Gift Focus - Nov/Dec 2019 (Issue 116)

5 CONTENTS FEATURES 21 Love is in the air Valentine’s Day 27 Easy on the pocket Gifts for under £10 33 Make a difference Fair trade 37 Lovingly crafted Handmade gifts FOCUS ON 40 Company profile Hot Tomato’s owner Alex Machin chats to Gift Focus about jewellery, accessories and tomatoes – well that is how the company got its name! 87 Company profile Gift Focus talks to Dharmesh Bhayani, managing director of madebyzen, about how he and creative director Kajal Bhayani have become pioneers of ultrasonic aroma diffuser technology 90 GA news Jeremy Corner, chairman of the GA, looks at the importance of community 96 Retailer interview Gift Focus talks to Evans’ owner Georgia Oakey about re-opening the store in a new location following her parent’s retirement; and launching a second shop at the original space in Halstead 98 ACID ACID’s Dids Macdonald helps you understand your design rights, post-Brexit 101 Insurance As we bed in for winter, it’s time to start thinking about managing your flood risk, as Neil McFarlane, chartered insurance broker and CEO of TH March tells us 106 Up and coming Gift Focus talks to friends Lucie Carr and Charlie Williams about The Kindness Co- op, their lifestyle company, which has the purpose of promoting kindness towards others, ourselves and the environment and donates a percentage of its profits to charity 106 54 40 75 37