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Whether it’s for Christmas, birthday or Valentine’s Day, a gift of expensive or designer perfume is guaranteed to bring delight.

So, for a romantic gesture that won’t cost a fortune; go online for the best bargains this Valentine’s Day.

Expensive perfume makes a great gift for any occasion and at Perfume Plus Direct there are big savings to be made on top name brands.

Giorgio Armani Code eau de parfum 50ml spray refill is currently on offer at £22.50 (it usually retails at £47.50) and you can save up to £30 on Vivienne Westwood fragrances and gift sets.

There are plenty of special offers that are not to be sniffed at. If you know your loved one’s preferred perfume you can quickly and easily find cheap perfume using the brand search and discover how much you can save.

There are hundreds of men’s and women’s fragrances to choose from including Paco Rabanne, Emporio Armani, Clarins, Diesel, Hugo Boss, Gucci, Estee Lauder, Chanel, Agent Provocateur, Yves St Laurent and Dolce & Gabbana.

The site also offers huge discounts on a range of toiletries, accessories, skin care products and cosmetics as well as sun protection and gift ideas, not to mention special offers.

For example for just £10 you can snap up the SUNkissed Star Style Blockbuster cosmetic set which retails at £35.70, saving £25.70!

The last chance to order for Valentine’s Day is by 1pm on Thursday 11th February 2010, using the next day delivery service.

Perfume Plus Direct is an entirely online business so you won’t find them on the High Street and this helps to keep their prices low.

They are always receiving new stock so make sure you check the ‘New Arrivals’ section of the web site for your favourite product – or add it to the online wish list. For more information and idea’s visit http://www.perfumeplusdirect.co.uk/

Computer breakdown and glitches can cost businesses precious time and money, so it’s vital to find a local downriver computer repair company that won’t let you down.

Good computer repair companies will offer a full range of services to help keep your computers in tip top condition and protect irreplaceable business and marketing data, company records, electronic order books, databases etc.

For small businesses in Wayne, Monroe, Oakland, Macomb, and Wyandotte 48192, one innovative computer repair company stands out from the rest.

More and more satisfied customers are finding that Wyandotte computer repair company, Downriver Computer Repair, goes that extra mile to offer excellent customer service and great repair work that leaves computers like brand new.

 They offer a same day repair service, and repair computers within 24 – 48 hours, reducing the impact of downtime on day-to-day business activities.

They even offer a pick up and delivery service, and they can even fix computers remotely via the Internet, saving businesses time and hassle and giving them the ability to resume their services more swiftly.

For businesses who do not have their own IT engineers, Downriver Computer Repair Wyandotte also offers monthly maintenance and service contracts as well as IT training to keep computers in tip top condition and running smoothly.

Downriver Computer Repair services to small businesses include networking, data recovery, custom new computer build, computer tune ups, printer set up, Virus  and Spyware removal, monthly maintenance, hardware and software installation and data backup so that you never lose important information and records.

Downriver Computer Repair 48192  also offers a residential service to provide solutions and assistance for any problems you may have including viruses, lost files and photos, backups, printers and hardware and software installation. You will never be frustrated by technology again – a quick call to Downriver Computer Repair will have the problem solved in a flash.

For computer repair 48192 zip code areas, or local computer repair in Wyandotte, visit the website at www.downrivercomputers.com where you can find testimonials from satisfied customer.

British people itching to get their hands on Apple’s revolutionary new iPad are going to have to be patient as the iPad release in UK won’t be until the end of March.

Looking like an over-sized iPhone, the iPad boasts a high-resolution, 9.7-inch LED-backlit IPS display perfect for web browsing, watching movies, or viewing photos and is so light you can take it anywhere.

Its state of the art display technology called IPS (in-plane switching), offers a wide, 178° viewing angle which means you can hold it almost any way and still get a brilliant picture.

The device is said to be the missing link between mobile phones and laptops and allows the user to page through websites, write emails, flick through photos, listen to music, play games or watch a movie, all on a big multi-touch screen.

But with a price tag in the US of around $499, some may feel that the iPad is out of their reach.

Think again! You can get your hands on a free iPad at www.Gadgets4Nowt.co.uk.

Visitors to Gadgets4Nowt.co.uk are discovering that they can have life’s luxuries for free thanks to the phenomenon of referral marketing, which allows consumers to receive freebies in return for referrals to advertisers’ websites and special offers.

The system is very simple and costs nothing and as a thank you, those making the referrals are sent free gifts. You can even request the gift you want – like a free iPad!

Find out how to get a free iPad at the Gadgets4Nowt web site. The site is simple to use, clearly explains how the process works and offers proof. The site is part of the Exceem community that has so far netted £250,000 worth of free goods for its members.

To get started at Gadgets4Nowt, simply click on the desired freebie, which will link you to the appropriate free gift network where you will then usually be asked to take out an online offer in order to receive the free item.

The system has even been featured on the BBC’s ‘Newsnight’ programme as a great way to get the latest gadgets absolutely free.

Right now, vulnerable teenage girls, some as young as 12, are being trafficked across Great Britain, lured into relationships by young men who shower them with attention, gifts, alcohol and drugs before entrapping them into a life of sexual slavery.

Until now, this shocking crime has remained largely hidden in the UK, but thanks to a ground breaking new campaign, eyes are being opened to the danger.

The cross platform campaign, ‘My Dangerous Loverboy’ aims to raise awareness of internal sex trafficking of teenage girls in a variety of ways, such as the production of a short film, interactive campaign, website and the use of social media such as bebo, Facebook, MySpace and mobile technology.

The campaign, created by digital marketing agency Quba, VKH Films and Faction North Films, is aimed at teenage girls to help raise awareness directly with the affected group and encourage them to look out for their friends.

Unlike the trafficking of people across international borders, internal trafficking within one country is a hidden and growing crime that is largely ignored or misunderstood.

‘Loverboys’ are paid to seduce girls, cut them off from family and friends and then traffic them from one town to another. These original ‘boyfriends’ then disappear and the girls are passed on to older men.

The My Dangerous Loverboy film is a high quality, short drama produced by Grant Keir and directed by Virginia Heath that tells the ‘typical’ story of a young girl, Jade, who falls for handsome ‘Loverboy’ Raz. Jade ends up trafficked and entrapped in a town far from home.

Spin-offs from the film are to include an interactive ‘Free Jade’ campaign, interactive drama, observational and investigative documentary, animation, photography, music, poetry, sound postcards, aural graffiti and written testimony based around the issues relevant to teenage girls such as love, sex, betrayal, friendship, trust and self esteem.

Sheffield based agency Quba has led the crucial social media element of the campaign. Established in 2000 by a team that included the co-founders of Freeserve, Quba’s fresh, straightforward approach, knowledge of consumer behaviour on the Internet and creative solutions have won many satisfied clients.

Find out more about the campaign at Quba’s blog – http://blog.quba.co.uk/2010/01/quba-launches-cross-platform-campaign-to-raise-awareness-of-sex-trafficking/

A web site that specialises in English to Russian translation is offering 500 bonus credits when you register for its services, allowing you to try out its live one and three-way calls and 24-hour text service for free.

The website, www.LiveOnlineTranslation.com, offers live translation, document translation and phone interpreting at low prices.

Professional Russian speaking translators are available at any time of the day and document translation can be turned around in just 24 hours.

In a world where we are increasingly reliant on technology to make our lives easier, translation is one area where computers are still second to human beings.

Search engines and other web sites have attempted to create automated translation services, but often they are inaccurate and always problematic and unreliable.

For serious business dealings the human touch ensures that nothing is lost in translation.

An English Russian translator can offer more than just a translation – they can also advise you on the nuances and implied meanings of different words and phrases eliminating any misunderstandings caused by cultural differences.

From a birthday card written in Russian to carrying out a face to face business meeting with someone who speaks another language, no job is too big or too small for LiveOnlineTranslation and their Instant Translation Price Calculator will let you know the costs involved.

Russian translation online is also ideal for simultaneous translation of text-based conversations when in Messenger or ICQ. Simply copy and paste the text you want translated and receive an instant and accurate response.

One delighted English-speaking customer was able to use the service to text his Russian girlfriend in her language to help them keep in touch while they were apart.

Whatever your needs for Russian translation, the team at LiveOnlineTranslation are always available to help.

Every business makes plans; there are always meetings about the short-term, medium-term and long-term strategies. People are concerned about the marketing policy or the PR strategy and a lot of businesses will have somewhere the lottery syndicates who are planning to escape to an easy life.

But if a business does not have a Fire Emergency Plan to deal with a fire safety emergency they are playing a lottery with peoples lives.

Macdonald Martin, fire safety consultants, can help businesses to put together an effective Fire Emergency Plan.

A Fire Emergency Plan basically ensures that all members of staff know what to do if there is a fire and that the premises can be safely evacuated. The plan should be based on the outcome of a fire risk assessment. MacDonald Martin can also help businesses perform an effective fire risk assessment.

Obviously the plan will be affected by the size of business involved. The larger the building the more complex the plan will be and it will need to be detailed and all agencies should be consulted before the plan is finalized.

The plan will include a fire evacuation strategy. After the fire risk assessment a business will decide which strategy is best for them. The simplest evacuation is called a simultaneous evacuation. This just means everyone reacting to the alarm and making his or her way by means of a fire exit to a place of safety away from the building.

When discovering a fire it should be the duty of every person to sound the fire alarm immediately. The fire service should be called immediately. If a fire warden scheme is in place then depending on the evacuation strategy in force they should help staff leave the building safely.

The plan will also include pre-determined assembly points and a roll call of all staff should be taken. The assembly point should be a safe distance away from the building so as not to put staff in danger and not to impede the fire services.

Macdonald Martin can help your business to formulate an effective Fire Emergency Plan for any size of organisation. It can form part of a well thought out fire safety strategy that all organisations should have in place as part of their health & safety policy.

Make sure the only gamble workers make is on the lottery on a Saturday and not when they step into work every day. See http://www.macdonald-martin.co.uk/ for lots more information.

You don’t often notice them and yet they are probably the most important piece of equipment a business owns. They sit against a wall and employees walk past them but when needed they are ready to spring in to action and save lives. The humble fire extinguisher is ready to be put in to service and save your business.

Fire Safety consultants MacDonald Martin supply all the main types of extinguishers as well as offering the training in their proper use.

It is, of course, vital that the correct fire extinguisher is placed in an area where it will be most effective. Macdonald Martin has the expertise to help you put together a fire protection strategy that includes advice on fire extinguishers.

There are officially five classes of fire. Class A includes ordinary objects including wood and paper. This is followed by classes B and C, which are flammable liquids and gases respectively. Class D fires are those involving metals and Class F fires involve cooking fat or oil.

Water extinguishers are suitable for Class A fires and these are available as stored pressure or cartridge. Stored pressure extinguishers are the most common type, cartridge operated extinguishers are mainly used by industrial facilities.

Then there are the all purpose dry powder extinguishers, which are suitable for class A.B.C and electrical fires. They also provide Wet Chemical Extinguishers suitable for Class A and F fires. These are compact and easy to use and they are the only extinguisher to deal effectively with cooking oil fires.

Finally, they can supply Foam Fire extinguishers and Co2 extinguishers. Foam extinguishers have the advantage a high power to weight ratio and are suitable for class A, B, C and Electrical fires. Co2 extinguishers are effective on Class B and electrical fires and they are very compact.

As fire protection consultants MacDonald Martin can help organisations to choose the right mix of extinguishers for their type of business. It is just a part of the comprehensive range of fire safety services they offer.

So while that little red canister may sit there in the corner as workers come and go each day it is ready. Hopefully it will never be needed. If it is, MacDonald Martins fire safety knowledge means it will be the right type to fight the right job and protect staff and businesses alike. For more information visit http://www.macdonald-martin.co.uk/

What happens if there is a fire at your business?

Obviously, the first thing you do is to call the fire brigade. But it is also important for any organisation to have a fully trained fire safety officer who is able to understand and deal with a fire on the premises. Employers have a legal obligation to provide adequate fire safety training to all staff.

MacDonald Martin, as fire safety consultants, offer fire safety training courses to businesses. The courses range from basic fire safety courses to in depth fire marshal/warden training.

With a team of trainers with years of experience they have even offered their fire safety services to local authorities and military firefighters.

Their fire safety courses include basic fire awareness training where they teach the principles of the chemistry of fire. What a person should do in the event of fire. As well as informing trainees about ignition sources and the practical use of fire extinguishers.

For instance, when combating fire it is of course important that the correct fire extinguisher is used. For an ordinary fire a water-based extinguisher should be effective. However, if the fire includes flammable liquids or gases the fire safety officer would use a foam or carbon dioxide extinguisher.

It is therefore vital that all employees are properly trained and that a fire safety officer can recognise the fuel source of the fire and the extinguisher required to douse the flames.

More advanced training is offered for fire wardens, which includes evacuation procedures, fire risk assessment and the development of emergency procedures. They can also provide risk assessment training offering expert tuition leading to the trainee conducting a fire risk assessment in a practical setting.

All MacDonald Martin fire safety training includes live fire. All staff members who wish to will be able to extinguish fires using different extinguishers.

With staff confident of using an extinguisher it could limit any fire damage. All businesses must legally do their best to mitigate fire so a properly trained workforce would help an employer comply with this rule. In addition if employees have received proper fire safety training they have less scope for litigation if injured in a fire at work.

Fire safety training enables businesses to protect their staff and protect their business. For professional fire safety training, before it is too late, contact http://www.macdonald-martin.co.uk/  

Every year the fire brigade is called out to tens of thousands of fires at work. People die and thousands of workers are injured because a fire risk assessment has not been performed.

MacDonald Martin will supply fire risk assessment services to make sure that businesses comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRFSO). They have over 40 professionally qualified fire safety consultants within either the Institution of Fire Engineers or the Institute of Fire Prevention Officers qualifications.

If a business does not have an adequate fire risk assessment it runs the risk of not just a tragedy at work but also legal action. The order requires the responsible person (such as the employer) to carry out a fire risk assessment and employ competent people to manage fire risk.

MacDonald Martin can provide solutions for businesses big or small who wish to make sure their premises are safe. As fire risk consultants they employ current and ex-senior ranking fire brigade officers with knowledge and experience of fire protection, safety, prevention and enforcement.

A Health and safety risk assessment identifies possible risks of combustion and institutes methods to counteract that risk. In itself a fire risk assessment sounds quite simple to evaluate. Of course, a fire risk assessment has to assess all sorts of eventualities.

For instance, clearly the fire safety officer has to work out how to limit the spread of fire and smoke. So they have to consider how a fire would spread in a particular room, if it would spread out of the room, how it would propagate through the building and how it would proliferate to other buildings.

There are four main objectives of fire safety. First the goal is to prevent the fire or to stop it spreading. Secondly, it plans to protect workers from the effects of fire (e.g. alarms to notify people about the emergency lighting, escape routes and refuge). Thirdly, they want to minimize the impact of the fire (e.g. maintain the structural integrity of the building). Finally, the aim is support the fire brigade and to provide them with access and a water supply.

The fire safety consultants of MacDonald Martin have the know-how to establish where fire risks lie and how a business can stop it happening. Every workplace wants to keep its employees safe. http://www.macdonald-martin.co.uk/  will help any business protect its workforce.

For those who love to explore and discover new places, a break in Calderdale, South Pennines is guaranteed to delight.

With miles and miles of picturesque open countryside in which to get off the beaten track, and charming towns and villages around West Yorkshire to explore, the area has much to offer families and couples alike.

On Sunday 31 January and Saturday 13 March, from 1-4pm, the village of Shibden is offering visitors the chance to delve into the areas where the public are not normally allowed to go.

From the cellars of stunning Shibden Hall, to the tower library, explorers can find out more about the fascinating history of the hall and the people who lived there.

The 600-year old Shibden Estate is one of West Yorkshire’s most important heritage sites and is a green oasis less than a mile from Halifax, West Yorkshire.

To make the most of the many attractions in the area, the Pennines market town of Hebden Bridge provides an ideal base and offers luxurious B&B accommodation perfect for a longer holiday.

Croft Mill, a recently converted mill in the heart of the town, offers 4-star accommodation in 12 immaculate and stylish self-catering holiday apartments to suit all needs and budgets.

Contemporary styling, soft, neutral décor and high quality furnishings are a feature of the whole development. The lounge areas in the Penthouse and Superior apartments have leather sofas, oak furniture, flat screen TV, DVD player and a selection of books and games.

Apartments range from standard to Superior and Penthouse Apartments, which offer breathtaking views of the surrounding countryside. The Mill even boasts a rooftop conservatory that is available to book for small functions.

The Croft Mill website at http://www.croftmill.com contains photography and a virtual tour of each luxurious apartment and there are more special offers as well as a booking enquiry form, a list of local events and information about the town and surrounding area.

Hebden Bridge itself is a magnet for tourists who come to enjoy its original shops and galleries, organic food outlets, restaurants and bars, fabulous walks and cycle ways, and surrounding countryside and attractions.