Archive for September, 2009

The futures bright, the futures Apple…

Well for those of us who happen to work in the IT industry we all saw this one coming. Today Orange customers rejoiced with the announcement that Apple’s hugely successful iPhone will soon be made available on the network. Back in 2007 O2 managed to steal a march on all other UK networks by securing [...]

Housing market and mortgages begins to climb

Some good news this week, a new report from the British Bankers Association (BBA) states that the number of mortgages awarded in August has increased by 81% compared to figures from the same month a year ago. So banks appear to be lending once again and it looks like people are once again dabbling within [...]

Three great locations for that last minute break.

Although the summer vacation season is coming to a close there’s still time to get in that last minute vacation. This time of year is often a great for grabbing those last minute off-peak deals. So if you happen to have a few spare weeks holiday left over and a few hundred pounds to burn [...]

T- Mobile and Orange due to merge

Big news this week in the telecommunications industry as T-Mobile and Orange announced plans to merge in a joint venture intended to capture the UK mobile phone market. The proposed deal is a 50-50 venture that could end up seeing the T-Mobile/Orange partnership taking hold of over 30 million subscriptions and a whopping 37% of [...]

Vans cleaner than cars?

The world is a bizarre and strange place, jam-packed with a whole lot of nonsense and the occasional curiosity. In humanities pursuit for understanding, governments and corporations often commission reports on the weirdest things. Vast amounts of money are doled out every year to teams of scientists and statisticians in an effort to discover the [...]

Savings start at home…

A recent report released in the US once again confirmed that the biggest amount of household savings can be orchestrated within the home. The Consumer Reports Authority outlined 4 strategies that once implemented could save the average household $1,500, the equivalent of £915 per year. The simple message coming from the CRA is energy efficiency. [...]


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