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Hey all,  Thank you for your patience while the store was closed and apologies for it coming out of the blue. Without going into details my family and I have a personal matter to deal with and will be for a number of weeks yet, having that week off allowed us to begin to deal with the situation.  I did manage to squeeze in some work over that week and have a large number of new products well on their way to hitting the store. All of these have been waiting in the wings for sometime and needless to say...

Stock is coming... promise!

We are now certified with an authorised EU representative and can continue shipping into the EU. However due to the waste regulations in each country and the costs associated with signing up to those schemes, we are unable to ship to a number of EU destinations. You can find a list of these below, we will update this as situations change. We have had multiple parcels turned away at customs due to not being compliant (paying the high yearly fees to "comply") EU member states we are unable to ship to - Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Latvia, Luxembourg,...

We have temporarily suspended sales to the EU (Northern Ireland and Norway included) while I go through the process of adhering to the upcoming GPSR deadline. These regulations affect all businesses sending products into the EU and it requires an amount of paperwork and expense.  Deciding to suspend orders a few weeks before the deadline ensures any parcels sent should arrive before the deadline and any issues / missing parcels can be resent.  These new regulations have effected thousands of small businesses all over the world and I wish to ensure I not only find a suitable solution but one...

Unfortunately this isn't a good news post... Due to the impending EU deadline for GPSR and Waste management, I have decided to halt all sales to the EU effective Sunday 24th November. Although GPSR enrolment becomes mandatory as of 13th December I need to give myself some breathing space. I hope to find a resolve to be able to continue selling and shipping within the EU but from my investigations this will cost a minimum of £3000 per year just to remain compliant with only a handful of countries. While sales to the EU have been okay (declining since Brexit)...