I was sorry to see Go Go Plastic had shut up shop on Gibb Street the other week. Theirs was an interesting establishment selling cool stuff and putting on loads of neat events. They also had a good web presence, cropping up in my searches all the time. Checking their website produced some good news, though. They have a stall at the Sunday Flea and will be back next year taking a spot in the new Devonshire House development. Here’s what they said:

We initially thought about moving to a smaller space to reduce costs. Though we realised with our wonderful landlord that no matter how cheap our costs were, the problem is passing trade. The Custard Factory has a massive plan for the next year for the whole factory, with the plan being complete next summer. We saw the blueprints last night for the completed Devonshire House. The completed Devonshire house will include a number of new courtyards, and 14 new retail spaces. 14 shiny new retail spaces for a handpicked select few, chosen from the current residents of The Custard Factory, current independent businesses in the City, and new businesses that may arrive/be created in the coming year.

We will be one of them! We will start discussing our contract and space we want in December/January for a plan to launch all the new spaces in the summer. Along with the new spaces, there are many changes happening to the current space, and some old faces (the good ones!) will be returning to The Custard Factory for the summer too. The Custard Factory will be a completely new complex, like we’ve never seen it before. We’re so pleased to even be considered a part of this grand master plan!

So you may say, well what’s happens in the short-term? The short-term is not so bleak! We will continue to be attached to The Custard Factory. We don’t want to be seen anywhere else in the City! We will have a wonderful stall at the Sunday Flea every week, where you can still come and have a feel of lovely new vinyl, and maybe some Saturdays too. (All info will be posted here when set in stone). Not to mention we will have events at the Gallery at The Custard Factory. It’s an amazing space; we hope to use it well. We have some ideas in the pipeline for future events, and potentially a collaboration coming up with another store based at TCF. You can still buy online. We are currently going through a complete overhaul, new logo, new website etc – all designed and created by the oh-so-amazing Gavin Strange of Jam Factory!

Generally, we have just under a year to fine-tune all aspects of Go Go Plastic! ready for a brand spanking new space, in a shiny new Custard Factory! We’re excited, and we hope you are too!

If you want to talk about the opportunities for the launch of Devonshire House next year then call Jonathan on 0121 244 7775.