We’ve been talking Rhubarb!

Over two days last week we were talking Rhubarb, Rhubarb, Rhubarb! Not code for some obscure language but a fun community initiative that helped us to transform one of our units and host a really exciting event. We played host to a ‘talking rhubarb’ creative writing workshop for year 6 students (10 and 11 year olds) across [...]

Zumba’d the weekend away

If you dropped in to The Ridings on Saturday I’m sure we got your hips swirling and feet tapping – I know ours were, especially our team on customer services who zumba’d the day away (from behind their desk of course)! Our New Year New You event was a great success, thanks to our retailers [...]

Test of the times

Although very near that point of not really being able to wish people a Happy New Year, I’m still going to, so a very happy New Year to all our readers and shoppers! For us the New Year started off with us saying goodbye to our Christmas let’s and unfortunately two established retail names, Hawkins [...]

Ridings Market Success

Yesterday, businesswoman and TV presenter, Mary Portas, published her review on how to save the high street. One of her recommendations was to hold a National Market Day, as markets encourage entrepreneurs to trial new products without too much risk, bring fresh ideas to town centres and demonstrate Britain’s cultural heritage. Here at The Ridings, [...]

Cutting it for Christmas

Hello! I’m Tom, the new manager of Supercuts salon in The Ridings Centre. This blog is a first for me, but a great opportunity to introduce myself and also pass on some top hair tips for the main party season of the year! So my top tips for party hair this Christmas would be: 1)      [...]