David Lindo and The Big Garden Birdwatch 2024
This month, we are delighted to feature a guest blog from longstanding Páramo Ambassador, David Lindo. Also known as the Urban Birder, David is a respected broadcaster, writer, naturalist, photographer and public speaker who is passionate about birds. With the world’s largest garden wildlife survey taking place in the UK this weekend – the Big Garden Birdwatch 2024 – who better to wax lyrical about our feathered friends and encourage nature lovers like us to take part, helping to build a picture of how British garden birds are faring. Over to David…
Stories from Creaciones Miquelina
Our long-term ethical manufacturing partnership with Creaciones Miquelina in Bogotá, Colombia, has provided training and employment for vulnerable women at risk of prostitution and drugs since 1992. We are extremely proud that all garments manufactured at Miquelina (85% of our annual production, including all our Nikwax Analogy waterproof garments) carry the World Fair Trade Organization Fair Trade label.
Here, we share the stories of Magda and Viviana, two women whose lives have changed thanks to Creaciones Miquelina, its partnership with Páramo, and our new Employee-Owned Trust.
Our partnership with the UK’s premier wildlife hotel, The Grant Arms
We are excited to launch our partnership with the UK’s only wildlife hotel, The Grant Arms in the Scottish Highlands. Nestled in Grantown on Spey in the heart of the beautiful Cairngorm National Park, The Grant Arms Hotel is the perfect base from which to explore this region’s stunning landscapes and discover its abundant flora and fauna. The finest river in Scotland, the River Spey, is only minutes away and there is no better place to spot rare and endangered species such as wildcat, red squirrel, osprey, pine marten, golden eagle and rutting deer.
Outdoor Stories: Alex and Jodie from Páramo HQ
Between them, HQ staff members Alex Beaumont and Jodie Clarke have an impressive 37 years of Páramo experience under their belts, so we thought it was about time we gave them a little overdue airtime in one of our newsletters. Alex is our patient Operations Director who knows everything there is to know about the business, whilst Jodie, as Head of Sales, has a real flair for what makes our retailers and customers tick. As befits a Páramo employee, they spend much of their spare time enjoying the great outdoors and we asked them to give us an insight into the kit they are never without.
Introducing Richard Pyne, Páramo Clothing’s CEO
Meet Richard, our Chief Executive Officer who took over the reins from our founder Nick Brown when he retired and transferred the business to an Employee Owned Trust. Read about Richard’s journey rising up the Páramo ranks from working the shop floor in the Wadhurst Brand Store, to being appointed CEO.
Our trip along the Alpine Dreamway.
Read the account from Joe, Ollie, Sol and Finn on their epic hiking trip through Austria into Italy, across a part of the Traumpfad, the long-distance hiking route from Munich to Venice.
Emma Winterbottom’s trip to Creaciones Miquelina
Our Product Developer Emma Winterbottom joined Páramo in 2009 and leads a team that creates intelligent and functional garments for outdoor people. Last month, she visited our Colombian partners at Creaciones Miquelina in Bogotá to gain an even better understanding of how they work, and here she tells us a bit about her trip…
Introducing the Elliot Brown Kimmeridge Limited Edition Watch for Women
We are excited to announce the arrival of Elliot Brown Women’s Kimmeridge Limited Edition Watches in our Brand Stores! Retailing at £350 – £385, £35 from the sale of each watch is donated to Mountain Rescue England & Wales (MREW).
