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New ‘anti-romantic novel’ chicklit author is interviewed by Vanity Fair on VF Daily. In an exclusive Q&A for Vanity Fair’s VF Daily blog, Gemma Burgess talks about the importance of comedy and her new post-recession heroine.

“For those waiting to option the next Bridget Jones, Gemma Burgess answers back with her anti-romantic novel The Dating Detox (HarperCollins UK). Burgess’s heroine, 28-year-old Sass, is no chain-smoking, binge-eating fashion victim like Bridget. Although Sass does suffer severe hangovers, she cleans up well—shaves both legs simultaneously, dresses like one of Rachel Zoe’s girls, and woos her advertising-agency comrades while she’s still drunk from the night before.” (c) VF Daily, Lauren Sozio
The Dating Detox is the first chicklit book to recognise that for the post-Bridget Jones, post-Carrie Bradshaw, post-credit crunch generation of singles, life isn’t a beautiful, a bitch or a beach. It’s a party. Read more…

Press Release – Reykjavik 05.01.201: The President of Iceland has declined to sign a law authorising a state guarantee for repayment of loans provided by the UK and the Netherlands to the Depositors‘ and Investors‘ Guarantee Fund, intended to cover payment of the minimum deposit guarantees to depositors in the UK and Netherlands branches of the failed Landsbanki Íslands hf. The law was approved by Althing, the Icelandic Parliament, on 30 December 2009. According to the constitution, the President’s decision not to sign the law requires it to be put to general referendum as soon as possible where it needs to be supported by a simple majority of voters in order to remain in force. In the interim, the law enters into force as passed by the Althingi. The Government will now reflect on the decision of the President and review the situation. Read more…

Toronto, Canada – GAO RFID Inc. (www.GAORFID.com) offers this compact 865 to 928MHz Gen2 passive RFID tag which is ideal for returnable transit items such as pallets, bins and totes in warehouse management applications. It is also especially suitable for IT asset warehouse tracking as the sleek form factor of the passive tag fit well in the limited, exposed areas of enterprise IT servers and equipment Read more…

The site boasts great value deals leading retailers and this Christmas www.Discountvouchers.co.uk has available deals such as £5 off when spending £25 or over at buyagift.co.uk, 3 for 2 from the Marks and Spencer’s Christmas Shop and also free delivery when spending £50 or more at Tesco.com.

To spoil people this year DiscountVouchers.co.uk has available a voucher for free chocolates or wine with all floral Christmas gifts bought from Interflora, while top days out can be had thanks to a deal for 13% off at Red Letter Days. Read more…

GLASGOW Caledonian University’s “ground breaking” research has been highlighted in a new report examining government block grant funding.

The university, along with 16 others, was used as a case study in Securing World-class Research in UK Universities: Exploring the Impact of Block Grant Funding, which looks at the cutting-edge research produced by teams across the country.

GLASGOW Caledonian University’s widely-acclaimed research in the field of musculoskeletal rehabilitation, including the development of a world-class human performance measurement laboratory and medical imaging facilities, was singled out in the publication.

Researchers are currently working with small and medium sized enterprises to develop a quick, personalised and cost effective approach to orthotics, aimed at maximising a patients’ quality of life. Read more…

At the House of Commons, Westminster, 25 November 2009, the International Association of Book-Keepers (IAB) announced the winners of its latest Top Centre Awards, which recognise the top IAB centres. Westminster Adult Education Service (WAES) was awarded the top centre prize for Level 1 Certificate in Computerised Book-keeping.

The Awards acknowledge the ultimate achievement of particular IAB Accredited Centres – enabling a greater proportion of their students to pass an IAB examination than any other Centre.  These Awards celebrate their achievements in the June 2009 IAB examination session. Read more…

Launching just in time for New Year’s resolutions, The Dating Detox is the perfect antidote to romance overkill.

The plot:  after being dumped for the sixth time in a row, romantically-challenged heroine Sass declares a dating sabbatical. No men, no break-ups, no problem. The result: instant happiness. A love-free life is stress-free, too. Celibacy rocks. No wonder nuns are always singing.

On the flip side, the dating ban is like catnip to every man in London. She’s never had so much attention in her life. Should she risk her newly-found stability in singledom for what could be the real deal? Or will she choose the rules, rather than risk having her heart broken again? Read more…

Design Week’s Creative Survey was started in the 1990’s. As in previous years, the 2009 Creative Survey listings are based on the success enjoyed by largely UK consultancies and in-house design teams across the main creative awards in a range of disciplines. Increasingly, it involves international prize schemes.

WMH was awarded fifth place in the TOP 50 table (all awards). The Partners, a WPP-owned agency, achieved the number 1 spot, closely followed by Apple Design Group, Apple’s in-house design team. The Chase and Love were awarded third and fourth places.

In 2009 Williams Murray Hamm’s award-winning work included:
Jamie Oliver’s Recipease store (brand identity) – gold award at the Cannes Design Lions Awards
Waterbranding (logo/identity) – first place at the Mobius Awards
Beazley (mixed media) – first place at the Mobius Awards
Agency of the Year – Fab Awards

Design Week’s top 50 creative agencies 2009
Williams Murray Hamm was named no.1 for branding in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 by Design Week. In 2002 WMH was the only design consultancy to feature in the Financial Times Top 50 Creative Businesses league. Williams Murray Hamm has twice been named Design Agency of The Year by Marketing magazine.
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HostelBookers heeft 8 nieuwe talen aan zijn website toegevoegd in een poging om de dienstverlening aan niet-Engels sprekende klanten te verbeteren nadat uit recent onderzoek bleek dat het een groot en groeiend publiek uit heel Europa aantrekt.

Gebruikers zijn nu in staat de website te bekijken in het Deens, Frans, Italiaans, Nederlands, Noors, Pools, Portugees en Zweeds, waardoor het totale aantal talen dat op de site wordt aangeboden vergroot is tot 11.

Naast de introductie van de nieuwe talen, presenteert HostelBookers nu ook blogs in het Italiaans, Frans, Spaans en Duits, waarin nuttige tips en advies aan reizigers wordt gegeven over fantastische reisbestemmingen en wat je wel en niet moet doen tijdens het reizen. Read more…

Deze week publiceerde de reisgidsengigant Lonely Planet zijn Best in Travel 2010, een boek met 17 toplijsten. In een van die lijsten staat IJsland en wel in die van zeer betaalbare reisbestemmingen voor het komende jaar. IJsland was altijd al een geweldig land om te bezoeken maar de reputatie als zeer betaalbare bestemming is totaal nieuw.

Gekozen door het Lonely Planet global team, is IJsland een opmerkelijke nieuwe binnenkomer op de lijst voor 2010 Read more…