Histon Hardware's Latest News

3 - 11 May - Grand Designs Live at Excel, London

We will be exhibiting once again at the ever popular Grand Designs Live Show. This year the show has become a nine day extravaganza with hundreds of more stalls and thousands of new products. Our triangular stand will be eye-catching and its location adjacent to the stage and one of the trendy restaurants will make it a popular venue. We would like to meet new and established customers so please come and see us at stand no. B386.

  12 April - HIT Fun Day in the villages of Histon & Impington
We are planning to be involved in a fun day called HITS (Histon & Impington Traders day) on Saturday 12 April where we along with other businesses, will have lots of activities to attend. These will include a bouncy castle, face painting, a treasure hunt, jousting, hog roast, fancy dress and much more so please come and join in the fun. The organisers are hoping for a celebrity or two to be milling around the villages! Money raised will go towards Q103 Kids Appeal and the Cambridge Evening News Teenage Cancer Appeal.
Please listen out for radio promotion on Q103 and Radio Cambridgeshire in the lead up to the Event. See latest poster here

27 - 28 March - We will exhibting at the Windex & Carpex Show at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry
This is a great opportunity for us to promote our Krud Kutter range of Commercial and Household bio-degradeable cleaning products to a targetted audience. Carpex 2008 is for everyone involved in the cleaning, maintenance and restoration of carpets, upholstery and flooring. Find out more about the show by visiting www.carpex.co.uk

The Green Way
We are excited to announce that we have put together an approved environmentally focused program called Greener Options. Whether it’s saving water, cleaning the air, conserving energy or everyday chores around the house, the trend of “going green” is undeniable. In response to consumer demand for a larger assortment of environmentally friendly products, we are offering a competitive mix of appropriate multi-category products to the marketplace. Don’t be surprised that in some cases these are products we already stock! Look out for the above logo on products that carry the Greener Options approval.

November Big Bang Offers
Take a look at our great special offers for this month. We have some great deals in there, like 3 for 2 on Stainless Steel Magic, a 77 piece Black & Decker drill/driver bit set, a cracking price on Purdy roller sleeves and a super special deal on our Premium Décor exterior paint product with a 20 year warranty!

Congratulations to John Kirby from Nottingham for winning our free prize draw for a Makita 12 volt combi drill kit.  The competition was free to enter for anyone visiting the Grand Designs Live show at the Birmingham NEC over the weekend of 5th - 7th October. I am sure that you will all agree that the show was a great day out, with a lot of exciting and innovative products and services available. We would like to thank everyone who took the time to visit the show and also our stand number B53. Take a look at some of our pictures of the show....you never know, you could be in one of them?

We will be exhibiting once again at the Grand Designs Live Show at the NEC Birmingham - 5 - 7 October 2007, so come and say hello and checkout the stand!

Histon Hardware is sponsoring the 2020 Cricket Final
NG2020PL brings you the showdown between the best four team's in the NG2020PL on the 30th of September 2007, on a selected County Ground. The Grand Final Day will be shown live on Sky Sports so look out for the hoardings at either end of the ground! Note that you can also watch all the live games on web TV so go to the Northgear 2020 web site to find out the latest.

Matt & Andy from Histon Hardware are joining forces with Hughes Electrical to do a cycle ride round East Anglia to raise money for Hospices in the region. Fundraisers will attempt to ride between all 11 East Anglian hospices covering a distance of 235 miles over 3 days starting on 28th September. Please click on the logo to go to their Just Giving page and help sponsor this very worthy cause. Good luck boys!

September 2007 - Krud Kutter are Making the World a Greener Place
If you are looking for an earth friendly cleaner that maintains the highest level of performance; look no further. Krud Kutter products have consistently developed cleaners and specialty products that are biodegradable and amazingly safe for the environment. We've expanded our line to include paint sundries, outdoor cleaners, rust removers, automotive cleaners, adhesive removers and many other specialty products. Come into Histon Hardware and pick up the latest range or order online now!


 June 2007 - Histon FC get the Glass World Stadium gleaming with a little help from KrudKutter and some willing hands! [ See more here ]

June 2007 - Following our commitment to spreading the word about our amazing range of TrueValue paints & products, plus the biodegradeable cleaners from KrudKutter we are delighted to say that we had an excellent weekend at the Grand Designs Live Show at Excel, London. We had lots of visitors to the stand, even into the early evening and with our latest ecommerce site on show we secured some excellent online orders! [ See pictures here ]

June 2007 - Following the torrential rains that have swept the Midlands and other areas, we have a new product from UGL that will assist greatly in waterproofing masonry. If you are involved in the clean-up operation or post flood restoration work then please contact us about this product range. Please review this product and we know that you'll be impressed by its ease of application plus a 10 year guarantee. Don't forget to give us the feedback on this product range!

May 2007 - Congratulations to Histon Football Club for winning the Nationwide Conference South and gaining promotion into next season's Blue Square Conference!
We also offer a special congratulations to Histon Football Club under-18's, to whom we sponsor, who finished a fantastic season off by winning the treble, including the Eastern Junior Plate, the Munns Youth Cup and the Southern Counties Youth League, Corinthian Division title.

Mar 2007 - Following the great success of the Grand Designs Live Show last Year, we will be exhibiting at both events this year. They are at Excel in London on the 8 - 10 June 2007 and NEC Birmingham on the 5 - 7 October 2007. Look forward to seeing you there!
To book tickets to these events visit the www.granddesignslive.com web site.

Mar 2007 - A new range of Master Mechanic Power Tools will be arriving shortly

 Oct 2006 - We have Exhibited at the Grand Designs Live Show

We had a Grand Day Out at the Grand Designs Live Show at the NEC Birmingham on 6 - 8 October 2006 which was a great success. We introduced the company as well as the TrueValue Paint range and Krud Kutter cleaning products.....

Gift Vouchers
We have introduced some special occasion gift vouchers that will allow your friends or relations to buy items at our store. We are also planning to introduce, in the very near future, a wedding list that will allow the happy couple to put together their special requirements.