July

We've got some really strong summer ranges this year - aqua and lime barbecues and cool bags, hot pink and orange plastic wine glasses and tumblers and of course my personal favourite, the pink flamingoes on sticks which add kitsch style and wit to any urban garden or balcony for the grand price of £1.50. The team's favourite this season is our "Nostalgia" range of china teapots, cups and plates.They are patterned with crisp navy and red beach huts and bunting and all come in beautiful boxes making them the perfect present.The range sold out within a couple of days and we are doing our best to keep up with customer demand - it's definitely hit a chord with our seaside loving clients.

June

We've had lots of excitement at our George Street branch with a brand new team in place and a whole new layout to boot! Sam's hard work and dedication to her customers has paid off and she's quite rightly been promoted to the manager's role. Jules and Megan from the Brighton branch have done a swop with our Brigid who is now gracing Western Road with her presence. We've finally given in to the power of the pushchair! We've removed some shelving from the back of the Hove shop to give everyone a lot more room to park the buggy down there and enjoy browsing in our ever increasing bakeware department. We've also moved all our kitchenware and cooking items to the front of the store to make it a bit easer to find what you're looking for.

March/April 2010

Easter's not far away now and we've gone to town on all things "eggy" in the shop! Cute egg cups, chirping chicks, easter cookie cutters and adorable crocheted bunnies. Also this month we've sourced a new supplier for our incredibly popular sky lanterns. These are 100% biodegradable and at £2.99 each or four for £10 a great price! They are wonderful released en masse at a wedding or party, but just one rising into the night sky is still very beautiful - especially if you write a wish on it!

February 2010

Love is in the air at Bert's! As usual we have a great array of gifts to give your "special someone". This year why not make your significant other some home baked biscuits using our fantastic range of loved-up cookie cutters? Choose from cupid, lips or an assortment of heart designs and when baked write a special message on them with our ready to go icing tubes. That's got to be better than some limp flowers from the local garage!

January 2010

After the fabulous buzzy days of December, January can be a bit flat for the Bert's team, so we're putting on a really good sale which will last until the end of January. Obviously we are completely biased but everything in the sale is good stuff and the only way we can bring ourselves to put on such good discounts is to remind ourselves that saying goodbye to much of last year's stock means we'll have the space to buy lots and lots of brilliant new products for 2010!

December 2009

At last, Christmas has come to Bert's and the shops are looking winter wonderful.  This year we've put together a fantastic collection of gifts and decorations to make your home a fabulous festive haven.

All these delights are nestling beside bright red cast iron casserole dishes, Nigella Christmas tree cake pans, pudding steamers,cook books, nut crackers and turkey basters. 

Here at Bert's we're going to  make your Christmas smell, look and taste just the way it should!

June 2009

This month we 're excited about Jamie Oliver's new shop "Recipease" opening opposite us on Western Road.

We've totally changed the layout of our Brighton store to make it much more pushchair friendly and due to popular demand we've started renting out our novelty cake tins which are perfect for childrens birthday parties - £4.99 for one weeks use!