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| Company type | Public |
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| Industry | |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Defunct | 24 January 2023 |
| Headquarters | Gateshead, Tyne & Wear |
Key people | Mark Buchanan (CEO) |
| Products | Grocery, fashion and accessories, paper, crafts |
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Number of employees | 50 [2] (2022) |
| Website | traidcraftshop |
Traidcraft was a UK-based Fairtrade organisation, established in 1979. Its trading arm, Traidcraft plc, which sold fairly traded products, went into administration in January 2023.[3][4]
Transform Trade is a development charity which was renamed from Traidcraft Exchange in September 2022.[5][6] It had become independent from the original Traidcraft organisation in 2018. Transform Trade continues to operate independently.[7]
Traidcraft was a co-founder of the Fairtrade Foundation.[8]
- ^ "Filing history". Companies House. TRAIDCRAFT PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ Lynch, Oscar (18 December 2018). "Traidcraft CEO looks forward to relaunching business". Insider Media Ltd.
- ^ Hughes, Mike (9 February 2023). "Prices, pandemic and strikes cause Traidcraft administration". The Northern Echo.
- ^ "Administration Notice". Traidcraft PLC. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ Organisation's website, About Traidcraft Archived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Paveley, Rebecca (22 September 2022). "Traidcraft rebrands as Transform Trade". Church Times.
- ^ "Traidcraft plc goes into administration". Transform Trade. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "UK fair trade's Gateshead origins". BBC News. 1 March 2010.