Independent community bookshop October Books recently commissioned TC to design an exhibition banner to help them promote their services.
Director Gary Driver said “Total Coverage staff are very proactive and as far as design talent goes they are superior to other companies we’ve approached. Everyone was so friendly too!”

The Co-operative offers the widest Fairtrade food range available, and throughout Fairtrade Fortnight (25 February to 9 March 2008) will be knocking 20% of all Fairtrade retail prices. The prices paid back to producers remain the same so whether it is wine, bananas, bags or chocolate, there’s never been a better time to choose [...]

Fairtrade has improved the lives of millions of people – farmers, workers and their families – in developing countries. But, we need to keep promoting Fairtrade to ensure people know that buying Fairtrade products can make a positive difference.
Download the Fairtrade Fortnight 2008 Action Guide for ideas on how to get involved.

It’s Fairtrade Fortnight from 25 February to 9 March 2008 and every day during the two weeks coffee drinkers at Total Coverage will be sampling some of the fairly traded instant coffees that are currently on the market. So far we have 6 different ones to try. We’ll let you know what we think [...]

Almost half of the clothes in Britain’s wardrobes go unworn, a new survey from Oxfam and Marks & Spencer has shown.
A YouGov report, commissioned to mark the first day of the M&S and Oxfam Clothes Exchange, shows that 46 per cent of people’s clothes – an estimated 2.4billion items – have sat gathering dust on [...]

At the end of November RISE launched a new fairtrade-style identity for social enterprises. RISE is the voice for south west social enterprise and supports the development of sustainable social enterprises in the region. The new Social Enterprise Mark will inform people that if they use the accredited organisations, they will be making a positive [...]

Yesterday I attended the Ethical shopping at the crossroads: out of the niche and into the mainstream conference at the British Library Conference Centre in London. The event was organised by Co-operativesUK together with sponsors The Co-operative College, The Co-operative Bank and Ethical Consumer and was attended by over 170 people. The main topic debated [...]

Just over a week to go until Chocolate Week! Hoorah!
Divine Chocolate, the leading Fairtrade chocolate brand, is one of the sponsors of this year’s Chocolate Week taking place between 15 and 21 October 2007. Some of the UK’s top chocolatiers will be taking part – offering tantalising tasters of a range of excellent chocolates. Divine [...]

Help change the world during your tea break. By switching your workplace to Fairtrade certified tea, coffee and other products, you can help make a difference to the lives of farmers and workers in some of the world’s poorest countries.
Find out the benefits of fair trade by visiting Fairtrade at work.

Last Wednesday evening I joined a delicious. food magazine reader event at Bordeaux Quay. Bordeaux Quay is a unique harbourside venue in Bristol with a restaurant, brasserie, bar, deli, bakery and cookery school. I was particularly interested in the restaurant because the management and staff work hard to make the whole experience as environmentally responsible [...]