Over the next few weeks the team are attending trade and education exhibitions in Dublin, Frankfurst and Amsterdam. We’ll be meeting regular suppliers and customers, sourcing new ideas and demonstrating our own product range.

In November we were introduced to Mrs Susan Imrie, head teacher at Colinton Primary School, who had a story that we felt we had to get involved in.

Primary School ICT teacher Claire Lotriet’s website, Tweecher, was nominated for an Education Blog Award (2011). Tweecher succeeds in providing an insight into the work of a Primary teacher and highlights the innovative ways technology is being embraced within the classroom. Claire is also part of growing group of teachers using social media, such as Twitter, to network and share ideas. Read on to read what she has to say about the changing nature of ICT, CPD opportunities and what skills a graphic designer and a teacher have in common.

We’re currently developing our resource area to launch in the new year. We want the area to showcase innovative ways our products are used and promote inspirational tools that can be used with them. And we’re looking for your help!

In many ways Sundeala are a model that fellow British manufacturers should aspire to. Embracing an ethical approach to business they are constantly developing different uses for their products and exploring new markets. We’ve worked with Sundeala for a number of years and thought it would be interesting to feature them in a short Q & A to talk about their history, their green approach to business and the way their customers adapt their products.