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| LATEST NEWS On this page you can see all the lastest news, new products, and events at Abbotts, and also what we have been up to in the last year or so! Please visit this page regularly to keep up to date, at whats happening at Abbotts. Also we would like to know what you think, is there a new product or service you think we should offer? or any other feedback? We would love to hear from you....... Please e-mail us via the Contact Us page. 07 June 2010 Bedding Plants on Sell at Abbott's Abbott's are pleased to announce that we now sell a range of summer flowers and bedding plants. The move to sell plants at both of our branches comes after a two month trial period at our seaton branch, which has been hailed "A complete success" by partner Jeff Abbott. He also said that as a company they hoped that the introduction of plants at the stores would compliment their garden department and provide a service to our customers in both towns. The range of plants includes Geraniums, Mimulus, Impatiens, petunias, marigolds and many more. 
Happy Birthday Abbotts Seaton Today (april 30th) marks the second anniversary of our Seaton branch opening. The Abbott family would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers in Seaton and the surrounding area for their custom and support over the last 2 years and thanks for making us feel so welcome in the community. So hopefully here's to many more years of trading in the Seaton area.
Late Night Opening 2009
August 30th 2009 Abbott's gets national attention as Chris Abbott joins Sky news live in the studio to discuss incandescent light bulb ban Above Chris Abbott live in sky news london studio. The 30th of August 2009 saw Chris Abbott partner of Abbotts put in the lime light on national television. Chris was asked by The British Hardware Federation (BHF) to represent hardware members on Sky news. He sat in the Sky news studio for their lunchtime news slot to discuss some aspecs of the phase out of incandescent light bulb due to the ban imposed by the European Union. Joining him in the studio was light bulb expert professor Heinz Wolff who is world renowned in the energy profession. The footage from sky can be seen in full below and the story followed up by the BHF press and local press pullmans newspaper. Watch Chris on Sky News lunchtime Bulletin Below Read More associated press below June 20th 2009 Abbott's Steps Up To the Recycling Demand May saw the introduction of East Devon's new recycling scheme in Ottery and surrounding villages. Abbotts were awarded the role of being Otterys sole trader for the bags for the food waste scheme. As an indroduction to the scheme the council rewarded all residents with a voucher which would allow them to buy one roll of bags and recive another free of charge. This scheme proved to be very popular but sadly was taken up by more people than the council were happy to pay for, Sadly this ment that only a fraction of the people who brought their vouchers to the store were able to claim theirs. We managed to persuade the council to increase the amount of vouchers by twice as much again but these did not last long as you can imagine. However stocks of the liners never ran out for more than a matter of hours and dispite high demand for sticky vinyl numbers we managed to keep 90% of customers happy. As well as supplying the goods for the new scheme our staff were called upon on a number of occasions to give information and advice to customers on how the new scheme would operate. Chris Abbott said " We were more than happy to help with any quires that customers had regarding the new scheme, as we had a fair amount of knowledge after the scheme was rolled out in the seaton area. It was that insight which enabled us to be well prepared for the roll out in this area". April 7th 2009 Full Time / Part Time Shop Assistant Required We are looking for full time and part time shop assistants, to join us in our busy Ottery St. Mary store. The successful applicant must be reliable, hard working and have good customer service skills. Your duties would be general shop work, with includes serving customers, pricing of stock, excepting and moving deliveries of stock (including cement, sand, timber, and compost), and preparing orders. Working 37 hours per week full time, or 16 hours part time, but must be flexible to cover staff illness and holidays. Please include on your application any days, or hours you are unable to work. Pay NMW. Please apply via the contact us page or by writting to Tony Abbott, Abbotts, 1-3 Jesu Street, Ottery St. Mary. Devon. EX11 1EU. Febuary 25th 2009
Abbott's Launch New Hire Leaflet With Two Exciting New Products
Abbott's is pleased to announce the launch of a new clear and more informative Hire leaflet. The new booklets can now be found in both Ottery St Mary and Seaton Stores. Abbott's have been providing a Hire service now for over a year and in that time the range has increased significantly. In the new product guide you will now find a new smaller floor sander for edging work and small floors, Plus after popular demand we now can offer an industrial dehumidifier. For more details pick up the new hire booklet today or visit our hire pages online. December 24th 2008 Abbotts Christmas Hamper Throughout December, customers who purchased a cookware related item in either our Ottery or Seaton stores, were entered into our Free Christmas Draw, to win a Luxary Christmas Hamper. This was drawn today and won by Mrs Jo Richie from Ottery St. Mary. We would like to thank everyone who took part, and wish everyone a very merry Chrismas from all of us at Abbotts. December 10th 2008 ABBOTTS SCOOP TOP NATIONAL AWARD Abbotts of Ottery St. Mary, and Seaton have brought home to East Devon a Top National Award. Abbotts came runner up for the converted award of ‘Britain’s Best Hardware Retailer’, taking home the silver award. But owner of the family business Tony Abbott, wasn’t upset on just missing out on the top spot. He said, we are absolutely delighted to win the silver award, when you think of how many independent DIY and hardware stores there are across the UK to come second in the whole of the country, is a fantastic achievement. We are very proud to of won this, but really it’s a big thank you to all of our customers really whom without their support we could not of achieved this. The DIY Industry awards was presented by Comedian Rohd Gilbert at the Hilton Hotel in Manchester last week and was attended by many of the countries well known multiples as well as many independent retailers, like Abbott’s. To scoop the silver Abbott’s had to meet very tough criteria to be nominated including showing exceptional customer service and product knowledge, as well as offering their customers excellent value for money, and both of Abbotts stores in Ottery and Seaton were visited by mystery shoppers. ‘We are all really delighted’ said Mr Abbott ‘To be ‘Britain’s Best Hardware Retailer’ certainly puts Ottery St Mary & Seaton on the map’ 'It caps a fantastic and exciting year for us, which begun with the opening of our Seaton store, and it’s a huge boost with just before our 30th anniversary next year, which we have many exciting things planned. 
Tony & Vivienne Receiving The Coverted 'Britians Best Hardware Retailer' Silver Award. November 26th 2008 Ottery Late Night Opening Extravaganza Abbott's Children's Christmas Treasure Hunt during Ottery late night opening, once again proved to be a great hit with over 100 children taking part. The whole family got involved dressing up as dogs, as this years theme was to help find the lost Dulux puppy dogs around the store. Every child on completion of the treasure hunt got a goodie bag, certificate, balloon, and went into the draw to win one of the cute and cuddly Dulux dogs, which was won by Ruth Dillon from Ottery St. Mary. "Everyone really seemed to enjoy themselves" said Jeff Abbott, 'The children certainly enjoyed the treasure hunt, and I think that the grown ups had a good laugh at as all dressed up in our dog outfits' 'The town over all was buzzing on late night opening, and had a fantastic atmosphere, so we are defiantly looking forward to doing it all again next year'
Late Night Opening 2008
November 10th 2008 Ottery Late Night Opening Fun For All Join Abbotts for Ottery’s late night opening on Friday 28th of November as they have something for everyone. After last years huge success of a children’s treasure hunt, in the store Abbotts will be repeating it this year, with a different theme. “We have already been asked if we are doing the treasure hunt again” says Chris Abbott. “So its back by popular demand!, it was great fun last year the children really did enjoy it as did me and Jeff even though we were dressed up as elves” “Mind you I did get some strange looks when I went out of the shop to Roseys chippy, for my lunch dressed up as an elf, and our friends did find it quite amusing, one travelling from Exeter to see us” This year will be much the same, but the theme will be kept under wraps until the night, “All children are welcome to enter” says Chris, “there is absolutely no purchase necessary, and every child who enters will get a certificate, a goodie bag, and will be put in a draw for a very special prize, so come along and join in the fun”, and so not to feel left out Abbotts have some fantastic special offers on the night for the grown ups as well. “This years late night opening promises to be the best one yet, with so much going on throughout the town, and that special Christmas buzz and atmosphere that happens in Ottery, its not to be missed, and certainly a better option than staying in watching rubbish TV that’s for sure” says Chris. .JPG) .JPG) .JPG) Staff, Friends, & Customers Having Fun At Last Years Late Night Opening Event October 6th 2008 ABBOTTS ARE FINALISTS FOR A NATIONAL AWARD Abbotts, of Jesu Street in Ottery, and Harepath Road in Seaton has been named as a finalist for the DIY industries ‘Britain’s Best Retailer Awards 2008’. Abbott’s were nominated by trade publication DIY week, and are in the running with three other retailers from across the UK, for ‘Britain’s Best Hardware Retailer’, which was won last year buy a company called Ray Grahams DIY and Builders Merchants from, Northern Ireland. Other retailers at the awards include B&Q, Wickies, and Homebase who are all slogging it out for ‘Britain’s Best Multiple Retailer Award’.
The independent retailers nominated must show exceptional, customer service, product knowledge and training programs, as well as offering their customers excellent value for money. Tony Abbott owner of the family business said, ‘We are absolutely frilled to bits to be nominated for such a prestigious award, we had no idea, this came completely out of the blue’ But Mr Abbott played down Abbotts chance of winning the accolade, he said ‘When you think how many independent DIY stores there are up and down the country, just to be nominated in the top four or so to be in the running for this award, its just a huge achievement’ ‘This is just the icing on the cake for us’ say Tony 'It caps a fantastic and exciting year for us, which begun with the opening of our Seaton store, which is working very well for us, but its testament to all the hard work put in from all the family and staff at Abbotts, but most importantly all our customers, whom without them we wouldn’t be here at all, so it’s a big thank you to everyone really’. The winner will be announced at a special dinner in Manchester on 18th of November. August 12th 2008 Seaton Shop Becomes A Dulux Colour & Advice Centre Abbotts Seaton, has now been endorsed as a Dulux Colour and Advice Centre. The store had to meet Dulux's tough critera on Range, Price & Product Knowledge for this endorsement. It's the second shop in Devon to become a colour and Advice Centre with our Ottery St. Mary shop being the only other one in the county. June 2nd 2008 New Longer Opening Hours In Ottery We now no longer close at 5pm on Wednesday afternoons, we are now open in Ottery from 8 am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday and from 8.30 to 5.00 Saturday. This change was due to customer requests to bring what was traditional Ottery early or half day closing, in line with the other week day opening hours. May 20th 2008 Abbotts Seaton Opening Makes National News The new seaton shop didn`t open un-noticed, as well as good local media coverage this news story was picked up by national trade magizines Hardware Today, and DIY week. As the general trend are independant DIY stores closing down, and not opening up, this story made good news. The link to the DIY Week news story can be found below. April 30th 2008 Opening Day Sucess For Abbotts Seaton Abbotts Seaton opened its doors for the first time, on Wednesday 30th of April and were over joyed with customer responce. 'It was like a party atmosphere' said Jeff Abbott, 'People coming in to see what we do and how the shop as changed since it was a chemist, far more people than we ever expected, the cake and drink, went down well as well!' 'Many people have commented on this is what Seaton needed, and that we are offering soming different to the town. People said we have now saved them a trip to Axminster or Honiton, which has got to be a good thing' Jeff said. April 14th 2008 Opening Date Announced For Our New Seaton Branch Its been a long wait, and thank you for your patience, but Abbotts New Seaton Branch will open its doors at 10.am on Wednesday April the 30th. We have extensively refitted this shop to offer a comprehensive range covering DIY, Key Cutting, Paint, Paint Mixing, Timber, Building Supplies, Gardening, Hire, Housewares and Cookware. This gives us a fantastic opportunity to grow our business, and continue to buy in bulk, and pass the savings onto our customers. Please come and visit us at 38 Harepath Road, Seaton, next door to the Co-op Local. Full details of our opening day offers, and pictures of the shops transformation can be found on our Seaton page. We look forward to welcoming you to Abbotts Seaton..! April 6th 2008 Abbotts Make National News....Twice Abbotts have been in the the national press twice this month, firstly in the trade publication Hardware & Garden Review. The artical commented on Abbott's green credentials, on how it wasn`t just the DIY superstores that were trying to be more substainable. It commented that stores like Abbott's are leading the way in the independant DIY industry, by becoming greener. Secondly the local news story about Abbotts becoming the only Dulux Colour and Advice centre in Devon has been picked up by national magazine DIY week. The full news story can be found on this link March 10th 2008 Abbotts Have Increased Their Range Of Hire Products Again!! We now offer a new portable cement mixer, and an industrial floor sander, for hire at competivite rates. Please see the hire page for more information February 28th 2008 Dulux Puppie Dog Promotion  Everyone loves the cute and cuddly Dulux Dog, and now you can own one yourself. Just purchase any 2 x 2.5L of ready mixed Dulux paint, and you will receive a free Dulux puppie dog. Terms and conditions apply see in store for full details February 20th 2008 New Ranges Introduced Due to popular customer demand, we have conciderably increased our ranges of pest control products, and garden woodcare. These new ranges will be in-store from March 2008. January 16th 2008 Jeff Judges New Products At Top London DIY Show Jeff Abbott was asked by trade publication DIY Week, to judge new products at the DIY, Garden and Totally Tools show, held at Earls Court, London on Sunday 13th January.The news story from DIY Week is below.. Best new products recognised at show
Faithfull, Everbuild, ASP, Blackfriar and Laser Tools headed the winners list in this year’s awards for the best new products on display at the DIY & Garden Show and Totally Tools.
Faithfull took the hand tools award with its Fence Post Shaper. Silver awards went to Olympia Tools' Roughneck anti-shock hammer, Kamasa's Off-Line trowel kit, and the Tubtops from Faulks.
In diy and hardware products, the Gold award went to Everbuild's Roll 'n' Stroll flooring protector. STV took a Silver for its Revolver mousetrap, as did Mould-It's Easi Step'n'Carry, and the Kosmos range of wheelie bin covers.
Gold winner in the garden products category was ASP's innovative bird table camera, with Silvers going to Group 55's Strikeback fly killer for wheelie bins, and to Stadium Group for the Kanga apron.
A surprise winner in the decorative products category was Blackfriar's ecolibrium range of garden furniture finishes, solvent free and based on natural oils. ICI took two Silvers, for Hammerite Metalmaster and Polycell Basecoat Complete, and Akzo Nobel scooped a third Silver for the Sandtex Power Roller.
Finally, the Gold winner for power tools and accessories was Laser Tools' 12v pressure washer, with Silvers going to Kinzo for the Pro Plus screwdriver with 90-second recharge, and to Evolution Tools for both the Rage 3S mitre saw, and the Rage 4 multi-purpose saw.
As always, the judging panel was made up of retail and wholesale buyers. This year's judges were Michael Baulf of Lanes of Cheddar, Jeff Abbott from Abbotts DIY in Ottery St Mary, and Neil Hoy of Mica UK.
The judging panel was chaired by DIY Week publisher, Colin Petty.
27th December ABBOTTS IS EXPANDING WITH A NEW SEATON BRANCH We are pleased to announce that Abbotts will be opening a shop in Seaton, this spring. We have acquired the former Lloyds pharmacy, next to the co-op in Harepath Road, and over the next few months will be modernising, and re-fitting this shop. We will stock a similar range to our Ottery branch covering DIY, paint mixing, timber, building supplies, gardening, hire, housewares and cookware. This gives us a fantastic opportunity to grow our business, and continue to buy in bulk, and pass the savings onto our customers. We hope to open in late March to early April, please visit this page again for the latest news on this exciting new store. Are you from Seaton or the surrounding area? Please feel free to contact us via the contact page, we would love to hear your feedback on what we can do for you. 24th December - 2nd January Merry Christmas Abbotts will be closing at 4pm on Christmas Eve, and will be closed on Christmas day, Boxing Day and New Years Day. We will also be opening reduced hours of 9am to 5pm between Christmas and New years, and returning to normal on Wednesday January 2nd. We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a very merry Christmas, and thank you for your custom, and support in 2007, and we look forward to being of service to you in 2008. 30th November - 2nd December Christmas Shopping Fayre Abbotts will be at the Christmas Shopping Fare at Westpoint, from Friday November 30th to Sunday 2nd of December. We will be on stand N5, conveniently near the food and drink area of the show! We will have many exclusive show offers, and ideas for Christmas presents. For more information visit http://www.grandstandevents.co.uk/ 23rd November 2007 Ottery Late Night Opening Ottery Chamber of Commerce late night opening and lights switch on 2007, was by far the most sucessful yet! The town was buzzing, with people getting into the christmas spirit, and Abbotts was no exception. We held a free childrens christmas elf hunt, around the store. Where they would go around the shop finding the elves and writing down their names, and on complection they were giving a certificate and a free goodie bag. Plus for the grown ups we gave 10% Discount off everything! We also had all the staff in fancy dress, and we had a visit from Crealys 'Dina The Dinasaur'. But now we, and the chamber of commerce are already planning for late night opening 2008! So whether you attended this year or not, we would love to hear from you, on what we at Abbotts can do to improve for next year...and also what can the Chamber of Commerce do to make the 2008 event the best one yet! Please e.mail us via the contact us page. Staff, Customers and Crealys Dina The Dinasaur Enjoying Ottery's Late Night Opening 2007
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