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The world's oldest record shop: on the vinyl frontier since 1894

The light-up sign in the window of Spillers Records, a suitcase-sized chock of blue and white acrylic, is off. The doors are locked. Outside, a man wearing a woolly hat and headphones checks the time: 20 past. He checks again. Still that.

Spillers opens at 9.30am, and it may be to divert the over-eager morning customer that some window space has been turned into a small exhibit, celebrating the shop's rich history in Cardiff. There are record sleeves from its days as a "phono exchange", run by the Spiller family from 1894 to the 1940s. There are 7-inch single bags – relics, like the light-up sign, of the 1970s, when the shop was run by a local man called Nick Todd. A cardboard replica of Tom Jones invokes history more recent, the cut-out draped in branded Spillers T-shirts that were must-buys for loyal customers when the shop faced closure in 2010.

It has been a difficult decade for record shops like this. Streaming, downloading, home shopping, pirating – the internet-inspired woes of the music industry have been disruptive from the perk-denied pop star down, but effects at the retail end have been particularly severe. Robust-seeming chains have folded, and…

Spillers' Sustainability Strategy

In the equestrian world we can make many small changes that have a big impact on our environment, and it is important to know that these efforts are also supported by equestrian brands, as they also make their own efforts towards a more sustainable future. Our Winter Championship class sponsor SPILLERS champion reducing their impact on the environment, with a more sustainable path being taken in the manufacturing of their horse feeds. 

Buying our horses their day-to-day feed is an important aspect of an equestrian life as a horse owner. We want to share with you the steps forward taken by SPILLERS with their own sustainability strategy, and the positive impact that will have on your own Carbon Footprint if you are a SPILLERS customer. 

Locally sourced raw materials

At SPILLERS, 75% of the ingredients are sourced from within the UK with 50% of these raw materials sourced within 35 miles of their mill. With the aim to minimise using ingredients that could feed people, making use of the valuable fibre rich materials that are produced in the processing of food such as flour or oat milling. The oatfeed and wheatfeed produced in these processes can’t be used in…