As you will probably now be aware, one of the best known advertising icons, the Andrex puppy, has been replaced with a digital version. In a brand “refresh”, the Labrador puppy, who first appeared for the toilet roll brand in 1972, has been reinvented as a character in a digital “puppy world”, joined by British […]
A considerable amount of workers don’t want their boss at the office party – for fear his or her attendance will spoil the fun or bring out a violent reaction from someone. A TGI Friday-commissioned survey of 2,000 adults found that one in five did not want the manager to attend at all, one-third thought […]
A cat has been caught phoning the emergency services in the middle of the night. Police officers woke retired lecturer Howard Moss at his house at 2.30am and told him that they were answering a 999 call made from his house. When Moss told them he had been asleep for hours yet computer checks traced […]
According to recent research, office workers are becoming hooked on email, constantly checking their inboxes for a morsel of digital social interaction. In The Shallows: What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains, Nicholas Carr argues that email exploits a human instinct to forage for new information, sporadically providing addictive pleasure in our search for […]
A poll of workers in eight major industries has found that those in recruitment and marketing departments enjoy the office Christmas party more than any other groups. The Business Environment-commissioned survey found 51 percent of marketing staff and 46 percent of recruiters claimed to thoroughly enjoy the Xmas do, while charity and retail workers were […]
If a loved one of yours knits through good, bad and dull times, the Vogue Knitting Stitch-a-Day 2011 day-to-day calendar has got their name on it. Vogue Knitting is, according to the knitterati, THE resource for wool-stitchers. With their calendar you get a different stitch for every day of the year, photographed and clearly explained. […]
Today’s 2011 wall calendars come courtesy of the animal kingdom. As Brass Eye supremo Chris Morris said, “Over the centuries, man’s relationship with animals has been complex. In ancient Egypt, felines were worshipped because the Egyptians thought they were funny.” And so on. Both Abrams & Chronicle Books Ltd’s Extraordinary Chickens and Universe’s Beautiful Sheep […]
Today’s featured calendar is the Yoga Dogs 2011 Wall Calendar. The calendar comprises humiliating pictures of dogs in yoga poses. “Yoga Dogs is a whimsical view of our most faithful companions engaged in an activity you wouldn’t normally associate with canines! Yoga Dogs is designed to be uplifting and put a smile on your […]
The Victorian middle classes innovated where we now consume without self-reflection. One example is toilet Paper dispensation. The Wellcome Library has recently drawing attention to Victorian toilet tissue. The library is one of the world’s largest repositories of medical history and in addition to Victorian tomes on sanitation, patents for toilets and descriptions of systems […]
British women will spend £3.5 billion to make themselves look nice for Christmas parties this year. The average women aged 18 to 60 will spend £206.84 on clothes, shoes, accessories, hair, make-up and beauty treatments. One in five women will fork out for a new outfit for every party or event they go do over […]
How to plan the office Christmas party Whether you count down the days, or desperately scrabble around for an excuse not to go, the office Christmas party is an event on almost every company’s calendar. So, how do you plan a party that everyone will enjoy? It’s a tricky balance to get Bob from Accounts […]
Top tips to improve your time management skills Despite what people say, time is not a commodity. It cannot be traded, expanded or reduced. It is fixed. Our perception of time, however, is another concept. How often do you think at 4pm “Where has the day gone?” and go into panic mode to try to […]
Planning in business is essential Everything from the monthly sales drive to a new product launch or project needs planning. It promotes joined-up thinking and good decision-making throughout the whole organisation. “A goal without a plan is just a wish”, observed the famous writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, summing up a key business principle. Each business […]
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