With the hassle of the festive season just about to kick off, I thought I’d take a few minutes to bypass the horrors of Christmas and family gatherings, to concentrate on 2010 and all the joys that it will hopefully bring.
2009 hasn’t exactly been the easiest of years; in fact for a lot of [...]
Today more intrigue and rumour abound about an apparent split within the cabinet between the Chancellor, Alistair Darling and the prime minister, Gordon Brown. Most major news networks are reporting that the PM may have overruled the Treasury department which had wanted to make much deeper cuts and savings, however this has subsequently been strenuously [...]
Carrying on with our recent United Arab Emirates theme I came across this great little activity tour guide while I was researching Abu Dhabi. As you may recall from my post earlier in the week Dubai, Abu Dhabi’s slightly poorer neighbour, has recently been experiencing a few credit problems. These difficulties have largely been caused [...]
Ho Ho Ho, merry Christmas to one and all! Today the Chancellor of the Exchequer stepped out of his Xmas grotto and unveiled his seasonal gift to the whole country: More taxes…. Yes that’s right, with the festive season about to get in full swing, the Grinch of No.11, announced a staggering wave of taxes [...]
For several years Abu Dhabi and Dubai have been two of the hottest and most up-and-coming locations in the Mediterranean. Over the last decade Dubai has been transformed from a rural and underdeveloped city to one of the true construction marvels of the modern age. A series of high profile buildings and resort such as [...]
Unless you’ve been living in a bunker for the last two years, chances are that you may have noticed a massive expansion in phone technology. Yes that’s right, the current war for the smartphone market is starting to get serious, but can anything displace the current undisputed king of the next-gen handsets: The iPhone. For [...]