Unfortunately, this is quite confusing. So to paraphrase the great Sheldon Cooper: “all Fairtrade is fair trade, but not all fair trade is Fairtrade”. And “fairly traded” that’s a term all on its own. Fairtrade is a brand of the Fairtrade Foundation, the organisation that governs the fair trade movement in the UK. In other […]
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A.M. Custom Clothing Attends Theo Paphitis #SBS Event in Birmingham
A.M. Custom Clothing met Theo Paphitis, as well as other a line-up of other successful entrepreneurs at the annual Theo Paphitis SBS (Small Business Sunday) Event in Birmingham. After winning the contest, run by the Dragon’s Den TV star, and owner of Ryman and Robert Dyas (amongst other businesses), A.M. Custom Clothing were invited to […]
Feel Good Friday – Monkee Genes
Feel Good Friday is here; It’s that time of the week where we introduce you to an eco and ethical company we know of and love! If you would like to know a little bit more about Feel Good Friday, and how it started click here. This week we want to introduce you to the […]
Good For Nothing (GFN) – Case Study
We’re passionate supporters of those doing great things for incredible causes, so we were really pleased when we got the opportunity to work with some of the amazing people at ‘Good For Nothing’ (GFN). GFN curates a number of collaborative gigs across the country, each gig brings together a number of creative, diverse and talented […]
Feel Good Friday – The Wicked Coffee Company
It’s that time of the week once again, for Feel Good Friday; where we tell you a little bit about an eco and ethical company we know of and love! If you would like to know a little bit more about Feel Good Friday, and how it started click here. This week we want to […]
Unseen
We love creative advertising, especially when it concerns environmental or ethical issues; as it can be extremely hard to engage the public when it comes to issues relating to these. Furthermore it’s even more difficult to make these campaigns memorable, without being too over the top. Which is why we’re big fans of the latest […]
Product of the week: Men’s Fairtrade V-Neck T-Shirt
We’ve been debating in the A.M. Custom Clothing office what the best way to showcase our favourite products is. So we decided to launch a new series on our blog called ‘Product of the Week’, where each week the team will pick a product to focus on and explain why we love it. This week […]
Fairtrade Friday – Pants to Poverty
Friday has come round again and no doubt you are looking forward to the weekend! We’re here with some lunch time reading for you, introducing you to another Fairtrade brand, for our regular Fairtrade Friday post. This week, we want to introduce you to ‘Pants to Poverty’, a brilliant London based brand selling, (you guessed […]
Fairtrade Friday – Ben & Jerry’s
Friday has come around again, so it’s time for us to introduce you to another one of our favourite Fairtrade brands! As you may have guessed the team here at A.M. Custom Clothing are big foodies and have a bit of a sweet tooth. On that note we felt it was only fair, to award […]
Good for the environment, good for business
What is good for the environment, is also good for business. We found that a whopping 45% of workers were willing to take a pay cut, in order to work in a job that makes a social or environmental impact. Other highlights from the research include that green businesses could add £20 billion to the […]
