Blackcat and Standard Fireworks Blog

Over the years different fireworks have become illegal in the UK; to avoid purchasing illegal fireworks always buy from a reputable firework brand and outlet that you trust. Standard Fireworks and Black Cat Fireworks have been supplying fireworks to the UK market for almost 120 years and supply fireworks to many well know high street shops and supermarkets.

Buying safe fireworks

To assure that you are buying safe and legal fireworks make sure before you buy that the firework is marked with the ‘BS 7114’ stamp which means Read the rest of this entry »

Radio Scotland – November 2010

Helen Ashton, Marketing Manager at Black Cat and Fireworks is a guest on Radio Scotland’s radio show feature, ‘Call Kay’ with Kay Adams talking about Bonfire Night and fireworks and how to stay safe with fireworks and enjoy Bonfire Night. Let us know your views about fireworks after reading below. Read the rest of this entry »

Radio Northampton – November 2010

Helen Ashton, Marketing Manager at Black Cat and Standard Fireworks is a guest on Radio Northampton’s radio show feature, talking about Bonfire Night and fireworks and how to stay safe with fireworks and enjoy Bonfire Night. Let us know your views about fireworks after reading below. Read the rest of this entry »

Radio Leeds – 4^th November 2010

Helen Ashton, Marketing Manager at Black Cat and Standard Fireworks is a guest on Radio Leeds’s radio show feature ‘The big question’ with Liz Green, talking about Bonfire Night and fireworks and how to stay safe with fireworks and enjoy Bonfire Night. Let us know your views about fireworks after reading below. Read the rest of this entry »

Radio Leeds – 5^th November 2010

John Woodhead, former chairman of the British Fireworks Association, is a guest on Radio Leeds’s radio show along with a West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue representative and a West Yorkshire MP talking about Bonfire Night and fireworks and how to stay safe with fireworks and enjoy Bonfire Night. Let us know your views about fireworks after reading below. Read the rest of this entry »

Radio Leeds – 5^th November 2010

Helen Ashton, Marketing Manager at Black Cat and Standard Fireworks is a guest on Radio Leeds’s early morning show talking about Bonfire Night and fireworks.

Radio DJ: “Millions of fireworks will be set off around the country and the county tonight. More than half of them will have come from West Yorkshire; the Standard Fireworks company have their HQ in Huddersfield. But Leeds MP Fabian Hamilton says that there’s a problem with the misuse of fireworks and he says the sale of them should be restricted to “legitimate organisations and individuals” here’s what he said” Read the rest of this entry »

Top tips for the perfect Bonfire party

‘Remember, remember the fifth of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot, we see no reason, why gunpowder treason, Should ever be forgot!’

November 5^th is an iconic date in British history, the day Guy Fawkes plotted, and failed, to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. People all over London lit Bonfires to celebrate his failure and every year since then we have traditionally celebrated with Bonfires and Fireworks! Read the rest of this entry »