MY LOCAL SHIP’S CHANDLERS CAN BE QUITE BUSY ON THE GROUND FLOOR. This is where they sell anti-foul paint, varnish, binnacles, line and life jackets. On the first floor they have sailing shoes and clothing. Just the other day, the…
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Hoisting The Sales
Tagged with: bank, buyers, chadlers, economy, government, gtn, gun trade, high street, job losses, markets, Money talk, news, online, roger williams, sales, unemployment
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Posted in Comment, Features
Laporting For Duty
Clay Pigeon Trap Makers Laporte are continuing their Clay Shooting roadshow, this time making a winning appearance at the Royal Signals Championships at Blandford Army Camp in Dorset. The Royal Signal motto, Certa Cito, translates as ‘Swift and Sure’, undoubtedly…
Tagged with: army, Blandford, clay, Duncan Wallace, gtn, gun trade news, laporte, Royal Signal, trap
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Posted in Features, Interviews, News
On The March
In golfing terms, a caddie is always on hand to give insightful advice and support. They are aware of the challenges and obstacles of the course, along with the best strategy for playing it. Taking on similar responsibilities – albeit…
Tagged with: clay shooting, editor, gtn, gun trade news, James Marchington, new, olympics
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Posted in Features, Interviews, News
Pushing Boundaries
As Gunpower UK continue to embrace new ventures and takes on new brands, GTN meet the man behind it all, Geoff Darvill From a shop window ad in Sheffield to a vast airgun factory in Texas, Geoff Darvill has almost…
Tagged with: abu dhabi, dubai, geoff darvill, gtn, gun, gun trade, gun trade news, gunpower, IWA, moscow, raw, saudi arabia, Sheffield, SHOT Show, texas, theoben
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Posted in Features, Interviews
Cheeky Blinders
The ever-changing face of gun trade has come a long way in the past century. Stuart Farr investigates the Midlands to see if the price is right Shortly before writing this I was lucky enough (well, I suppose I was…
True To Form
LITTLE ACORNS: We join bespoke riflestock manufacturers Form following a hectic weekend at the Northern Shooting Show to uncover the secrets of their success so far Having made the arduous journey back from the Northern Shooting Show to their own…
Tagged with: Anschutz, cz, form, gtn, gun trade, gun trade news, Howa, Little Acorns, Remington, riflestock, Ruger, Sako, Steyr, tikka
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Posted in Features, Interviews
Help or Hinderance
With airgun law under review Mat Manning reports back on the RSPCA and BASC’s joint conference on potential legislation The current review of UK airgun legislation is a very hot topic and its outcome could have serious implications for shooters…
Tagged with: airgun, bacs, cats, government, legislation, Mat Manning, pets, police, rspca, shooting
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Spanish Inquisition
We take the Spanish bull by its horns to bring you a round-up of trade in Iberia Spain is a religious country with large areas of its population using Spanish as only their second language. Doing business there is made…
Tagged with: around the world, barcelona, catalan, economy, gun, gun trade, gun trade news, madrid, money, prime minister, rajoy, spain, trade
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Setting Up Shop
GTN goes window shopping to bring you best way to make visual merchandising work for your business Humans have been trading since the dawn of civilisation. Merchants of yore would arrange their goods in a way that would attract…
Tagged with: ammo, brainwaves, business, display, gtn, gun, gun trade, gun trade news, product, sales, shops, visual merchandising
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Posted in Business, Features
A LAC Of Perspective
There seems to be a growing sense that ‘something needs to be done’ about technology. I don’t just mean the (entirely justified, in my view) middle class pre-occupation with children’s screen time, but a sense that something needs to be…
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