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This Arts, Crafts and Experiments Blog will be focused driving creativity for the whole family, whether you are a child of 5 years old, or an adult of 55 yrs or 105 yr old there is something for you! As we are staying at home for the next few weeks the smallest member wanted to share with you her favourite craft activities so you don’t have to spend hours on youtube, pintrest or on google finding something to do! AND we want you involved to build an ACEcommunity so dont forget to share your created items with us on facebook...

As all of us are staying at home, we know its difficult to think of what to do with the family, you do board games, puzzles, go out for walks, or just revert to the usual craft which could bore the kids!, BUT we want you and your kids to get creative and do something different! We know that when you are trying to find something different to do with the kids you can spend hours searching the internet trying to find quick and simple activities that you can do, and then when you find ‘the one you want to...

It’s been a whirl wind of our first year, I remember like it was yesterday I asked mum “shall we make a few bags and see if we can sell a few?”, but then again it does seem like a lifetime ago! Over the past 20 years I have worked on so many amazing global brands launching new products but always looking forward but we never had time to look back at what we had delivered. I always use to say to my teams its so important to look backwards to see what you have learnt and what you could...

Setting up a new business can be daunting and all of the stats you hear is that “40% of businesses fail in the first 5 years” but Annie with Alex will be different! The reason for the positivity is all about the preparation, understanding where your product fits and which customer you are targeting. Back in September 2017 we decided to give Annie with Alex “a bit of a go!” Friends and family were so supportive they said “this is perfect time you can hit the Christmas sales period, it’s a key selling time” and a few independent retailer friends...