Smoking ban a year on
It’s been a year since the smoking ban was introduced in the UK, and so far there has been a mixed response as to whether or not this has helped in any way at all.
Clearly there are the health benefits, nobody wants to be stuck in a room full of smoke, and not even smokers [...]
The plan to save Battersea power station
A £4 billion plan to save Battersea power station before it falls down has been unveiled, but I order to save the power stations which is one of the most easily recognisable sights on the London skyline the sight is going to have to change dramatically.
The project will include an underground link, three thousand homes, [...]
US drivers running out of gas
It seems that despite the problems with getting enough fuels to supply the fuel hungry Americans, they are not taking this very seriously on a personal level. For they are still driving everywhere that they can, but unfortunately because of the cost of fuel, they are trying to stretch out every last drop from the [...]
May 30, 2008Apple to launch new promotion
As in the past few years Apple is about to announce some special deals for teachers and students, this would normally mean that a student or teacher who purchases a new Apple computer will get some significant discounts or even the opportunity to get some Apple products.
This year it has been predicted will be the [...]
Cheap food is no more in the UK
Despite all of the warnings, the food crisis still grows. But we have seen this type of problem arise before, but the difference is now that the food crisis could soon be hitting countries closer to home.
We have since the end of the war had the luxury of cheap food, and recently over the past [...]
Man jailed for forgetting drinks under trolley
This sort of thing must have happened to virtually everyone at some time, you are getting your weekly shopping at the supermarket and because they put all of the light stuff at the beginning of the store, by the time you get round to the heavy stuff like drinks etc, they have to go to [...]
April 4, 2008Digital products banned on eBay
For some time there have been many complaints about the sale of digital goods such as e books, pdfs and Mp3 files, but could also include other data such as a recipe or a simple piece of information on how to do something. The trouble with this type of product is that they can be [...]
March 21, 2008Is the customer always right?
Well if we listen to people who work in stores then you would think not, because it is not really what they want to be thinking. After all if the customer is always right then this is going to lead to all sorts of problems for the store staff.
These are reasons as to why the [...]