Archive for April, 2008

The best Farmers’ Markets in the UK

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Conservative British flagship paper The Times has a great story Top 12 UK farmers’ markets.
Dirty dozen: the best of Britain’s 600 local-produce markets where you can buy muddy carrots and misshapen fruit that tastes as it should.

St Giles farmers’ market, Shipbourne, Kent
Winchester farmers’ market, Hampshire
Stroud farmers’ market, Gloucestershire
Kings Norton farmers’ market, Birmingham
Cardiff Riverside farmers’ market
Wirral […]

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The TV Show that spawned an idea.

Friday, April 11th, 2008

In 1999 the ABC TV in Australia broadcast an episode of Four Corners, a show whose theme music for is entrenched into the mind of most Australians my age I suspect. This particular episode, the last for the year, was not, as some would guess, about the Y2K bug, but concerned global warming. […]

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Bikes4Work programme launched.

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

bikes4work is an advisory service that can help organisations set up workplace bike fleets. Bike fleets can be set up in most workplaces where staff are required to travel on-site, between worksites or within the local area.
Benefits to employers include:

Productivity increases and lower levels of absenteeism from a healthy and motivated workforce
Transport cost savings, […]

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