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BE PART OF OUR JOURNEY

  • We may be a small business but we care about our impact on the planet. As part of a lockdown project, we undertook the @britainsmallbiz and @brookesforbusiness Sustainability Basics course and have calculating our CO2 emissions since June 2021. 

This year we’ve added to the Sustainability page on our website with a history of our footprint over the past four years. And this reel explains a bit about how we’ve managed to reduce it by four tonnes over the past 12 months. 

As the business continues to grow and we introduce new product lines, our emissions will inevitably increase too. How we manage those and endeavour to reduce our impact in other ways is an ongoing process. We’d love to hear from other small businesses who’ve come up with great ideas to minimise their own impact. 

As an aside, our calculations are based on assumptions and averages, such as the emissions of production, which is based on 3.73kg CO2 for every kg of finished goods. And the average digital emissions of a small business of 0.7 tonnes CO2 per year (@thesmall99). 

We are proud to work with a fulfilment warehouse that achieved B Corp status last year. And whilst we include the UK delivery emissions for the orders they dispatch in our calculations, we don’t currently include any other data for the @tidalfulfilment warehouse operation. Perhaps we should? 

#smallbusinesssustainability #beingaccountable #environmentalaccountability
  • Hello 👋. We’ve had a lot of you start following us recently so thought it was probably time to introduce you to Sarah, our founder, and the driving force behind Miss Milly.

From her Worcestershire village base, Sarah works with local, female-led companies to keep the business running, such as @designintheshires down the road in Malvern who design and maintain the website, and @tidalfulfilment just over the county line in Herefordshire. This is where your orders are sent from. 

And our trade customers in Wales, Scotland, the Midlands, South East corner and the South West, may have met our friendly sales agents on their travels to stock gift shops, garden centres and boutiques with Miss Milly jewellery, scarves and bags.

Sarah established Miss Milly 13 years ago after eight years running a similar business and has seen the industry evolve through two decades. She took the decision to become self-employed after travelling through South America and South East Asia in 2003-04, buying jewellery and other items on the way through, and then selling at festivals once back home as a side hustle to her career in Marketing and PR. It didn’t take long for her to see the potential for the business, left employment and hasn’t looked back! 

You really don’t know where life may take you. 

#selfemployeduk #smallbizuk #businessownership
  • Beautiful dragonfly jewellery with some sparkle in the necklace. Perfect for the summer months. Available in two colours, swipe to see the coral version. 

#dragonflynecklace #dragonflyearrings #dragonflyjewellery
  • We had fun in Bury last week with these two lovelies and samples from our upcoming Autumn-Winter collections, featuring both of the scarves and bags in this short clip. 

A huge thank you to Tatiana and Haley for modelling, and to @emmaratcliffestudio for a great couple of days shooting in the studio and out in the versatile Abbey gardens. 

#aw2526 #scarfcollection #recycledleatherbags #upcycledleatherbag
  • The beautiful mix of hand-painting over textured metal and clusters of tiny semi-precious stones is a style we love 🥰 You’ll see a lot more of this from us next season.

#colourfuljewellery #handmadejewellery #greenjewellery #greennecklace #greendropearrings #greenelasticatedbracelet

Thank you so much, I'll absolutely be recommending you. These are gifts but I'll be back for myself soon too.
Happy Customer
Absolutely thrilled to bits, the necklace is the perfect match to a dress I bought recently. Can't wait to wear it!
Happy Customer
Where have I been all your life! My brooch is amazing; every bit as good as the internet photo and then some!
Happy Customer
The contents of my beautifully wrapped parcel are absolutely gorgeous and the speed of service was outstanding!
Happy Customer
Just to say thank you not only for a beautiful product but outstanding service. Will recommend and return.
Happy Customer

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