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​It is with great sadness that the Illingworth family would like to announce the passing of Robert ‘Bob’ Illingworth on Monday 23rd August 2021, aged 91.

With brighter and better days on the horizon, many are beginning to prepare for the summer wedding season. With an unanticipated number of weddings being cancelled last year, this year the excitement is high and we can expect the majority will be going bigger, exceeding their prior plans.

​This year, we are extremely excited to be introducing our new brand: 12 Dreams of Christmas. With our fully audited, COVID safe facilities, customers are able to join us in our showroom for an adventure through a range of festive themes like never before. Made up of carefully designed scenes from each of the twelve dreams, our showrooms demonstrate how our new range of gifts and accessories can transform any space.

In 2020, we began Looking on the Brightside of the year’s events, but this year we want to go further. 2021 is about building towards the future, reaching higher and beginning to really dream again. We’re taking inspiration from 7 great innovators who were unafraid to push through tough times and achieve amazing things.

Our look on the Brightside awards were to celebrate outstanding achievements in these challenging and unprecedented times. We have been delighted to award some of the very best in entrepreneurial business leadership and local community engagement with an award to celebrate their hard work and determination. As we continue to support each other, grow and adapt to a new way of life and running business, we felt it was a great time to share some of those amazing achievements with you all. It has been incredibly inspiring to see, hear and read your entries. Some of the initiatives we have seen are phenomenal and something to be admired.