News roundup--Nisbets, Notonthehighstreet, more

Catering equipment supplier Nisbets has launched into the USA. Based in Baltimore, Maryland, Nisbets now offers next-day deliveries on the east coast of America. In addition to the UK, the company also operates in France, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Holland, Germany, Belgium, and Australia.

Online marketplace Notonthehighstreet.com is supporting its future growth using cloud-based technology. It has selected Rackspace Hosting to provide fully redundant network devices, SAN storage and clustered application and file servers. Notonthehighstreet is now considering a hybrid cloud model that will see the retailer’s existing systems bolstered by the ability to expand availability and bandwidth instantly to respond to spikes in site traffic.

From today online retailer SockShop.co.uk will start stocking a new sock range as part of a collaboration between Sir Steve Redgrave’s clothing range FiveGold (FiveG) and the Aid by Trade Foundation’s Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) initiative. The socks are made from sustainable African cotton and manufactured in the UK. Sir Steve Redgrave and SockShop owner the Ruia Group are equal partners in FiveG.