The local newspaper – once a common sight on coffee tables across the UK – is starting to look as out of date as a record player. Not so long ago if you wanted to move house, needed a new job, wondered what the council was up to, or who had been up to no good, there was just one place to go – the daily or weekly newspaper. Now Facebook is the no 1 news referral website, 95% of all UK homes ... [More]
Kestrel delivers the goods for high quality leisure homes
April 3, 2013 By
WHEN Atlas Leisure Homes Ltd. was looking for a specific product for their high-end holiday homes, they found the solution with leading PVC-U and PVC-UE building products manufacturer Kestrel. Kestrel has built up a strong reputation for working closely with their clients to manufacture products that are right for them. With Atlas, the product was a dark green grain fascia board, helping the ... [More]
The GMS 2013/14 deal for Wales
March 22, 2013 By
While the MPIG has been retained in Wales at least for now, GPs need to plan ahead for some big changes still to come. It was announced in January that GPC Wales had negotiated a settlement with the Welsh government on the GMS contract for 2013/14, after securing a key agreement on Minimum Practice Income Guarantee (MPIG). The MPIG, first introduced in 2004 to counter any disadvantages to ... [More]
Story telling – the smart way to market
March 22, 2013 By
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin… I don’t know if it’s nature or nurture that makes our ears prick up at the hint of a tale, but there’s something special about stories, something that makes us pay attention. Great speakers and salespeople know that when they are trying to explain or sell something, the moment they relate that into a real life story, the audience or prospect will ... [More]
Kestrel provides the perfect finishing touch to exclusive development
March 21, 2013 By
THE aesthetic appeal of Kestrel’s K16 blackgrain fascia boards made them the obvious choice for Canton Construction’s exclusive new development in Rhiwbina, Cardiff. Located in an affluent area of Wales’ capital city, the development includes four and five bedroom period-style homes and coach houses. The nature of the development meant that Canton required high quality, low maintenance ... [More]
Meridian Drilling adds Ingersoll Rand T4W to its fleet
March 21, 2013 By
Fast expanding UK and Dubai based Meridian Drilling has added another new rig to its fleet – the second in as many months. The company, which has experience of working in 14 countries across three continents, has recently purchased an Ingersoll Rand T4W. A truck mounted medium capacity top drive water well rig, it is capable of drilling holes of up to 20 inches and handling 19 inch casing ... [More]
Kestrel offers greater choice with more colours on its palette
March 6, 2013 By
With the latest trend for coloured windows, leading PVC-U and PVC-UE building products manufacturer Kestrel has announced a new range of colour trims to match. In addition to cream and grey, which Kestrel introduced to its K16 roofline products last year, the company have now added a new range of colours foils including nut brown and chartwell green. As the pioneers of PVC-UE roofline ... [More]
A little eggs-tra help for a very worthy cause
March 6, 2013 By
A charity fundraising group in Flintshire are calling on local businesses to donate chocolate eggs to fill their hand-knitted chicks - of which they have made more than 1,400. It’s the second year that the Mold-based fundraising group, who donate all their proceeds to Macmillan, have made the chicks, which are filled with a small, cream chocolate egg and sold for £1 through a number of local ... [More]
Mentoring Creative Success in Rhyl
March 6, 2013 By
A community art project in Rhyl is getting some expect help thanks to an initiative run by Denbighshire Voluntary Services Council (DVSC) Business Supporting Communities (B2C) project funded by the Big Lottery. Rhyl Create was humbly established in 2005 as a community art and craft gallery, aimed at the promotion of the arts as part of the regeneration of the town. The project supports ... [More]
Fantastic response to free first aid for volunteers
March 1, 2013 By
Organisers of free first aid workshops for community groups and volunteers were overwhelmed by the response in Gwynedd and Ynys Mon. The courses were organised by Business Supporting Communities (B2C), a project set up by North Wales’ six County Voluntary Councils, and run by Llangefni-based event medical cover and first aid training company Medic1. The two day-long sessions, held in ... [More]
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