We have been trading in Nottingham city centre since January 2000 and have been growing ever since. We started teaching workshops to all of our lovely customers in 2001 and our workshop timetable now schedules 28 different workshops, all can be viewed and booked online. We started selling our beads online in 2002 from our first website and we were one of the first online bead traders. We've published two books and won a number of commercially recognised awards. All of us here at The Bead Shop feel pretty strongly about looking after our planet for the prosperity of future generations. As a company we use recycled paper wherever possible including the invoices we send with our mailorders and we always use the second side of any A4 paper where ever possible, such as suppliers delivery notes, mail circulars and any mistakes that we make. If you are a mailorder customer then you may have already received an order in a recycled box which previously held stock or re-used packaging that was previously sent to us. Everything that can be re-cycled, is recycled. Even the empty milk containers are sometimes cut up and used as scoops in the stockroom! Otherwise they are recycled in our regular recycling collection, which includes paper, cardboard, tin cans and plastic. We do everything possible to ensure that everyone along the supply chain works in good conditions and receives a fair wage. Read more: http://www.mailorder-beads.co.uk/shop/about-us/#ixzz4UoSlO4Lp Follow us: @mailorder_beads on Twitter | beadshop on Facebook