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Otago Daily Times
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Balloon fun at museum celebration
Photo: Linda Robertson Charlie Harris, 1, takes part in the Dunedin Public Art Gallery's International Museum Day celebration yesterday. The exhibition "littleBIG" featured two very yellow and very popular artworks by Seung Yul Oh and Don Driver, the museum said. Entry was free. Balloon artist Pippity Pop performed as did Choir! Choir!.
Scotsman
01-05-2025
- Business
- Scotsman
Carpetright: popular vinyl flooring and DIY stores to reopen
Watch more of our videos on and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now The retailer is betting on bricks-and-mortar with stylish stores packed full of deals 🛍️ Sign up to the weekly Cost Of Living newsletter. Saving tips, deals and money hacks. Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Popular flooring retailer Tapi is reopening more ex-Carpetright stores across the UK Four new locations Basildon, Coventry, Crawley and Leeds Birstall - will open this month It follows Tapi's acquisition of Carpetright brand, warehouses and 54 sites in 2024 21 former Carpetright stores have already relaunched as Tapi shops this spring Tapi says the new stores are part of a major push to expand its national presence A raft of stores once operated by a popular carpet retailer are set to reopen this year. Another four former Carpetright units will be relaunched this month by Tapi, which acquired the brand, two warehouses, and 54 retail sites from administration in July last year. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Tapi continues to invest in expanding its retail footprint, and the outlets will add to the 21 new stores it has already launched this spring. Customers in a branch of Carpetright in 2017 (Photo:) | Getty Images Charlie Harris, director of buying at Tapi Carpets & Floors said: 'Everyone at Tapi is really excited about our new store openings over the coming weeks. 'We're investing heavily to ensure that every store lives up to our high standards and they will be full to the brim with a wide selection of Carpet, Laminate, Luxury Vinyl, Vinyl and Engineered Wood. 'Each of these stores has been carefully chosen to bring us closer to our mission of delivering great value flooring to everyone in Britain and we're quietly confident that they will be a real success for us.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Where will the new Tapi stores be? The four new Tapi locations - reopening in former Carpetright stores - are as follows: Basildon Coventry Crawley Leeds Birstall These add to the former Carpetright stores that reopened as Tapi Carpets this spring: Bristol Cannock Carmarthen Chesterfield Cramlington East Grinstead East Sheen Epsom Hereford Ipswich Lancaster Mansfield Newbury Newmarket North Shields Sevenoaks Southampton Teddington Trowbridge Wimbledon Woking Are you struggling to make ends meet as costs continue to rise? You can now send your stories to us online via YourWorld at It's free to use and, once checked, your story will appear on our website and, space allowing, in our newspapers.
Scotsman
01-05-2025
- Business
- Scotsman
Popular carpet stores to reopen as UK expansion grows – full list of locations
The retailer is betting on bricks-and-mortar with stylish stores packed full of deals 🛍️ Sign up to the weekly Cost Of Living newsletter. Saving tips, deals and money hacks. Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Popular flooring retailer Tapi is reopening more ex-Carpetright stores across the UK Four new locations Basildon, Coventry, Crawley and Leeds Birstall - will open this month It follows Tapi's acquisition of Carpetright brand, warehouses and 54 sites in 2024 21 former Carpetright stores have already relaunched as Tapi shops this spring Tapi says the new stores are part of a major push to expand its national presence A raft of stores once operated by a popular carpet retailer are set to reopen this year. Another four former Carpetright units will be relaunched this month by Tapi, which acquired the brand, two warehouses, and 54 retail sites from administration in July last year. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Tapi continues to invest in expanding its retail footprint, and the outlets will add to the 21 new stores it has already launched this spring. Customers in a branch of Carpetright in 2017 (Photo:) | Getty Images Charlie Harris, director of buying at Tapi Carpets & Floors said: 'Everyone at Tapi is really excited about our new store openings over the coming weeks. 'We're investing heavily to ensure that every store lives up to our high standards and they will be full to the brim with a wide selection of Carpet, Laminate, Luxury Vinyl, Vinyl and Engineered Wood. 'Each of these stores has been carefully chosen to bring us closer to our mission of delivering great value flooring to everyone in Britain and we're quietly confident that they will be a real success for us.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Where will the new Tapi stores be? The four new Tapi locations - reopening in former Carpetright stores - are as follows: Basildon Coventry Crawley Leeds Birstall These add to the former Carpetright stores that reopened as Tapi Carpets this spring: Bristol Cannock Carmarthen Chesterfield Cramlington East Grinstead East Sheen Epsom Hereford Ipswich Lancaster Mansfield Newbury Newmarket North Shields Sevenoaks Southampton Teddington Trowbridge Wimbledon Woking
