Billie & Co

09/12/2024

One of the events we're attending this week! Looking forward to the festivities 🥰

🎄✨ Experience the magic of Taunton Independent Market's 1st Christmas Night Market, this Thursday evening from 5pm - 9pm!

Join us for some wonderful festive late-night shopping in the heart of Taunton with some fabulous music to shop along to from Luís Martelo - Trumpet, Rock Choir, Stevie Nicole Brown, plus tunes throughout the evening from The Roller DisGoat.

Whether you're finishing up your Christmas shopping, looking for that unique gift, or just wanting to soak up the festive atmosphere of late night shopping, we think that our new Night Markets will be the perfect addition to Taunton's late night shopping offer.

Explore our lovely town centre, enjoy the beautiful Christmas lights, and support some amazing local businesses.

Moonlight Lane Designs
The Wife and I Sausage Company
Pop-up Pet stop
LUSH UK
Somerset Silver
Kumbites
RootiBouti
Seni's Ethiopian Kitchen
Lulu's Natural Dog Treats
EKP Designs
Dough Bros.
Piggy In The Middle
Pretty Things for all
Rebel Fudge
The Baahtini
Starburst Somerset
WWF
SB Bakes - Cookie Pies & Brownies
Curious Kombucha
Freeze Dried Cand
Bumblee's Preserves
Somerset Chocolate Co Extreme Brownies
The Churros Company
Kumbites
Olive and Rosy
Santa's Grotto
BAGZZ
Master Coffee Compan
Billie & Co
Urban Feast Box
Sarah's Scone Mad
Common Loaf Bakery
Gibbins Richards Estate Agents Ltd
Andrew Lees Lettings Limited
One Little Spark UK
Herby.4 Apple juice
Mainline Spirit Co
Lewis Catering
PrettyLittleUnicorn.co.uk
Silver Fox Mobile Coffee
Bakes by Becca
West Country Dim Sum Company
Maverick Rings
Rambo Rocks

Taunton Town Council Taunton Independent Quarter Bath Place, Taunton Station Road, Taunton Hatchers - Taunton's Own Department Store Orchard Shopping Centre

04/12/2024

Happy Birthday Billie & Co! 🥳

B&Co turns 4 today and I couldn't be more proud (and somewhat relieved!) to have reached this milestone! If you tuned into my stories this morning you will have heard me say that a lot of businesses don't reach the 3 year mark so this is definitely a proud moment for me 💪🏻

We couldn't do it without you!

Because I'm not going to lie, it might look lovely and glossy from the outside but running a business is f***ing hard. The sheer amount of things you have to be on top of all at once is mind boggling for a start, then there's actually doing them and coming anywhere close to nailing it. I'm sure plenty of other small businesses will agree with me there! This last year alone has been a tricky one to navigate and it has been your love as customers for the brand that kept us going! It's been this support that has made me dig deep, get creative with problems and keep putting one baby step in front of the other.

For this, I want to say a huuge thank you. Your unwavering supporting us over this last year is the reason we're still here. Thank you! 🙏❤️

We don't do sales very often, but Billie & I wanted to reward you with a little treat. Please accept 20% on us as a thank you for being a truly wonderful & supportive community around Billie & Co! The messages I've had recently about the products have brought tears to my eyes and it really does refuel me when things get hard.

🏷️ Use code: BCOISFOUR20 at the checkout for 20% off

I hope you enjoy a lovely time wandering through our virtual store browsing our products 🥰

26/11/2024

Screw Black Friday, Colour Friday is where it's at.. We're cutting through the noise, the dark and the pressure to bring joy, colour and happiness back to your Christmas 🌈🎄

WHAT IS and WHY is it special?
Simply, Colour Friday aims to turn Black Friday on its head. It is the creative small business answer to the mass production, soulless consumption and support of billionaires. It aims to encourage people to shop small and love local! With recent events, small independent businesses need you, their valued customers support now more than ever.

SCARY STATS:
1. Small businesses generate £2.4 trillion per year for the UK economy and employ 16.7 million people. (FSB 2024) (not that scary, it's great!)
2. Last year, Black Friday sales were around £13.3 billion (Mintel 2024) (Imagine if some of this was reallocated to the above..)
3. 2 out of 5 people confessed they didn't need what they bought, almost 50% of UK shoppers said they never or rarely used their purchases and almost a 3rd said they regretted it! (Starling Bank 2023)
4. 98% of Black Friday deals aren't actually the cheapest deals. (Which? 2023)
5. 1 in 3 small businesses fear closure by the end of 2024. (Novuna 2024)
6. 'If we each bought just one Christmas gift with an independent this year, we could reallocate a vital £2.7 billion between us!' 2023.

It's consumerism GONE MAD!
Small businesses simply can't justify the discounts that the global brands can and sometimes they're not even that great! (See stat No 4). In the words of Martin Lewis, The Money Saving Expert, 'If you needed it or were going to buy it anyway then you've saved 50%, if you didn't then you've lost 100%'. The majority of it ends up going to waste anyway (Stat 3)

Vote with your money, use the power in your money, whether its a £1 or £100, it's mighty! (combine Stat 2 with 1) Vote for the local people, vote for the sustainably made, vote for the ethical & quality choice of the small and independent businesses, stat No 1 is proof enough and imagine what they could do with an extra couple of billion and what it would do for the local economy!

Take away spend pressure, bring back the joy to Christmas gifting!

25/11/2024

A wonderful few days 🥰

We have just returned home after a magical few days away in St Ives in Cornwall. My husband surprised me with the most beautiful little cottage for my 30th birthday, I've been very spoilt 🥳

I immediately took the opportunity to get Billie out in our new Winter 24 range including a Sunday night wander through the fairy lit cobbled streets which of course the Ivy was perfect for 🥰

📷 Billie wears Sweet William

I'll be back in the workshop tomorrow working on all of your lovely orders and sending them out as soon as I can as I'm so excited to see you all enjoying the festivities!🎄


We've got a couple of events coming up this weekend:
- Saturday 30th - Christmas at the Club
Wiveliscombe Rugby Club, 10am - 2pm

- Sunday 1st Dec - Dulverton by Starlight
Dulverton Town Centre, 2pm - late (Fireworks at 7pm)

We'll be prepping for these this week too, perhaps you'll be popping along to visit us!


Remember, if you're local you're able to place orders online, click Collection at the checkout and collect from one of our markets! Do drop us a message to ensure it can be ready in time for you ☺️

We hope you're all beginning to feel festive and wish you a lovely December 🎅

04/11/2024

Guy Fawkes Night 🔥

We hope you're all keeping safe and happy during the week or so that the fireworks, bonfires and displays are happening. We benefit from living rurally during these events, you can still hear the louder fireworks and although one of our more sensitive collies is still a bit nervy of the bangs in the distance, we're relatively unscathed.

What things do you do to help your furry one cope with these nights?

18/10/2024

They're back! Enjoy the fray for yourself 🥰

Our super soft, cosy brushed cotton Meadow scarves are back on the website. I've been thoroughly enjoying mine, it's blissfully warm and cosy without being too bulky. I can tuck it inside my coat or hoodie and it doesn't get in the way when scooping the p**p. 🐾

📷: The Meadow Scarf

28/09/2024

Todays Brand Ambassador take over is the littlest lady with the biggest smile! 🥰 This bundle of fluff is beautiful Polly the Chihuahua. You'll find this little lady enjoying a wander along the beach at Westward Ho in Devon or having cuddles with her mum. Her wardrobe is as extensive as her attitude and her mum Dee always has her looking her best!

POLLY
Favourite Bandana: Libertas, Mini Break & Hazy Days
Favourite Collar: River Waxed Cotton Collar
The best walks: Westward Ho! Beach ⛱
Favourite pastime: Snoozing
Yummy treats: Anything, pet munchies
Hates: Loud noises & surprises

DEE
The best season: Spring 🌸
Favourite Human Apparel product: Bag strap/hoodie
Favourite pastime: Reading 📖
Hates: Cooking

📷 .and.gems wearing Libertas

26/09/2024

The best dressed pair of spaniels around without a doubt goes to these two lovely ladies, Ruby & Ryder. With their mum being the owner of leadporium and a huge supporter of dog-based small businesses she has everything and anything beautiful for these two, including many, many of our bandanas! Sonias imagery is stunning and spends a lot of her time photographing products (hers or another small businesses!) on her girls and they enjoy plenty of lovely adventures and day trips together 🥰

RUBY & RYDER
Favourite Bandana: Tallulah
Favourite Collar: Honey Collective Collar (Martingale)
The best walks: Dry & sunny walks in the woods
Favourite pastime: Chaing squirrels & going to the beach
Yummy treats: Anything fishy 🐟
Hates: Both hate the rain

SONIA
The best season: Summer ☀️
Favourite Human Apparel product: Canines & Coffee Tee
Favourite pastime: Going to the beach with my girls
Hates: Also hates the rain! 🌧️🥰

24/09/2024

Oh the smouldering one is here.. Introducing Heston! The springer X collie that will melt and break your heart with one image. Since this lovely duo joined the team his mumma Justine and I have bonded over all things black (Onyx Collective Collar, any of the Human apparel pieces in black, etc etc, we're obsessed) and everything autumn, we fully adore everything about this season. Heston & his mum love nothing more than getting out for a run together, Canicross-ing to be precise and keeping that busy body and brain of his busy!

HESTON
Favourite Bandana: The OG Devon
Favourite Collar: Onyx Collective Collar (Buckle)
The best walks: who chooses walks when we can run?! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍
Favourite pastime: Running.. Canicross with doggo friends
Yummy treats: Carbs... LOVES rice, would probably sell his mum for a bit of bagel, doesn't even have to be a whole bagel, just a bite.
Hates: CATS

JUSTINE
The best season: Autumn (duh)
Favourite Human Apparel product: Canines & Coffee black sweatshirt (also duh)
Favourite pastime: Canicross, I love it and I love how happy it makes Heston, win win.
Hates: Sitting around doing nothing, I have to be on the move.

22/09/2024

Well who is this lovely little lady?! Beautiful Ember the cocker spaniel of course!

Ember & Aimmie are the newbies on the team, after supporting us for months and then joining us back in August they've settled in wonderfully and are off to a flying start with their stunning imagery. Aimmie can alwys be relied upon to get lovely photos just when you need them! This lovely pair are based in Yorkshire and are always out on adventures, usually in the woods or exploring the countries beautiful villages. Ember is also the owner of one of the best canine wardrobes I have ever seen, beaten only by 😉

EMBER
Favourite Bandana: Multiple I\m afraid! Libertas, Bluebell, Maplewood
Favourite Collar: Onyx, Navy & Mulberry Martingales!
The best walks: Woodland
Favourite pastime: Chomping sticks
Yummy treats: Anything fish! 🐟
Hates: Loud noises/lack of attention

AIMMIE
The best season: Autumn/Summer
Favourite Human Apparel product: Love a Tee to be honest!
Favourite pastime: Taking photos and drinking wine 🍷
Hates: Spiders/fatty meat

📷 by wearing Rosehip

20/09/2024

Now this is a rather heartfelt post. You may have seen on our stories just over a week ago that one of our Brand Ambassadors, the beloved Steel, sadly passed suddenly and unexpectedly. Our hearts go out to Becca his beautiful mumma who has lost her best friend, her rock and most of all, her shadow. Steel went everywhere with Becca, on adventure days (of course), to big shows (to see us!) and even to work everyday. Hearing of the sudden loss of Steel was such a shock, we are sending all our love to Becca & her partner while they adjust to life without their little man. We saw Becca a few days after he passed for a big Billie cuddle and a coffee. She told us 'one day Steel will send another dog to her. He'll tell me when the time is right'.

We know this to be true and while you wait for the time to be right, we'll be right here with you.
All our love,
T & B 🩶

STEEL
Favourite Bandana: The Wanderer
Favourite Collar: Onyx Collective Collar
The best walks: Anything that involved a swim and 💩 rolling
Favourite pastime: Eating schnacks
Yummy treats: Whatever the humans were eating
Hates: Not getting whatever the humans were eating

BECCA
The best season: Autumn
Favourite Human Apparel product: The B&Co Bobble Hat
Favourite pastime: Hiking & wild swimming with friends
Hates: Having to work for a living as it stops me hiking & swimming with friends

📷: Steel wearing the Oceanic bandana whilst splashing around in the sea, one of his favourite places 🩶

20/09/2024

Find us in Lynton! 🥰

18/09/2024

While we're away my wonderul BA's will be holding the fort! Each day I will be sharing a little bit about my lovely team & their canines 🥰

To start us off is this handsome young man, Fionn. A 3 year old tri blue merle border collie (no not an aussie) Billie & I had the pleasure of meeting Fionn and his mumma Nicky during our early days as Billie Bandanas. We asked Nicky & Fionn to be our brand ambassadors and the rest is history, we now spend our days at agility competitions, on wonderful walks or photographing the boys.

FIONN
Favourite Bandana: The Wanderer
Favourite Collar: Onyx Collective Collar
The best walks: a sandy beach! ⛱
Favourite pastime: Travelling around to compete and camp at all the agility shows with friends.
Yummy treats: Cheese! 🧀 And the odd pizza crust..
Hates: People walking in slow motion on TV

NICKY
The best season: Spring 🌸
Favourite Human Apparel product: The B&Co basball cap!
Favourite pastime: Agility!
Hates: people that can't reverse down Devonshire lanes (LAUGH)

📷: Fionn wears the Amberwood taken by Nicky Woods Photography

22/08/2024

Here we go!

The Mix Ups are now live and I simply can't wait to see what colours you go for! There are so many options to choose from, I have a feeling the autumnal colours will be most popular this month. Soon the oranges, reds and golden colours will start to mix with the summer greens and if ordered soon your collar will arrive right on time to enjoy those beautiful, end of summer woodland walks 🍂

Here are just a few of the options you could choose:
- Honey & Mulberry
- Moss & Honey
- Moss & Mulberry (Pictured)

Let me know which are your favourite in the comments! 🥰

10/08/2024

Last of the Summer Events!

Will you be joining us at one of these last few events? Billie & I would love to see you 🥰

- Exford Show - Wednesday 14th August, 8.30am - 4pm, Exford, Somerset
- Connect and Create - Sunday 18th August, 10am - 4pm, Barnstaple Pannier Market, Devon

Both events will be full of other beautiful artisan makers and creators, along with plenty to do and see so it's well worth a visit! (Plus, you can never have too many Billie cuddles 😉)

06/05/2024

Billie would like to wish everyone a Happy Monday! 👋

04/05/2024

Was there ever a truer statement? 🥹🥰

🙌🙌 if you agree!

02/05/2024

How adorable is this little face?! 🥹

I'm loving all of your Bluebell shots, such beautiful dogs and their humans 😍 There is still time to grab the perfect bandana for your woodland walks!

📷 Fionn wearing Bluebell
Nicky Woods