Save our Antique Shops

Dealers at the London Silver Vaults have teamed up with BBC Homes & Antiques magazine to offer H&A readers 10 per cent off throughout October and November

The offer comes as part of the magazine’s ‘Save our antiques shops’ campaign. ‘Experts estimate that 30 per cent of antiques shops have closed over the last 3-5 years and we wanted to do something to encourage people to realise how important they are,’ says deputy editor Natasha Goodfellow. ‘Not only are antiques green, the shops are vital in adding character and interest to the high street, keeping money in our local communities and in bringing in tourism.’

To obtain your discount, just present the November issue of Homes & Antiques, on sale now, when you make a purchase at a participating shop in the London Silver Vaults.

In a letter to the Sunday Times recently Iain Brunt and Henry Sandon pointed out that 'the UK antiques and art industry generated £4billion in 2007, ten per cent of the global total'. They added that antiques shops create jobs in tourism, shipping, transport and conservation and they are an important draw to country towns. 'Every closure leaves a gap in provincial streetscapes'

And there will be more events and offers in the antiques business during the UK's first National Antiques Week from 23 to 30 November 2009.

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