New in town - introducing businesses

PERFECT POSIES

You can’t fail to spot the new florist, dazzling in pink on Turner Street. Lucy Wood, 22, is the creator of Perfect Posies, and started her business from home, setting up an online shop two years ago after she completed a floristry qualification at Canterbury College.

She is “so excited” to be welcoming her loyal online shoppers and new customers to the shop now open in Ramsgate, the town where she grew up.

Alongside personalised flowers and bouquets, Lucy creates forever bears, year-lasting rose hat boxes, artificial flower arrangements and flower wall displays for homes, businesses, weddings, events and photo-shoots.

“I like to personalise flowers and create bouquets, arrangements and funeral wreaths that suit the person they are intended for,” she says. “I enjoy chatting to people, designing, being creative and discussing ideas and I am always up for a floral challenge.”

Perfect Posies, 4 Turner Street perfectposiesflorist.co.uk

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LITTLE SEASIDE TOWN

A miniature town on the High Street has opened ready to welcome our littlest people. Little Seaside Town is based on imaginative role play and invites children to play make believe in a realistic town, albeit scaled down, complete with hospital, police station, Grandma’s house and hair salon. With no upper age limit for children, it is a place for all the family with an onsite café offering hot and cold food and drinks.

The family run business is the brainchild of mother Tracy Harris and daughters Jade and Leonie. The centre has been fully designed and built by the family, fortunate enough to count several trades among them. Both Tracy and Jade have a background in education and social work, and Leonie brings catering and experience front of house from travels across Australia and New Zealand. Little Seaside Town opened its doors in September and is adhering to all Covid-19 government guidance. Three sessions run daily and can be booked through the website.

Little Seaside Town, 23 High Street littleseasidetown.co.uk

HARBOUR ACTIVE

The sea is a hive of activity, from swimmers to surfers, sunbathers to seafarers, and requires its own fashion. Introducing Harbour Active, a new shop offering stylish swim and beachwear, as well as a range of waterproofs, capes, coats, jackets and bags. Situated above Harbour Bikes at Arch 20 on the Harbour, the shop opened in August stocking the brand Animal, with everything from hoodies to swimwear and flip flops, and Rains, which specialises in waterproofs. As the season changes French clothing company Saint James is on offer with its range of seaside clothing and next year London based tailors Buttress and Snatch are on board to offer hand made bespoke swimwear made from recycled eco fabric. A range of Bloc sunglasses for cycling and casual wear are in stock.

Harbour Active is the collective idea of Michael and Toby, who run Harbour Bikes, along with artist Alice Moore (muralarts.co.uk) resident at the arch for five years.

Harbour Active, 20 Military Road Instagram @harbouractive and on Facebook

JEROME PURE CURATED HAIR

As hairdressers across the country flung open their doors post lockdown, Ramsgate welcomed Jerome Pure Curated Hair, a new sustainable salon. Everything is sourced ethically, plastic-free, and as locally as possible. Jerome uses high end biodynamic hair treatments and colours, taking pride in offering clients the best nature can give.

Every session includes a complimentary ayurvedic head massage or customised scalp purifier. With 25 years experience in hairdressing, Jerome won British Avant Garde Hairdresser of the Year in 2005, before opening his first salon in Spitalfields, London. He has worked on projects taking him from New York to Berlin, backstage at London and Stockholm Fashion Week and taught colouring for four years at Schwarzkopf Academy.

Six years ago he made the move to Ramsgate with husband Steve, and ran a salon in Cliftonville’s Walpole Bay Hotel. It wasn’t long before the beauty of Ramsgate inspired him to open here. “We have great talent here. It’s happening here right now so I am very grateful and optimistic that we all will carry on putting Ramsgate on the creative map,” he says.

The salon is open Tuesday to Saturday.

Jerome Pure Curated Hair, 189a High Street jeromehair.co.uk