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• Philip Marsh wins Young Business Person of the Year award  

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• Steptronic Footwear appoints Rainbow 360 Media Ltd 

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• KEEP FEET FIT 

  The Society of Shoe Fitters has announced that it will be launching National Shoe Fitting Week, under the banner Keep Feet ‘Fit’ on March ^25th 2013 – the week leading up to Easter. The SSF, which operates on a non-profit basis, wants to raise national awareness of importance have having footwear fitted, and the vital service independent shoe retailers provide to the public.  We want the public to start thinking about their feet and how they buy their shoes. We are hoping that ALL shoe retailers, not just SSF members, will join us in promoting Keep Feet ‘Fit’ and that they can use this initiative to create their own promotion’s leading up to Easter week – a time traditionally when the media write about feet and footwear and people discard their boots and start thinking shoes, sandals and holidays. Hopefully it will give the trade a much needed kick-start after the cold, wet weather.

• FOOTWEAR FRIENDS – LONDON MARATHON APPEAL 2013 

  Our Marathon Appeal this year was so successful and so important to us that we have decided to do it again – as our primary fund raising event in 2013. This year we are fortunate in having a great runner in Paul Taylor who works for Romika and who is bursting to get to the start line in April and who has some great ideas on sponsorship and other ways of raising money for Footwear Friends. We have jointly pledged to raise £ 15,000 and all of this will go directly to helping those people who have given many years of service to the trade but whom are finding life difficult at the moment. Never has Footwear Friends been so relevant as it is now! All you have to do is follow the link to our Virgin Money Giving page http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/charity-web/charity/finalCharityHomepage.action?charityId=1002447&pageId=258522 and follow the instructions OR send a cheque to Footwear Friends made out to Footwear Friends. Would you please write “Marathon” on the back of your cheque.