Random Acts of Kindness Week
For Random Acts of Kindness Week we are organising happy post and a surprise pair of socks to be delivered to someone you nominate.
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Burton Mail Business Winners for TWO Awards!!
Last night we got all dressed up, drank champagne and took home TWO awards!! We are proud winners of Small Business of the Year and Rising Star, and that is in so much due to you and our other lovely customers so we want to say a really big thank you for supporting our small business.
Absolutely over the moon... go Solesmith!
Top Staffordshire Business - Eeeek!
This has been one heck of a year! 12 months ago we won Best New Business in Staffordshire, we followed that up with a pregnancy, a baby, an intense but incredible three month course with Goldman Sachs 10,000 small business programme, new contracts, new designs, new team members, new machinery, and a whole lot of tea... so we are over the moon to be topping it off celebrating being named as one of the top companies having made the final for three of the Burton Mail business awards and we couldn’t be more excited!
(I mean with this photo you'd think we were super cool about it but the fact it took us about 75 attempts with a phone sellotaped to a box, on a 10 second timer and we all had to wear black on white to be 'on brand' tells a different story!)
We're up for 3 awards!!!
The company itself is up for Small Business of the Year, with our founder and director (she’s the one bringing the baby into the equation!) up for Rising Star of the Year, and Emma Mason our ‘Creative Manager’ named as one of the top Young Employees in the area!
So, we will be donning posh frocks and bow ties for the awards ceremony in a couple of weeks time… there may be a few lucky socks thrown in for good measure as well.
Thanking YOU!
But this is actually a massive thank you to all our customers for your continued support! Shopping with us for those really special gifting moments. We love hearing stories of the thank you socks you’ve bought for someone who looked after your cats, we love the Instagram posts of our cotton socks personalised for your cotton wedding anniversary (it’s the two year anniversary if anyone’s is coming up soon!) and your private messages saying that your ‘will you be my bridemaid socks’ turned out perfectly!
No, really - thank you with a voucher!
So celebrate with us – subscribe to our mailing list (below!) and get a £5.00 voucher to spend online. Expires 31.10.18
(we promise we’ll send emails to make you smile, give you exclusive firsts, maybe a discount code like this if we have reason to celebrate and we absolutely won’t send them aaaallll the time!)
Any way please excuse us as we jump for joy for the rest of the month (maybe even year!
Business Entrepreneur of the Year!!
We are so excited to say that Solesmith have won Business Entrepreneur of the Year at the Derby Telegraph Business Awards 2018!!
Thank you to Maple Accountancy and their judges for the recognition - we are totally bowled over by it and feel immense pride in our fab team and leadership at Solesmith.
The awards evening was a great opportunity to get dressed up, have a break away from the usual routine and of course a glass of champagne (or two!) We have never seen our faces so big on a screen before, but it was so lovely to meet lots of local businesses and see some of the finalists wearing our lucky socks.
Feeling the girl power and the love of our fab Solesmith team!
We are so over the moon (and yes we are still celebrating with the bubbles!)
Every pair you buy we donate a pair to The Scout Association
For every pair of socks that you buy throughout the summer, Solesmith have pledged to donate a pair to great causes.
The Scouts will be using the socks we’re donating on your behalf as part of:
- an initiative to provide school uniforms for children in the UK whose families struggle to obtain or afford all the essentials
- as well as to encourage creativity by using socks at craft fairs and events that the Scouts will be running throughout the year.
Solesmith have a general mission to put a spring in people’s steps. This obviously means designing and creating gorgeous socks and gifts to make people smile but it also means pledging to put a bit more goodness into the world. That’s why we have started this charity initiative donating socks, but also running alongside that is our plan to encourage more people to spread that good feeling and when you are wearing our socks, put a spring in someone else’s step.
Ideas for putting a spring in someone's step today:
1. Leave a little post-it note with a message on around the house or at work to make someone smile.
2. Help someone out who is struggling for loose change at the car park, on the bus or at the coffee shop.
3. Put in a text, call or visit to someone you’ve not spoken to in a while just to let them know you’re thinking of them.
4. Donate your old books or clothes to a local charity shop, or old towels and blankets to an animal shelter.
5. Say yes to helping at a community clean up, a school fete or bake a cake for a local coffee morning.
So a thanks from us but way more importantly a thanks for Bear Grylls!!!!
BEHIND THE SCENES - Sock Photoshoot
We always have a blast working around the office and getting things done, but a day out on a photoshoot always gets us excited. We hired out a beautiful white venue called The Flour Mill Studio in Beeston, Nottingham.
Working on our Father's Day campaign, we got so excited and loved all the products so much that we have had to make them live on our website. So we wanted to make sure we hit it all... from lots and lots of new sock designs to matching funky navy and white stripes to having 4 children under the age of 3 and a dog... (yeah, we thought that was a good idea!) Oh, and let's not forget about our awesome new embroidered sock and pant subscriptions.
Behind all of our socks, clothing and accessories is the continual consciousness that our gifts are able to put a spring in people's step. Down to our fabulous models Zara, Florence, twin boys Henry and Sam and Keith who switching between the roles of Dad and Grandad, we got some great images and lifestyle shots.
Take a look at our new Father's Day range https://solesmith.co.uk/collections/fathers-day-collection
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Creative Business Workshop
Last week we had a day out of the office and a trip into the countryside to attend a creative workshop hosted by Fabplaces. We left feeling very inspired as we had the time to reflect, celebrate and plan for 2018!
Solesmith are Hiring for Christmas!
Join the award winning Solesmith team with new roles for Studio Production Assistants.
Solesmith is on the look out for new members of the team who can knock our socks off!
We are looking for energetic, hard working and dedicated individuals to join our company from November over the Christmas period (with opportunities for a career beyond!)
We are looking for studio assistants to work personalising our products and on the packing bench to ensure all the gifts reach our customers safely.
Solesmith is growing fast so there are great opportunities for a recent school leaver or graduate looking to work in production, online gift and fashion retail.
ABOUT SOLESMITH:
Solesmith is the personalised sock company, rapidly expanding to sell a range of gifts, clothing and accessories. We are a young, exciting, fast growing and creative company – named one of the Top 100 UK startups in 2017 and winners of the Burton Mail Business Award 2017.
Our products are all sold online through our website (www.solesmith.co.uk), on notonthehghstreet.com as well as through wholesale customers and even with contracts as far away as Australia.
Each one of the products in our range is designed and personalised in our Burton Workshop. Our designs have been featured on EastEnders, Sunday Brunch, The Telegraph, Welsh Weddings, Home and Garden and have been ordered and made for celebrities including Professor Green, Amanda Holden, Nicola Adams, Phil Tufnell, and ITV’s This Morning.
THE POSITIONS:
We are looking for energetic and enthusiastic candidates that are compatible with the ethos of the Solesmith brand to join our hard-working team in full time and part time positions.
The position of Studio Production Assistant tasks will include processing; personalising and making our lovely products; and packing and dispatch. The roles are fast paced and the ability to work at speed and manage your time are essential.
Candidates must be willing to work flexible hours, which can include evening and weekend work during our busy periods (Christmas!)
Full training is provided, but we do expect applicants to have a certain level of competency and skills. Please see the details below of what we are searching for in an ideal employee.
There are many opportunities for career development for the right candidate as we grow beyond Christmas.
Qualifications & Experience (training will be given, but any additional experience will be beneficial):
- Grade C Maths and English GCSE
- Experience in using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator would be a huge bonus for some roles
- Excellent IT skills (Typing, Emails, Word)
- Knowledge and experience in a retail, office and/or warehouse environment is not essential but would be advantageous
You will also need to:
- Be a great team player with excellent communication skills
- Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Able to work to a fast pace and manage your time well
- Have an eye for detail and high standards
- Be enthusiastic with a sense of fun.
HOW TO APPLY:
If you think you could be a great addition to Solesmith, please send an email for the attention of Lauren to lauren@solesmith.co.uk
Please include:
- A copy of your CV
- A covering letter detailing how you meet the above criteria for the job and why you think you would be a good fit for our team.
- Indicate Full or Part Time and available hours.
If you have any questions about the role, please use the email address above and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Burton Mail Award Winners!!!!
This week we put on some fancy frocks, had a glass of champagne and headed down to Burton Albion Football Stadium to celebrate being a finalist in the Burton Mail Business Awards... and we only flipping well won a trophy!
What an absolutely amazing night, it was so lovely to meet so many local companies and hear stories of local businesses seeing so much success!
Solesmith took home the first award for Most Promising Start Up, the five members of the team all went on stage to collect our trophy (eeeeek!!!) and couldn't be happier to be recognised in this way!
A special mention to the lovely Jeremy from Woodturnings who was wearing a special custom made pair of our socks (pretty sure he got that champagne!) and of course our judges who we took the best ever photobooth photo with!
The Father's Day Instagram Collection
With Father's Day just two weeks away(!!!!)
We have scoured our social media feeds to share a little bit of inspiration.
We've put together our collection perfect for Dad's, Gramps, Uncles, Step-Dad's and Brothers who deserve a little treat this Father's Day.
So here you have a few of our favourite posts by a few of our favourite Instagrammers, bloggers and just beautiful photographers!
@ccaryschapman kicks us off with the most awesome pair of resting his eyes socks for a Sock Sunday morning! Our do not disturb personalised socks have been a best seller ever since we launched them and we are so excited to share this.
(CLICK ANY OF THE IMAGES TO SHOP THE EDIT)
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