CMO profile: Navigating the ecommerce boom
Shopify marketing chief talks through the strategy he s been using to differentiate the ecommerce solutions provider in the midst of rapid digital uptake in retail
Rapid uptake of ecommerce was an inevitable outcome of the events of 2020, and naturally, those companies that supplied the picks and shovels of the digital goldrush were among the biggest winners.
But for ecommerce platform providers, the challenge then was not about convincing would-be clients of the joy of ecommerce, but about the benefits of their platforms. And that meant cutting through the noise of a lot of competing solutions.
Art society hosts Easter exhibition
Childhood memories of Easters past by Gail Pantin -
The Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago (ASTT) gallery is hosting an exhibition called Easter Traditions and Religious Art.
The exhibition opened on March 23 and will reopen on April 7 and runs until April 9. The society is closed on Sundays, Mondays and public holidays. It is open to the public, free of charge, from 12 pm - 6 pm.
He is Risen by Judy Joseph Mungal -
A media release said during the year its members rent the gallery and manage their own exhibitions. During Easter the members would display work with a religious theme.
Survey plan outlined for historic village church following coronavirus grant Published: 17:00, 03 March 2021
A detailed study of the condition of a West Norfolk parish church s tower and spire will take place this spring, thanks to the allocation of a coronavirus support grant.
Officials from the All Saints Church in North Runcton have announced plans for the survey, which is to be financed with more than £15,000 from the Culture Recovery Fund.
And they have also welcomed the grant which they say will help their efforts to extend community activities there.
All Saints Church North Runcton. (44828447)
The new survey is expected to begin in May. Officials say the churchyard will be closed during that period.
Trust welcomes extension to VAT tax concession Norfolk Churches Trust has warmly welcomed an extension to a VAT tax concession until March 2022. There had been growing fears that the 20-year VAT relief under the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme would end on March 31.
Peter Sheppard, chairman of the Norfolk Churches Trust, said that the one-year extension was welcome news. “This is great news for churches, and I know that those facing major repairs will be relieved,” he added. The Round Tower Churches Society had also voiced concern because it would have added to the cost of repairs and conservation. The chancellor,
Michael Pollitt
St Mary the Virgin, church, Burgh St Peter.
- Credit: James Bass
An extension to a VAT tax “concession” until March 2022 has been warmly welcomed by Norfolk Churches Trust.
There have been growing fears that the 20-year VAT relief under the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme would end on March 31.
But on Wednesday, Nigel Huddleston MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the department of Culture, Media and Sport, revealed in Parliament that it would continue on the same terms.
Peter Sheppard, chairman of the Norfolk Churches Trust, said that the one-year extension was welcome news.
“This is great news for churches and I know that those facing major repairs will be relieved,” he said.