Guess the Word and Contact Us for Prizes! Series 53 starts soon….. 1st letter of each Post Title (in a Series) spells a business word – spelt correctly or jumbled up. Previous answers: Series 52 spelt R-O-B-B-I-N (RIBBON) Series 51 spelt P-A-W-W-I-S-H (WHIPSAW) Series 50 spelt L-I-O-N-S-M-E-E-T (MILESTONE) Series 49 spelt C-G-U-R-N-E-Y (URGENCY) Series 48 spelt …
Category: Series 52 – Ribbon (Xmas 2019)
New Year 2020 What will come up this year? A survivor mindset always helps: improvise, adapt & overcome. The only wrong thing we can do is to lose hope. The best & brightest feel part of something larger than just making money, & help to make the world a better place. Happy New Year! Guessed the Word? …
Inn No room at the inn this Christmas? Raise a glass – UK pubs report c.12% higher festive season sales, compared to 2018. The sector is facing drinking habit changes – young people socialise online rather than go to a pub. 476 pubs, mostly small independents, closed between Jan – Jun 2019. But good booking systems &…
Bah humbug! Cost of Christmas dinner was up again! Erratic weather & African swine fever affected food prices around the world. Higher turkey (up 6%, due to higher temperatures in summer), pork & Brussels sprouts prices increased wholesale cost of UK Christmas dinner by 3% from 2018. Vegetables were affected by rain in recent months. Chilled…
Bauble Roman tradition to hang fruit on trees led to Christmas baubles. Apples, candy canes & pastry stars, hearts & flowers decorated trees until glass baubles were invented in mid-16th c. in Lauscha, Germany. Queen Victoria’s tree, hung with baubles from her husband’s native Germany, appeared in a London newspaper & set off a trend. FW…
Outdoor lights Outdoor lights symbolise the Christmas season. Evolved from 17th c German tradition of lighting the tree with small candles. 1880 – 1st outdoor electric light display by Thomas Edison. 2 years later, his colleague, Edward Johnson made the 1st string of lights, with 80 small bulbs. Outdoor Christmas lights spark joy – &…
Rustic The rustic cottage offers refuge from politics, commercial pressures & the cold. Consumers fulfil the fantasy of a Christmas country cottage by renting one – even the smallest & most remote dwellings get snapped up quickly. Time with family & friends, in a timeless rural setting, is the antidote to urban noise, hustle &…