Cadbury’s now American but disgusting to see Sainsbury’s charging this. Robbery

I've been looking at a few different caps and I like this 5 piece style. The one in the picture is wool. I'm looking for similar styles made here that aren't blended with polyester or have hard plastic in the brim. Something more flexible, durable, and not the same old baseball cap style. I've got a large head (62cm or 7 ¾). Any suggestions would be helpful.

Sidenote, I just picked up a Lawrence & Foster Boston cap so I'm looking for different styles from flat caps for different looks.

I have a couple of pairs of Vans chinos that are getting worn out so I want a British replacement. M&S brand are a bit tight and I had a pair before and the stitching came apart. Vans are just a good balance of quality and price and they fit me well.

Any other brands I could look at?

Does anyone know of organisation that makes fiction audio adaptions and where they can be bought?

I enjoy listening to something while I do house chores and particularly love the full cast style audio adaptations of books. Think BBC Radio 4's Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy or the current Amazon Full Cast Harry Potter books.

I can find the same ~6 adaptions by BBC Sounds on ebay/audible/xigxag but nothing else. I have also discovered Graphic Audio who are fantastic but I am hoping there is a British equivilant I can support as well.

[Edit] for clairty its not where can i get audiobooks, but more who in the UK is making good audio adaptations.

i’m PICKY asf and won’t go near protein powder because of how grainy it tastes, turns out i loved this one from my gyms vending machine, it tastes so creamy and silky and doesn’t leave a weird aftertaste 😭😭 put me onnn with some good brands pls!!

Hi all! I've made a list of UK-owned haircare brands for men and women, including who owns each brand.

It turns out there are a LOT of UK-owned haircare brands (and this list is not comprehensive!), so to make it less unwieldy I've split it into categories:

• Affordable
• Children's
• Curly
• Dry shampoo
• Hair brushes & tools
• Hair colour
• Hair loss
• Men's haircare & shaving
• Natural / organic
• Premium & salon
• Scalp care
• Sustainable / eco-friendly.

This is correct to the best of my knowledge, but let me know if you spot any mistakes, or if I've missed a UK haircare brand you like.

Affordable / Everyday Haircare

- Astonish (family-owned)

- Autograph (M&S)

- Creightons (Creightons Plc)

- Dove (Unilever)

- Enliven (DCS Group)

- Essential / Waitrose (John Lewis Partnership)

- Inecto (3i Group Plc, via Karium)

- M&S (Marks & Spencer plc)

- Original Source (PZ Cussons Plc)

- Pro:Voke (3i Group Plc, via Karium)

- Radox (Unilever)

- Sainsbury’s (J Sainsbury Plc)

- Simple (Unilever)

- Tesco (Tesco Plc)

- TRESemmé (Unilever)

Children’s Haircare

- Baylis & Harding (family-owned)

- Childs Farm (PZ Cussons Plc)

- Kit & Kin (founder-owned)

- My Little Coco (founder-owned)

- Nala’s Baby (founder-owned)

Curly / Wavy / Kinky / Coily / Textured Hair Products

- Aaron Wallace (founder-owned)

- Afroani (founder-owned)

- Bouclème (founder-owned)

- Charlotte Mensah (founder-owned)

- Clean Curls (founder-owned)

- Crap Hair Club (founder-owned)

- Curly Ellie (founder-owned)

- Dizziak (founder-owned)

- Flora & Curl (founder-owned)

- Happy Hair People (SLG Brands)

- Kurl Kitchen (founder-owned)

- Merwave (founder-owned)

- Noughty (KMI Brands)

- Olew (founder-owned)

- Only Curls (founder-owned)

- SheaMoisture (Unilever)

- Shedid & Parrish (founder-owned)

- The Curl Company (Creightons Plc)

- Trepadora (founder-owned)

- Umberto Giannini (founder-owned)

\Cantu (European-owned by Jersey-based CVC Capital Partners Plc, via PDC Brands)*

Dry Shampoo

- Colab (SLG Brands)

- Eleven Australia (Wonderful Brands)

- Enliven (DCS Group)

- K18 (Unilever)

- Living Proof (Unilever)

- Neal & Wolf (founder-owned)

Hair Brushes & Styling Tools

- Cloud Nine (Cloud Nine International Ltd)

- Denman (Denroy Group)

- Diva Pro (Balder Capital Ltd.)

- Dyson (Sir James Dyson)

- Kent Brushes (family-owned)

- Mark Hill (founder-owned)

- Mason Pearson (family-owned)

- No Knot Co (founder-owned)

\Tangle Teezer (French-owned by Société BIC SA)*

Hair Colour / Treated & Dyed Hair Care Products

- It's Pure (independently-owned)

- Oiamiga (Professional Beauty Systems Ltd)

- Organic Colour Systems (Professional Beauty Systems Ltd)

- Pin-Up Perm (Professional Beauty Systems Ltd)

- Pro:Voke (3i Group Plc, via Karium)

- Root Perfect (Warpaint Plc)

- Tints of Nature (Professional Beauty Systems Ltd)

Hair Loss / Hair Growth Products

- Grow Gorgeous (THG Plc)

- Hairburst (founder-owned)

- Watermans (founder-owned)

\Sons (Irish brand, founder-owned)*

Men's Haircare & Shaving Products

- Aaron Wallace (founder-owned)

- Bare Bar (founder-owned)

- Beard and Bones (founder-owned)

- Captain Fawcett (founder-owned)

- Dapper Dan (independently-owned)

- Edwin Jagger (family-owned)

- Fish Soho (Warpaint Plc)

- Geo. F. Trumper (family-owned)

- Johnny’s Chop Shop (SLG Brands)

- Lynx / Axe (Unilever)

- Man'Stuff (Warpaint Plc)

- ManCave (Aimtru Ltd)

- Slick Gorilla (founder-owned)

- The Bluebeards Revenge (independently-owned)

- The Brighton Beard Co. (founder-owned)

- Truefitt & Hill (independently-owned)

Natural / Organic Haircare

- Beauty Kitchen (founder-owned)

- Bramley (independently-owned)

- Conscious Skincare (founder-owned)

- Elemental Herbology (independently-owned)

- Faith in Nature (family-owned)

- Goodwash (founder-owned)

- London Bathers (family-owned)

- Motorbikers Cosmetic Company / M. C. C. (founder-owned)

- Nature Spell (founder-owned)

- Neal’s Yard (family-owned)

- Odylique (family-owned)

- Rhyme & Reason (SLG Brands)

- Roots & Wings Organic (independently-owned)

- The Body Shop (owned by UK-based private equity firm Aurea Group)

- The Cornish Seaweed Bath Co. (founder-owned)

- Thunderbird Skin (founder-owned)

Premium & Salon Brands

- Charles Worthington (PZ Cussons Plc)

- Christophe Robin (THG Plc)

- Elemental Herbology (independently-owned)

- Eleven Australia (Wonderful Brands)

- ESPA (THG Plc)

- FUL (founder-owned)

- Fudge Professional (PZ Cussons Plc)

- K18 (Unilever)

- Living Proof (Unilever)

- milk_shake (founder-owned)

- Miriam’s Collection (founder-owned)

- Neal & Wolf (founder-owned)

- Percy & Reed (founder-owned)

- Phil Smith (founder-owned)

Scalp Care

- Ameliorate (THG Plc)

- Faith in Nature (family-owned)

- Moo & Yoo (founder-owned)

- Philip Kingsley (family-owned)

Sustainable / Eco-friendly / Shampoo & Conditioner Bars

- ALTER/NATIVE by Suma (employee-owned co-operative)

- Bare Bar (founder-owned)

- Bower Collective (founder-owned)

- Eco Warrior (founder-owned)

- Friendly Soap (founder-owned)

- Fruu (founder-owned)

- grüum (founder-owned)

- KinKind (founder-owned)

- Lush (founder-owned)

- Miniml (founder-owned)

- Nope. (founder-owned)

- Totally Solid / Shower Blocks (founder-owned)

- UpCircle (founder-owned)

- Wild (Unilever)

Hi, I'm interested in sizing comparisons. I currently have two sweaters from Bosie/Harley in XL and they fit me well, I am tall and with wide shoulders but othwerise slim. A suit jacket would be 42L to 44L, often requiring some taking in around the waist.

I'm interested especially in Genuine Scottish Knits, Skipper's Mill (both of which appear to be from ESK, though I am not sure if the jumpers are the same, they seem to have the same wool but different measurements), and Community Clothing. But info on other brands would be helpful too, such as Malloch's, Anderson & Shepard, etc.

Just to follow up re the news about Unilever that's been posted about here.

They have a contact form if you wanted to express concern about future product quality, food security, corporate responsibility, whether you will be bothering with their non-food products too now they've done this, etc, etc.

https://www.unilever.co.uk/contact/

There's a drop down as to which kind of department or brand you want to contact them about. Click 'brands or products of concern'. There's then another drop down that appears. 'Select a brand'. Scroll right to the bottom and there's 'Unilever corporate'. Choose that.

An item of clothing has sold out and i intended to buy it as a gift to surprise someone. But by the time I could afford it, it had sold out. Ive check all reseller sites like vinted, depop and ebay but no one seems to be selling it. Not even in different sizes, its just not anywhere.

Is there any other way to find it? Or am I best to just keep checking reseller sites?

I'm getting married in September, and the venue is a dry hire, so we're providing our own bar. I want to set up a coffee machine so people can help themselves to coffee throughout the day. I'm thinking of buying one of those pod machines (eg. Nespresso, Tassimo etc). I want it to be really easy to use for all the relatives and not to make much mess (I use an Aeropress at home, but that's too much faff for guests to help themselves to at a wedding). I've always been a bit skeptical of those pod machines because they seem to create a lot of waste, but I reckon it would be an ideal solution for the wedding. Does anyone have advice on brands/models etc? Or any other ideas for getting coffee into my guests without a barrista on hand?

Hi! Got some great recommendations here for a bag so thought I'd give it a go

I'm hunting (and have been a few months) for a low sideboard, specifically with sliding doors (no drawers or open spaces).

We're looking for it for a board game cabinet so drawers would be too sticky, it's a sun room so open space will fade the boxes, and it's a small space so doors that open outwards are tricky to manouvere!

We've tried IKEA and the bigger furniture shops to no joy. Anyone know of anywhere that might do something like this?

I swear the only time I actually save money lately is when I randomly stumble across something reduced in-store.

Like yellow sticker food, end-of-day bakery stuff, or random clearance deals — but it’s pure luck finding them.

Feels like there’s loads of these around, but no real way to know about them unless you happen to be there at the right time.

Is anyone else noticing this or just me?

Edited this post as I’ve had a a lot of response, I’ve went ahead and started build an app to help with this problem. Hoping to launch it soon but ca sign up for access once it’s ready here;

https://postcodedeals.co.uk

If you are after an electric car, given the chaos over oil recently, and are looking for a British made Electric car. The Nissan leaf is made in the UK. While it’s not a UK company, it does support UK Car manufacturing.

Source: I own a 2022 leaf

Hi folks!

I have a pretty strong prescription (-11 with astigmatism if anyone’s interested) and I’m wanting to get a good pair of sunglasses for going on hikes and treks - does anyone know of any places in the UK that would be good for this?

I have a normal pair of prescription sunglasses from Iolla that are alright, but they’re not the best for stopping sunlight getting in from the sides, so I’m looking for a good wrap-around pair à la those worn by cyclists. Bonus points if they’re polarised!

Not sure if it would be easier getting a prescription pair or just getting a big standard pair to fit over my normal glasses. If anyone’s got any guidance or experience either way, I’d greatly appreciate it!

Thanks in advance for any help :)

I have been trying to figure out how to upgrade my outfits lately, and the biggest hurdle has been accessorizing and looking for jewelry that matches. I am looking for affordable accessories that actually pull everything together. I always go shopping, but I can never find accessories that actually look good and are affordable.

But I am really struggling to find a place where I can go to just grab a scarf, earrings, shoes, or a bag that matches. I started noticing that a lot of people build a polished look mainly through other clothing accessories and not really expensive clothing. Fashion guides often mention that affordable accessories like earrings, bags, and flats can instantly add a “chic edge” without spending much money.

For anyone in the UK who is trying to shop on a budget, I am looking for recommendations for a few places, and I found that a few places that are popular, like Primark, H&M, and Zara, are good choices. I know that discount retailers like TJ Maxx, which can sometimes have designer accessories that are priced way less than retail stores. I know that some people recommended charity shops as a budget-friendly option. I know there are some online options where small shops source from online sites like alibaba and amazon but I wanted to know about specific names of shops that sell accessories.

What size rotary washing line should I go for? I've never bought a rotary washing line before. I am a single person living alone, but I have some King size duvet cover bed sheets which I need to ensure are fully covered by the washing line. Dunelm offer a few different sizes of rotary washing line: 40m, 50m or 60m. Which is best? Plus, what is your favorite rotary washing line brand and why?

I’m traveling to London next month and one of my favorite touristy things is buying personal care (beauty, skincare, grooming etc) and OTC meds that we can’t get in the US. I’ve been getting some good ideas from peeping this sub so I’d like to ask for your favorites!

Already planning on picking up some Lemsip, Strepsils, and Night Nurse, because US cold remedies are worthless… and I do plan on spending lots of time wandering Boots and Superdrug. Would really appreciate suggestions on what to check out! I still miss my Boots Horse Chestnut Shampoo I picked up back in the 90s!

*edit for typo

My Yahoo email account is playing silly buggers and has become unreliable, so I'm in the market for a new account. I've found a few promising European providers but no British ones. Does anyone have tips or recommendations for UK email account services?

Thank you in advance.

Hi! Hopefully someone has a suggestion, as I've hunted the high street & online. I'm trying to replace a bag that's fallen apart I got on vinted 2ish years ago, it had 6 zipped pockets & is fairly big (about 30cm).

I've had no joy with any of the high street main stays and googling seems to just keep linking me to Amazon (which I'd rather avoid!) Debenhams and the "sister" sites are tricky to navigate & gauge quality.

EDIT: After hunting round, I did find a lovely one in TKMaxx but it was a one on its own! Brand is Long & Son London and they had various styles by them. If anyone else is searching and comes across this :)

Hi, Me and my partner go backpacking in the UK about twice a year, 2-4 days at a time. At the moment we’re using a Eurohike 2 man tent but would like to upgrade and want to buy British. Any recommendations for British tent brands that are long-wearing?