A bridal boutique is to open in Hull’s Fruit Market, bringing an exciting blend of exclusive designer gowns, cool indie labels and unconventional chic to the world of wedding fashion. Ghost Orchid Bride is the latest new business to be drawn to the Fruit Market by the waterfront quarter’s creative spirit and bohemian atmosphere. The growing business is the creation of former Hull School of Art...

An independent fashion boutique featuring body-positive messaging and a creative studio space is to open in Hull’s Fruit Market urban village. Tessies is the latest venture to sign up to join the creative community on Humber Street in the heart of the Fruit Market, bringing its collection of stylish clothing, jewellery and accessories to the thriving waterfront area. Inspired by the artistic...

Over coffee in Paragon Arcade you can just about hear the tunes from the music shop in between the chatter of curious shoppers, drinkers and diners getting to know the traders, making new friends and bumping into old ones they haven’t seen in ages. Collectively, the sound of a trend being bucked. It would be an overstatement to say that the arcade is single-handedly driving the renaissance of...

Art and Soul showcases framed art, jewellery, prints, woodwork, ceramics, glassware, embroidery and much more within a creative community with shared goals and ambitions. Fifty artists and makers have already signed up for space at Art and Soul to showcase their unique talent and offer something different to shoppers. Art and Soul founder Dr Jane Berriman (above), from Walkington, near Beverley,...

Guitar Galleries will draw musicians to the retail and leisure destination from far and wide with a range of guitars from leading brands to rival anything to be found across the North of England. The move to its new 3,000 sq ft, two-storey Flemingate home is a milestone in the growth of the specialist retailer. Guitar Galleries secured the Flemingate unit having outgrown its previous store in...