Hi All,

Just an update on the goings on at SPARK. Its been all change !

Richard Searle joined the team on the 1st of March in the new post of Business Development Manager. Richard has now got his feet under the table and is leading the team forward in its marketing and sales efforts.

Helen is on maternity leave after having her own new team member arrive too! Chris Burton is covering her maturnity leave in the shop.

Charlie has been working hard on contracts primarily for Southampton City Council and Brian servicing an expanding framing customer base after a bit of a post Xmas lull.

We are looking forward to significantly raising the visibility of SPARK over the coming period. We have a new marketing strategy and have started to advertise. All suggestions and offers of support always welcome though??

Next Blog from Richard.

All the best

 Jon and the team

Happy New Year to everyone and I hope you all enjoyed the christmas break, it was lovely to be off but we are all getting back into the swing of being back now.

We have several steel jobs in the pipeline which we are pricing for at present so the folloing couple if months look set to be busier. Brian is now having a chance to relax a bit with the  picture framing after the rush before christmas with a steady stream of framing work coming through.

We are all hoping that the cold icy weather manages to hold off!

Helen x

As a trial throughout December we will also be opening on  Saturday mornings between 9am and 12pm, during this time we will be able to take orders from you and you can collect pictures.

We hope that in this busy period it will allow you to complete all the little tasks you need to finish with minimal effort.

Helen x

After a brief breather following the hectic exhibition season over the summer we have now begun to see a dramtic increase in the number of people requiring picture framing. The past fortnight has been especially busy with never a quiet moment. Brian is currently framing christmas presents, pieces to be sold at Christmas markets and school photographs to name but a few!

The autumn has also brought with it an increase in the number of welding jobs. We are currently carrying out a series of jobs for the council with more in the pipeline. With all these busy days time really is flying and it will be christmas before we know it!

Helen x

Spark has been awarded the social enterprise mark whicj is used to identify businesses that trade for social and environmenta purposes.

In order to gain this mark we had to meet a defined criteria and show that we are trading to benefit people and the planet. It is a fantastic way for us to be able to represent this to consumers and we are all extremely pleased to have been awarded it.

After a quiet period for picture framing last month we have started to get a lot busier over the last couple of weeks with people getting ready for christmas.

Helen x