Earlier this week, the Helix SMART immobilised itself and the second key de-coded! 

Thanks to some forward thinking we were able to call the AA who were absolutely fantastic!   The AA operator tried to help us get recoded remotely but that was a non-starter. So within 30 minutes Sam the Man arrived to help us out. 

Twitter is reportedly in advanced talks over buyout of Tweetdeck for $50m.
According to his Twitter profile, Iain Dodsworth is a Formula One obsessive, husband and father. He may also be about to become a multimillionaire. The British founder of TweetDeck, a popular computer application used by regular Twitter users, is reportedly in advanced talks to sell his firm to Twitter for $50m (£31m). Dodsworth, unlike twitterers, is keeping tight-lipped so far.

1 March is a landmark moment for advertising self-regulation. The extension of the UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising (the CAP Code) and the ASA’s online remit has come into effect. The rules now apply to companies’ own marketing communications on their own websites. It is a development that shows self-regulation at its very best – industry taking responsibility to protect consumers with real and lasting action.  

Our friends at Google resource bring together the latest industry facts and insights. These have been collected from a number of third party sources covering a range of topics from macroscopic economic and media trends to how consumer behaviour and technology are changing over time. Interesting reading for any business not selling online.  

Online retail sales have increased 22% year on year. This is the highest rate of increase in more than two years - IMRG, June 2010

British web users are spending 65% more time online than three years ago, according to research of net habits

The average surfer spends 22 hours and 15 minutes on the net each month, according to the UK Online Measurement company (UKOM).

The lion's share of that time is spent on social networks or blogs, which accounts for nearly a quarter of users' time online.

Instant messaging (IM) has been one of the victims of social network growth. Three years ago 14% of online time was spent using IM but that has fallen to just 5%. But e-mail, also predicted to suffer as more people used Facebook and its rivals, is still healthy and accounts for 7.2% of time compared to 6.5% of time three years ago. Networking, communication and playing games remain the most popular online activities.

Lincoln West

Exhibition Expertise and Excellence

Lincoln West launch their new image and new website.

Lincoln West clients trust and know the project management of their exhibition stand will be delivered with a level of expertise and experience that will add value to their show or event. 

Sweetpea and Willow

A fresh, new face for Sweetpea and Willow, online boutique for French furniture.
A simple refreshing to the website design has updated an established and successful brand.  New high quality images offer visitors an immediate view into the wide range products available to order, as well as offering helpful advice, recommendations, guide and links to customer services.

Superlative Time

Work in Progress - Watch this Space (no pun intended!)

Vintage watch sales offering real specialist knowledge in quality vintage watches. From the 50’s & 60’s Manual wind and Automatics from most quality Swiss makers. Specialists in Rolex, Patek, Breitling, Jaeger, Omega, etc…

Artist A M Bowe launches new website

Exhibiting in England and in her home town of Dublin for the past 10 years Artist A M Bowe launches her new website.  Her main focus is on portraiture in oil, however, she excels in figurative work as well as landscapes, cityscapes, equine and maritime seascapes.

British shoppers splashed almost a third of the cash spent on the internet in Europe last year, making them comfortably the continent's top online spenders.

Online sales in UK defied the recession with double-digit growth last year.
Consumers in the UK spent an estimated £38bn online in 2009, accounting for 30% of total European internet sales, according to price comparison site Kelkoo.
Germany and France occupied the second and third positions, with the trio of West European nations together making up 70% of the market.
The average individual online spend by Britons was £1,102, while UK shoppers also bought the highest number of items over the internet, at an average of £37 each.