And let me say right now I’m not overly keen on chainstores. They are killing off the local shops and take money out of the community. Before you enter  please do consider shopping at your local shops. Reasons why here.

But if you must buy from them perhaps you should consider buying from British owned.

Here are some options….

Books & Stationary

W.H. Smiths

Personal Care

Lush have a good ethical track record. and do some great plastic free stuff. Read more here.

Department Stores 

Marks & Spencers British, are reasonably green and they do reuse their coat hangers! apparently!

John Lewis is a chain of high-end department stores operating throughout the United Kingdom. The chain is owned by the John Lewis Partnership, which was created by Spedan Lewis, son of the founder, John Lewis, in 1929. Wikipedia
Customer service: 01698 545454
Headquarters: London
Founder: John Lewis
Founded: 1864
Subsidiaries: Waitrose Limited, John Lewis Properties plc, MORE
Parent organization: John Lewis Partnership

30 things you didn’t know about John Lewis

4. John Lewis is owned by its permanent staff who are called ‘partners’ and the profits are shared amongst them every year.

Read more: https://www.insider-trends.com/30-things-you-didnt-know-about-john-lewis/#

DIY & Garden

B&Q plc is a British multinational DIY and home improvement retailing company, headquartered in Eastleigh, England, United Kingdom and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kingfisher plc. Founded by Richard Block and David Quayle in 1969 originally as Block & Quayle, the retail chain offers over 40,000 products across 300 physical shops and online.

Kingfisher plc is a British multinational retailing company headquartered in London, with regional offices located across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland in locations such as Cardiff, Edinburgh and Dublin.^[4] It is the largest home improvement retailer in Europe, and the third largest in the world (behind The Home Depot and Lowe’s).

Screwfix is the United Kingdom’s largest multi channel retailer of trade tools, accessories and hardware products. Wikipedia
Customer service: 0333 011 2112
Headquarters: Yeovil
CEO: Graham Bell (7 Jul 2017–)
Founded: 1979
Revenue: 1.299 billion GBP (2016–2017)
Parent organization: Kingfisher plc

Robert Dyas is a UK hardware retailer founded in London in 1872. It sells a range of housewares, small electrical appliances, gardening products, kitchenwares, DIY, and consumer electronics throughout 96 shops, mainly in Greater London and South East England, as well as online.Wikipedia

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Wilkos

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Yarn Wool

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Use your local shops Reasons why here.
Buy British and cut those air miles. Some ideas HERE

Check out lots of buying options here

N.B.

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