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Your High Street

I am passionate about the future of our High Streets. Independents offer individuality, service, customer and product knowledge which cannot ever be replicated by chains moving into our towns. Online shopping, as easy as it may be to carry out from the comfort of your own home, will never be able ...

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A newer you

The TCS Sale is in the final stage as we move closer to the end of January. A new coat is still worth investing in as the cold weather continues, combine it with one of the vast array of textured scarves and chic little winter hats from Valeur. Even during the Sale, we will always endeavour to hel ...

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A Caring Christmas

Everyone is rushing around so much just before Christmas and it seems that amongst the well wishes and giving, there is also ignorance of those around us. I have witnessed accidents in the street, rudeness in queues and people just oblivious to the older ladies and gents struggling to get their li ...

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Its going to be a White Christmas

I think it fair to say I don't DO colour very well. My life is a calm palette with accents of colour brought in where they occasionally fit. Our Christmas tree is a deep green but the rest of our decorations are silver & white. My only concession to colour is where the Christmas cards cast a r ...

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Keeping it local

"As customers, we have to show that we value and appreciate the really good shops out there, or we'll only have ourselves to blame if they disappear. When independents get it right they deserve our support." (Mary Portas) Once again UK newspaper The Telegraph, is championing the British high st ...

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Keeping it Simple

Now that Teddington's festive lights have been switched on, I think that we are all getting more into the idea that Christmas is just around the corner! Last Thursday evening's festivities meant that Teddington was busy until well into the evening; and it was lovely to see so many people in the s ...

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TCS... more than just a shop!

"Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful" (William Morris). "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" (Leonardo Da Vinci). These are well rehearsed and perhaps overused quotes, but they do reflect what TCS has been doing for the last 15 years. ...

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