Category: Business

Kibworth’s award-winning bookshop will be moving into larger premises in February this year. This will provide the business with over three times as much space. Kibworth Books was launched in December 2009 by Debbie James at 52 High Street in the attractive south Leicestershire village. They now have a team of six working both on the shop floor and behind the scenes. In 2016, the shop doubled in size by taking on a second storey, converting it from an apartment into two more book-lined rooms. Now the whole bookshop will move just metres down the road to ‘The Barn’ at 29 High Street.

There is a familiar saying that you shouldn’t look back as you are no longer going that way. As the new year begins, we have taken a look at our partnership with local charity, the Bodie Hodges Foundation, over 2021.

by using very delicate fine needles that are inserted just below the skin into specific points on the body.

The Kid Collective has arrived in Kibworth! We are an independent toy and gift retailer based locally and have been selling online for over three years. We are excited to bring our products to life in a pop-up shop that is full of wonderful toys waiting to be discovered. You can find us on Station Street in Kibworth until 23 December.

Why do companies hide the truth about their activities?

In September The Fitness Box, based in the grounds of the Manor, Tur Langton held a massive 24-hour Charity Fitness Challenge.

Driving along the B6047, the road from Market Harborough to Melton Mowbray, near to Billesdon I see two large advertising flags fluttering in the wing and pull into Rolleston Lodge. Here, I find Northern Cobbler, a minimalist cafe space with superb coffee and delicious cakes and pastries. Plus if you look over the fence, a great view of Leicestershire. I ask for an Americano, black and no sugar. It is the elixir of life, fortifying one for the next part of the journey.

Driving along the A6 the other morning I glanced briefly towards the closed gates of Kibworth Recycling and Household Waste site (known to all as ‘The Tip’) and immediately came to mind the lyrics of the well-known Joni Mitchell song ‘Big Yellow Taxi’, in particular the line,

Join Bridge 67 Butchers on Saturday 4 December from 10am – 3pm at The Cookery School, Debdale Lane, Smeeton Westerby for a cheese and charcuterie tasting day. 

More Grants announced for businesses in Harborough.