Because if ‘money makes the world go round’ then surely it makes sense to choose [...]
Happy to not be Primark
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Did you manage to catch the Panorama program on Monday evening about high street retailer Primark? It was called ‘Primark: On the Rack’ and is still available to catch online here for the next few days…it’s definatley worth watching.
The one thing that stands out for me is the sheer complexity of the situation. Economic, commercial, [...]
Retail sales rise by 3.5%, but who benefits?
Thursday, June 19th, 2008Despite the forecasts, retail sales rose by 3.5% in May, which is the strongest monthly growth since January 1986. Now, imagine if every single one of those retail sales also gave a gift for free to someone that really, really needed it?
Well, we have friends who’s mission is to actually make that happen, and they’ve [...]
So…are you going to apply to be the next The Apprentice?
Thursday, June 12th, 2008As the final credits rolled after a particularly good series of The Apprentice my household toyed with the idea of applying for the next series. In the end, the unanimous reason not to apply was that we “wouldn’t want to work for one of Alan Sugars companies!”
And it seems we’re not the only ones who [...]
Hairy Camels
Sunday, June 1st, 2008These Mongolian Bactrian Camels (with their two humps) happily endure temperatures as low as -80°C, because of their warm hair and their hairiness.
‘Wherever is this blog entry going?’ you’re probably thinking.
Well, I wanted to mention these hairy friends as we’ve just received some Camel Hair sock samples from Mongolia and we’re very excited. The socks [...]