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Nov 2023
Business Breakfast: New outdoor shop opens in Ripon
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A Trespass and Nevisport store is the latest addition to Ripon's high street.
The outdoor clothing, footwear and accessories specialist, which sells brands including The North Face, Rab and Berghaus, opened its doors on Saturday morning in a prime retail location at Market Place East.
The premises were previously occupied for many years by Barclays Bank, whose Ripon branch closed in August 2022.
The Trespass brand was created in 1984 by long-established Glasgow firm Jacobs & Turner Ltd, which still owns it. The first Trespass store in mainland Europe opened in the Netherlands in 2014 and others have since opened in Poland, France, Germany and Austria.
Nevisport was founded near Ben Nevis in Scotland in 1970 and was acquired by Jacobs & Turner Ltd in 2007.
New Christmas market at Ripley
Real Markets, which runs markets across Yorkshire, has announced a new Christmas market at Ripley Castle.
Real Markets at Ripley Castle on Sunday, December 10 will feature a "special visitor from the North Pole" and carols from local schoolchildren. Visitors will also have free access to Ripley Castle's grounds and gardens on market day.
Lucy Allen, director of Real Markets, said:
The monthly market at Ripley Castle. Photo: Real Markets.
Real Markets runs a number of long-standing Yorkshire markets, including monthly markets and farmers’ markets in Ilkley, Grassington, Otley and Harrogate, as well as at Ripley Castle on the last Sunday of each month excluding January. Its ethos is to support local, small, specialist and independent businesses to benefit the local community and help local producers thrive.
The Real Markets Christmas market at Ripley Castle will take place from 10am to 3pm on Sunday 10 December. Admission is free.
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