The BIDBI Blog
The BIDBI Blog is curated by the marketing team giving you monthly news, views and updates from inside the BIDBI universe as well as reporting on the wider issues affecting UK business and Eco friendly matters.
We also welcome blogs from existing customers, so get in touch if you would like to talk about your business and eco bags.
Buying Organic: what really is organic?
- Amy Broomhead
- 21st May 2020
Earlier this year BIDBI was accredited with a GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) certification, which was awarded to us by the Soil Association. GOTS is the leading worldwide textile processing standard needed to truly call a textile product organic. This includes; using at least... Read More
BIDBI Founder Julia Gash Comes to Visit
- Amy Broomhead
- 25th March 2020
Julia Gash, best known for her illustrations of locations around the world, founded BIBDI in 2007. A keen advocate for eco-products her goal was to create a sustainable business where artists and businesses alike could print their work on ethically produced products to grow their business. In... Read More
Still at work during Covid-19 outbreak? Here are some tips to keep your spirits up
- Amy Broomhead
- 20th March 2020
We are in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, which is an uncertain time for everyone across the globe. With government guidelines changing each day, many peoples working situation is changing. I have seen plenty of blogs and articles floating around about how to keep yourself entertained... Read More
Women in Print
- Ellen, Ksenjia and Lara
- 8th March 2020
Women are the minority of the manufacturing workforce in the UK making up only 25% of all manufacturing employees. At BIDBI we love our creative, hardworking ladies and we thought we’d take a second to appreciate the women who work in our factory, so we asked Ellen, Ksenjia and Lauren... Read More
10 Facts about Fairtrade
- 26th February 2020
Fairtrade has been around for 25 years, which means 25 years of Fairtrade products in the UK and 25 years of positive impact for farmers, workers, and communities around the world. However, many people are still wondering, what is fair trade. Well, here at BIDBI we've rounded 10 must-know... Read More
Fairtrade Fortnight 2022: Interview with our Fairtrade certified factories
- 24th February 2020
Here at BIDBI we love talking about Fairtrade, and we love talking to people about Fairtrade. So, we asked our Fairtrade certified suppliers a few questions to give you an idea of how Fairtrade benefits them. When did your factory join Fairtrade? 1. We joined on 16th December 2013 2.... Read More
What exactly is recycled cotton?
- 19th February 2020
BIDBI launched its Recycled Cotton Tote back in September. We were excited to offer a product made from recycled materials as sustainability is at the heart of everything we do here at BIDBI. We want that to reflect through our manufacturing and printing processes and also through our... Read More
BIDBI Launches In-House Edge to Edge Printing
- 12th February 2020
BIDBI now has the capability of printing edge to edge. But what exactly is edge to edge? Edge to edge also known as full bleed printing is the process of printing on to a roll of cotton so the whole roll is covered with a continuous design. When the cotton material passes through... Read More
A day in the life of one of BIDBIs a Print Operatives- Tim
- Timothy Evans
- 4th February 2020
To get an insight into what a typical day is like in the BIDBI production room, we transformed into a fly on the wall and followed Tim, one of our print operatives, around to see what his day consists of. What’s the first thing you do when you get to work in the morning? “I... Read More
BIDBI has been awarded Feefo's Platinum Trusted Service Award
- Amy Broomhead
- 29th January 2020
Today is a very proud day! BIDBI has been awarded the Platinum Trusted Service Award by independent review platform, Feefo. What does this mean and what did we have to do to achieve this? To achieve the Feefo Platinum Service Award we had to achieve a customer service rating of 4.5... Read More