Business News

Bear Run Company Gets Success with Belts

Posted on 15 Oct 2022 in Business

We Love Bears! After all, our home city of Bristol boasts a sizeable bear scene, perhaps the largest after London and Brighton, Manchester and Birmingham. Gay London Life magazine reports in its October issue on a new company called Bear Belts. Co-owners and founders Kristian and Paul were fed up with belts on the market, constantly digging and pinching and not doing their job by keeping up their trousers.

Corporate Backing for Pride Raises Smiles

Posted on 17 Jun 2022 in Business

It’s that time of year when many companies fly a rainbow flag or offer Pride themed merchandise to show their support for the LGBTQIA+ communities. Although many in the community would argue that such commercial support is often somewhat tokenistic, the fact remains that in a world where transph

Gay Brand Launches Pride Season Collection

Posted on 6 Jun 2022 in Business

The gay and bi men’s fashion label Andrew Christian, have launched their Pride Collection for the forthcoming LGBTQIA+ marching season, as Pride Parades come around once more.

Gender Free Pioneers are also Sweatshop Free

Posted on 31 May 2022 in Business

There’s an LGBTQIA+ friendly store based not so far from Brighton’s well loved gay village called Gender Free World. Founded in 2015, the company says that it emerged out of frustration with the highly gendered world of high street fashion and a desire to offer different, bold designs for custom

QVC Knows Its LGBTQIA Audience with new Ad

Posted on 6 Feb 2022 in Business

Television shopping channel QVC, the original UK station of its type, has always had a close association with the LGBTQIA community. For many years, one of the gay bars in Manchester’s Canal Street gay scene had the station piped in to screen’s in their urinals!! So it’s nice to see that the QV

Dec

Record Store Offers LGBTQIA Festive Gifts

The HMV Chain has a few gift ideas for your friends, partners and LGBTQIA family of choice this festive season.

Sep

LGBTQIA Ethical Shoppers enjoy new Catalogue

The country's oldest fairtrade company, Traidcraft have issued their Autumn and Winter catalogue.

Sep

Local Cafe Takes on "Anti-Woke" Warrior

Bristol 247 reports that a speciality coffee shop on Bristol's Broad Street has responded eloquently to a reviewer who took to the internet to attack the shop's inclusive policies,

Aug

West LGBTQIA Guesthouse Marks 7 Years

Our friends at the Gay Bikers Motorcycle Club have tipped us off that one of several local LGBTQIA run guest houses has marked its seventh anniversary.

Jul

Superdrug is Rainbow with Fundraising Goods

Superdrug and several corporate partners have made a commitment to acknowledging their LGBTQ customers this year with several rainbow displays in most urban stores.