United Kingdom News
Government Announces Changes to HIPS - London & Country Mortgages
The Government has reviewed the current Home Information Packs and have announced changes to ensure that they contain more helpful information. - February 27, 2009 - London & Country
HRH Prince Charles Awards Traditional Building Crafts Apprentices
The UK’s leading provider of trade skills training, Apprenticeship Training Ltd (ATL) of Hedge End, Southampton has funded two apprentices to study craftsmen’s skills through the Prince’s Trust. The two, who studied stone masonry and site carpentry, recently graduated in the presence of Prince Charles, at a ceremony held in the gallery of The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment in London, attended by Nick Hayward, managing director of ATL. - February 27, 2009 - Apprenticeship Training Limited (ATL)
Hard Times? Not at Edinburgh Apartment Agency Dickins
In such turbulent economic times, companies everywhere are feeling the pinch…but not at credit crunch busters Dickins, Edinburgh agents who specialise in providing home from home accommodation in the Scottish capital – business couldn’t be better. - February 27, 2009 - Dickins: for your Edinburgh home from home
Purchasing Monolithic Refractory Materials
White paper from CERAM highlights novel techniques to identify faulty materials. - February 27, 2009 - Lucideon
thecentre:mk Continues with £10M Enhancement Project
Action plan ensures art stays in Central Milton Keynes. The next step in the £20million package of enhancements announced last year, the redevelopment of Queens Court, is now underway. The redevelopment will see the creation of a new restaurant quarter for the shopping centre with four restaurant units on the east and west sides of Queens Court, and will build on the improvements to signage and wayfinding and the introduction of the new info-pods. - February 27, 2009 - thecentre:mk
New Winnerweb Fly-Fishing Competition Catches Charles Jardine’s Imagination
Log on to youtube.com/winnerweb09 to hear Charles Jardine talk about the Winnerweb Fly Fishing Challenge 09 and why he is supporting it. Charles does not endorse many fly-fishing competitions, but he has given this one his full support because he believes this competition allows for a much more level playing field and democratises the event making it more open to everyone to have a more even chance of winning. - February 27, 2009 - Winnerweb Limited
Business Systems Strategy and Advice: How to Make a Stunning PowerPoint Presentation
Creating an interesting and clear PowerPoint presentation is a huge challenge. In a new online TV show, marketing expert Kelly Thompson shares his best business ideas on how to create a systems strategy that will improve your next PowerPoint presentation. - February 27, 2009 - yourBusinessChannel
Free Gift from Woods of Windsor and Yardley from LookGoodForLess.co.uk Rewards Loyal Shoppers During Recession
www.LookGoodForLess.co.uk, the website providing a range of special-priced gifts from popular brands Yardley of London and Woods of Windsor, announced today it will be offering a free gift for shoppers when they spend £30.00 or more (excluding postage) on the site for an exclusive ten day... - February 26, 2009 - LookGoodForLess.co.uk
FastStats Includes New WPF Venn Visualisation at TFM&A 2009
Apteco Ltd will be demonstrating the latest version of their FastStats marketing data analysis software at this year’s Technology for Marketing and Advertising (TFM&A) exhibition. - February 26, 2009 - Apteco Ltd
Mother’s Day Champagne Brunch at the Wintergarden Restaurant
Available on Sunday 22 March 2009, The Wintergarden restaurant’s highly successful Champagne Brunch offers unlimited Taittinger Champagne, a sumptuous buffet lunch and live jazz for an all-inclusive price. - February 26, 2009 - Landmark London Hotel
Financial Services Firms Gear Up for Recovery in 2009
Investment Banks and Hedge Funds see a dramatic increase in employment offers in January. - February 26, 2009 - Powerchex
the centre:mk shoppping centre - Squaring the Circle
Regional shopping destination thecentre:mk has added another piece to its sustainability jigsaw with the purchase four carbon neutral electric vehicles to replace its existing gas powered service road vehicles. - February 26, 2009 - thecentre:mk
Generation 2 Generation: Launches Politics Club
G2G Politics Club launches on date of Barack Obama's inauguration. David Lidington MP (Shadow Foreign Minister) and Alex Singleton (leader writer, Daily Telegraph) are keynote speakers. They spoke on US-UK relations, and the global economy. - February 26, 2009 - Generation 2 Generation
Grant Management Seeking New Properties as Rental Market Hots Up
Property to rent in Glasgow, property to rent in Liverpool, property to rent in Manchester - February 26, 2009 - Grant Management
FCP Internet Show How the Introduction of Chip-and-Pin Login Can Safeguard Recruitment Companies Data
Research published today shows that 6 out of every 10 workers stole company data before leaving their employer last year. With recruitment companies relying so heavily on the value of their data, evolve™ - the leading hosted software solution from FCP - offers chip-and-pin technology to its customers to negate this risk. - February 26, 2009 - FCP Internet LTD
Euro Converts Launches New Convertible Research Service
Euro Converts LLC an affiliate of Xtract Research LLC, announces its new convertible research service. The online platform provides traders, analysts and portfolio managers with a library of European convertible prospectus documents. The service is designed to provide easy access to critical... - February 26, 2009 - Xtract Research
Tracesmart Sign the Personal Information Promise
Consumer data specialists highlight their commitment to ethical data practices. - February 25, 2009 - Tracesmart Ltd
Najam Sheraz Performs Only Love on Press TV
New British television program "Remembering the Children of Palestine" has invited Pakistani Pop star Najam Sheraz to sing his peace anthem "Only Love" on their Tuesday February 24 telecast, 6 PM – 7PM GMT, according to Janet Goodman Publicity and Booking. - February 25, 2009 - Janet Goodman Publicity and Booking
Postcode Anywhere Bundles Email Validation Into Award-Winning Address Management Service
Online data services company Postcode Anywhere is to unveil its improved range of contact management services at this year’s Technology for Marketing and Advertising exhibition in London. - February 25, 2009 - PCA Predict
Great Hotels Organisation Targets Corporate Demand with the Launch of Metro Hotels
Great Hotels Organisation (GHO: http://www.ghorg.com), a global sales and marketing company is responding to changes in corporate hotel demand with the launch of Metro Hotels – a niche brand for mid-range, contemporary, city-centre hotels targeting the corporate traveller. Metro Hotels will... - February 25, 2009 - Great Hotels of the World
Sure Languages Offer Advice for Businesses Considering International Commerce
Sure Languages, a translation and interpreting company, highlight the importance of language and culture when engaging in international commerce. - February 25, 2009 - Sure Languages
Sure Languages Advise Businesses to Consider Foreign Markets as a Way to Beat the Recession
Sure Languages, a translation and interpreting company, advise businesses to consider selling their products and services internationally in order to maintain sales during the economic downturn. - February 25, 2009 - Sure Languages
Software Training Provider Mediaroots Launches New Range of Training DVDs and Appoints Douglas Stewart EDU as Its Exclusive Educational Distributor
Video training provider Mediaroots (www.mediaroots.co.uk) have announced the immediate availability of their new Video Training DVDs and are partnering with Douglas Stewart EDU as their exclusive Educational distributor. - February 25, 2009 - Mediaroots Ltd.
MarbleHost.com Introduces Multiple Data Center Hosting
MarbleHost.com introduces new way for webmasters to increase the speed of their websites. The load time of their websites can be improved using so called multiple data center hosting. - February 23, 2009 - MarbleHost
Brands and Music…. Now Football and Music
Greg Halford celebrates opening the scoring for Sheffield United by revealing a shirt advertising his record label. - February 23, 2009 - R&R World
Guava and NetBooster to Form Partnership
NetBooster (FR0000079683 – ALNBT) and Guava (DK0060074144 – GUAVA.CO) announce that they have decided to enter into an industrial and operational partnership cemented by NetBooster taking an 11% stake in Guava. - February 23, 2009 - NetBooster
No Sex Please We’re Women. New Survey Poses Age Old Question.
It may be decades since the sexual revolution but a new survey from dating site www.smooch.com shows some gender divisions might never change. - February 22, 2009 - Smooch.com
New Highly Sustainable School Building Constructed Off Site by Yorkon for Worcestershire Council
A new school building has been completed for Worcestershire County Council. Built off site by Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, the scheme is believed to be one of the most sustainable modular education buildings in the UK. - February 22, 2009 - Portakabin
Online Backpackers Community London, UK, 20/02/2009
A free to join online backpackers community with wiki format where you can share your ideas with others. A host of additional features include member travel guides, forums, travel photos and general travel and security information to aid you with your travel planning. - February 22, 2009 - WikidTravel
Global Immersion Wins InAVate Award for Fulldome and 3D at Cosmonova
Global Immersion has won the 2009 EMEA+ InAVation Award for ‘Most InAVative Leisure Project’ in recognition of its fulldome and large-format 3D installations at Cosmonova - the first of its kind in the world. Cosmonova is the combined planetarium and IMAX dome theater at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm. - February 22, 2009 - Global Immersion
Recession Cafe Opens Its Doors for Discussion
From today, a new online destination for anyone affected by the current recession opens its doors for topical discussion on themes like redundancy, debt, house prices, economics, job hunting and other credit crunch related issues. - February 22, 2009 - Recession cafe
New Website on the Potential Power of the Human Mind
Whole Science http://www.wholescience.net is the first site in the world to combine consciousness research (topics such as mind-body medicine, mind over matter and extra sensory perception) alongside self development tools and techniques. The site encourages you to ‘Discover the Power of... - February 22, 2009 - Whole Science
Spanish Villa Investors: Increase Yields with Vacation Rentals
DNB Vacation Rentals have released approximate figures for holiday rentals in the past year; in the amount of money made by their clients advertising holiday rental properties around the world. These aren't the figures from any one client or any one property because that would be against privacy... - February 22, 2009 - DNB Vacation Rentals
Home Study College Backs Global CD Launch for Diabetes Research
Home study college SkillsTrain are backing the global CD launch of one of their CIW Web Design students. - February 22, 2009 - SkillsTrain
High-Powered, Open-Architecture Fulldome Server Upgrade at Thessaloniki
The Planetarium at Thessaloniki Science Center and Museum (NOESIS) in Greece has undergone a Global Immersion Fulldome Server solution upgrade and can now store, manage and playback uncompressed, ultra-HD content to give audiences an awe-inspiring experience. - February 22, 2009 - Global Immersion
DNB Vacation Rentals Unveil New Spanish Villa
DNB Vacation Rentals has unveiled a new holiday villa in Spain. The Casa Quarenta 3 bedroom villa is located on the Lauro Golf Resort in the Costa del Sol. Just off the first fairway, 100m from the 1st tee, and 150m from the club-house is sure to attract plenty of attention on the holiday rentals... - February 22, 2009 - DNB Vacation Rentals
DNB Vacation Rentals Reveal Top 5 Destinations
DNB Vacation Rentals have revealed their five most popular locations for holiday rentals, based on visits to the site, page views and rentals booked online. David Rosco director of the company said: "We are releasing these findings because, contrary to recent analyst's reports, the... - February 22, 2009 - DNB Vacation Rentals
Mind Gliding Escapes the Credit Crunch
Mind Gliding, a Thanet based company of Business Psychologists, is celebrating its first five years in March after continuously improving business performance, despite the current challenging economic situation. - February 21, 2009 - Mind Gliding, Ltd.
Tracesmart Asks Customers to Share Their Successful People Search Stories
Cardiff based company encourage customers who have used Tracesmart's Electoral Roll Search Facilities to publish their reunion stories online. - February 21, 2009 - Tracesmart Ltd
Interactive Ideas Appointed as a UK Distributor for Mediaroots
Interactive Ideas appointed as a UK distributor of Mediaroots' new software video training DVDs. Covering programs such as Adobe Photoshop CS4 & CS3, QuarkXPress, Final Cut Pro and Poser. The distribution deal will see Mediaroots training go live on sites such as Amazon, Dabs and Play.com - February 21, 2009 - Mediaroots Ltd.
Sounds True Re-Launch with KonaKart
Sounds True, Inc., and DS Data Systems UK Ltd. are pleased to announce the launch of the revolutionary new Sounds True website, based on the KonaKart enterprise eCommerce platform. - February 21, 2009 - DS Data Systems UK
New Business Exchange for UK Small Technology Companies
New Opportunities for Small Technology Companies to share and collaborate in a Business Exchange. - February 21, 2009 - InitioStar Limited
Competitors Ready for Rehab UK Parliamentary Pancake Race
Members of the House of Commons, the House of Lords and the Fourth Estate will line up opposite Parliament in Victoria Tower Gardens at 10.15am on Shrove Tuesday, 24th February, for the annual Parliamentary Pancake Race in support of brain injury charity, Rehab UK. The 2009 race, sponsored by... - February 21, 2009 - Rehab UK
Facing Clouds of Burnout in This Economic Climate
The present crisis in the economy is bringing more pressure on workers and more opportunity to succumb to classic burnout. - February 21, 2009 - Harvest Fields Commissioning International
Next Generation Internet Videophone Launched - Demonstrating an Audio-Visual Engine That Reduces Video Size by 50 Times & Offering Solution to Internet Video Congestion
CCOMMS.COM launches a new generation of audio-visual engines (or codecs). Demonstrated by a Internet Videophone with unlimited free calls. Typically reducing a frame of video from 8,000 bytes to just 200 bytes, the engines allows video use not previously practicable & effectively introduces unlimited audio storage & transmission. A leading US specialist in data-compression described the codecs as “the equivalent of anti-gravity for the internet." - February 20, 2009 - CCOMMS LIMITED
Internet Psychologist Graham Jones Says Social Networking Does Not Cause Cancer - Despite New Research Claims
Researchers suggest that social networking sites could harm our health. However, their findings are based on jumps in logic which are not matched by the data, says Internet Psychologist Graham Jones. - February 20, 2009 - Graham Jones
A Brand-New Website for Finding Out About Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Counselling in Nottingham
New website for Nottingham Counselling, Nottingham cognitive behaviour therapy, and Nottingham hypnotherapy and psychotherapy. Articles, self help, exercises, news and blog. Vauna Beauvais, Nottingham Therapy. - February 20, 2009 - Nottingham Therapy Online
Australia Property Grows in Popularity
Property Abroad have revealed Australia as an upcoming overseas property destination, having more enquiries about Australian property in the last 6 weeks than any other country. Les Calvert, director of the overseas property portal said: - February 20, 2009 - Property Abroad LTD
New White Paper Stresses Importance of Understanding Materials for the Medical Device Industry
CERAM, a global expert in medical device materials analysis, testing and consultancy, has published a white paper that highlights how critical a knowledge of materials and their characteristics is to the medical device manufacturer. How A Detailed Understanding of Materials is Playing a Vital role... - February 20, 2009 - Lucideon
1staudiovisual Remains a Leader in Times of Economic Crisis
Taking advantage of what may not have been a robust holiday shopping season for all merchants, the sales at online retailer 1staudiovisual experienced a significant rise in the final three months of last year. - February 20, 2009 - 1staudiovisual Ltd.