Pound Wholesale were absolutely delighted to see our partners FACEandME, a family and community enterprise that organises football teams for various age groups, claim some of the top prizes in the 2025/2026 season with their U11s and U12s teams.
It is anticipated that the UK Economy will suffer more than any other leading nation from the global energy crisis. Out of the G7 group, which includes the UK, US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, only UK and German economies are expected to shrink.
Following the return to Parliament after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the newly-formed Government led by Prime Minister Liz Truss launched what has been described as a ‘mini budget’, a fiscal event designed to boost economic growth in the United Kingdom.
It’s no secret that the UK is currently experiencing irregular inflation due to a variety of factors. Beginning with Brexit and the Covid-19 Pandemic, and with the current situation in Ukraine, our industry has faced unprecedented difficulties particularly over the last couple of years. The situation is becoming so severe that we feel it’s right to update all our customers.
We’re delighted to announce that Pound Wholesale has surpassed the milestone of 10,000 trading customers, including a range of businesses, retailers, service industry, entrepreneurs and online traders. Having launched the website in 2012, we have had the pleasure of dealing with thousands of customers in the United Kingdom, Europe and around the world.
The Pound Wholesale director joined BBC Radio Five Live's Wake Up To Money show during the early hours of the 15th of June to discuss the repercussions of international shipping disruption to the availability of goods such as England flags, bunting and merchandise,
It’s that time of year when most people are going on holiday or just simply enjoying the sun (or if you’re in the UK, you’re hoping to enjoy a few days of sun).
For retailers, August means it’s time to prepare for Christmas. It may seem early but the months before Christmas are a competitive season and you need to have the bestselling stock available.
Shops usually start selling their Christmas decorations and gifts in September and October before the busy period starts in November and into December. This year, one retailer has changed the rules of the game and opened their shop early for Christmas; and it’s not even autumn.
The breaking news of Zayn Malik’s departure from One Direction has broken the hearts of teenage fans around the world. But the announcement isn’t just bad news for Directioners, this is also bad news for businesses that have spent great amounts of money stocking their shelves with One Direction merchandise.
Pound shops have become one of the greatest ever success stories, taking the advantage of the market when consumers were dealing with rising prices and low budgets. We decided to take a look back through the history of the pound shop to see how it’s evolved over the years.
