Its been a very long time since i intentionally promoted my employers on my blog. I began working for Fm Bookshops in 2005 as the manager in our Ballymena branch, then moved sideways to take charge of the online shop. With that has came some responsibilities in design, p.r. and marketing which hopefully will continue to develop alongside all the other changes within the business.

We are an organisation in change with some things happening quicker than others but all in all it is a very exciting time for us. There are so may uncertainties within ‘Christian retailing’ right now so we do not take for granted how blessed we have been. A new premises in Portadown, a major facelift in our ballymena shop, a new accounts system and the online shop are just a few of the things we have been working through.

One of the most exciting things to arise over the last year has been the planning & discussions about ‘music’ and where the market was headed on cd sales. We take very seriously the fact that we are one of the UK’s largest Christian Booksellers and what that means across our 20 UK shops. At the beginning of Sept09 we changed all our music prices with the determination that we could begin to lead the way on music prices within Christian retailing. We know our customers love music, the sales have always reflected that but we LOVE music also, so we wanted to show that in the best way possible! Example; the new LEELAND album, Love is on the move is £7.93 in our shops, thats the best price you will find anywhere in the UK!

We admit that we have not gotten everything perfect so far but that is a difficulty with trying to maintain a large operation while making major changes at the same time. We really do appreciate our customers, they are what keeps us alive but we also appreciate the opportunity to sell & distribute ‘Christian product’ and especially Bibles. This is why we exist. This is why we are changing shape, trying to improve how we operate, so that we can continue to provide the Bibles, Books & music to you.