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Transformers: taking out the waste

By Ian Hewson

17 September 2012

Just to be clear from the start: it’s not glamorous and we can’t offer Megan Fox as your sidekick. However, when it comes to trade effluent, we can kit you out with your very own Transformers to help you sort the good from the bad and ‘waste’ the rest...

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Paying homage to the ultimate swimming champion

By Ian Hewson

07 August 2012

Paying homage to the ultimate swimming champion

From Rebecca Adlington and Hannah Miley to Robbie Renwick and Michael Jamieson, we all love to watch Great Britain’s top performing swimmers and cheer them on as they cut a path through the water in an adrenaline-fuelled race. However, in all our adulation for the competitors and excitement at the spectacle of each race, we overlook the single most important aspect of every swimming competition – the pool.

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Sorry Kermit, but it is easy bein’ green

By Ian Hewson

25 May 2012

Sorry Kermit, but it is easy bein’ green

There comes a time in all of our lives when we begin to question some of the things we were told as a child – pull a funny face when the wind changes and you’ll be stuck like that; sit too close to the TV and your eyes will go square. Now don’t get me wrong, I loved Sesame Street and The Muppets as much as anyone (okay, so I still do!), but it’s time to let the proverbial frog out of the bag: Kermit was fibbing when he sang “It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green”...

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Out with the old in with the new

By Ian Hewson

13 April 2012

Out with the old in with the new

As we (hopefully) say goodbye to the cold wet winter weather and welcome the skipping lambs and bright bluebells of spring, now is the perfect time to have a good spring clean!

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Five ways smart meters can help your business

By Ian Hewson

16 February 2012

Five ways smart meters can help your business

A smart meter. The name alone suggests it should be a clever little device, and if the recent media storm it has generated is anything to go by it certainly doesn’t disappoint.

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Cheats guide to keeping your New Years resolutions

By Mark Powles

11 January 2012

Cheat’s guide to keeping your New Year’s resolutions

Follow our four-step plan and acheive your 2012 goals by the end of the month

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On track to reduce public spending

By Mark Powles

12 October 2011

On track to reduce public spending

The power of refusing to accept convention.

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Comments | Category: Public Spending