Tag: Walsall
FORMER SOLDIER TAKES ON WALSALL ROLE
“A real sense of purpose.”
Nick Wilkinson has joined the team at Walsall Leather Skills Centre as director (operations).
The centre was set up in 2020...
WALSALL LEATHER MUSEUM’S NEW HOME CONFIRMED
“We’re committed to showcasing Walsall’s proud leather-making heritage.”
Walsall Leather Museum is to move to a new site in the centre of the saddlery town.
Walsall...
“IT’S VERY MUCH NOT OVER”: FIGHT GOES ON TO SAVE INDUSTRY...
More than a thousand sign new petition in first few days.
Campaigners have vowed to keep fighting to preserve Walsall Leather Museum.
Walsall Council plans to...
DYNAMIC FIGURE WHO TOOK WALSALL-MADE SADDLERY AROUND THE WORLD PASSES AWAY
Athletics was another passion.
Kent Kirby, for many years a major figure at Walsall saddlery firm Jabez Cliff & Company - makers of Cliff Barnsby...
BRITISH SADDLERY “VALUED MORE BY REST OF WORLD THAN BRITS”
And why place names matter to international buyers.
The rest of the world sometimes values British saddlery more than the Brits do, says a leading...
MANUFACTURERS WELCOME NEW QUALIFICATION
Helping “ensure a vibrant future” for industry.
Key figures in Walsall’s saddlery and leather industry have welcomed a new SEG level 1 qualification in leather.
The...
STALWART RETIRES AFTER HALF-CENTURY IN THE TRADE
“I’ll miss my colleagues.”
Well-known and much-admired Walsall saddler John Hardwick has retired after 49 years in the trade.
John, now 66, got his first...
WALSALL MEETS HOLLYWOOD WITH MOVIE-INSPIRED PRODUCT
Design gets “unbelievable” reception.
A Walsall saddle-maker has taken the trend for customised saddles into the realms of Hollywood.
Asked by a customer to “design me...
TV STAR SUPPORTS “WONDERFUL” SADDLERY CENTRE
The project aims to attract new recruits to the industry.
A training centre designed to encourage interest in and bring new blood into the saddlery...
TALENTED AND POPULAR FIGURE PASSES AWAY AGED 58
The trade loses a well-regarded personality.
Christopher Hinton – a life-long saddler who was latterly associated with Saferide and Custom – died on 15 August....
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SOFTWARE COMPANY SCORES AN INDUSTRY FIRST
Deal combines new and traditional values.
EC Pro has become BETA International’s first Official Software Partner.
The equestrian management software specialist is also to sponsor the...
