I’ll Shut Up Now | By Paul Smith

Final London Marathon T-Shirt Advertising Opportunity

Posted by Paul Smith on Thursday, April 15th, 2010

I blogged a little while back about one of our team (Kelly Frew) taking part in the London Marathon, and my how time has flown, it’s only 10 days away now! So for the final time here is our plea, Kelly is running to raise money for the Cardiomyopathy Association. Cardiomyopathy, which literally means “heart [...]

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London Marathon Sponsorship

Posted by Paul Smith on Friday, February 5th, 2010

No, i’m not silly enough to dig out my running shoes and take on 26 1/2 gruelling miles of London’s streets along with a whole bunch of other like minded crazy people. That said, one of our own Miss Kelly Frew has decided that this is the year she will be taking on the challenge [...]

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Grandma We Love You…

Posted by Paul Smith on Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Or not in the case of this searcher who found their way onto our Gifts UK website with a cracker of a search term (click for larger image): It’s not been a bad year for the GGUK site. We built the site in late November 2008 and have left it virtually untouched until October 2009 [...]

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Play.com’s Tribute To Michael Jackson – Too Soon?

Monday, June 29th, 2009 - Muppet Merchants, Retailers

I learnt on Friday that Michael Jackson had passed away when I opened an email from Play.com entitled: Play.com’s Tribute to Michael Jackson. The email was an affiliate email along with some banners and an affiliate link with my ID inserted into it all ready for me to put up on a site. At the [...]

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Sometimes “The Hodge” Shows Me Things I Don’t Want To See

Sunday, June 28th, 2009 - I Really Should Shut Up Now

Sometimes “The Hodge” Shows Me Things I Don’t Want To See

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Setanta Loses Premier League Rights

Friday, June 19th, 2009 - Administration, Business

Not so long ago I blogged about Setanta facing a financial crisis and today it would appear their fete has been sealed as they have failed to make latest payment on the £30million owed to the English Premier League, losing the rights to screen the matches going forward. The Premier League will now put the [...]

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Financial Crisis Forces Tough Decisions

Thursday, June 18th, 2009 - Administration, Business, Retailers

This speaks volumes! I take no credit for the above image, if you know the copyright owner give me a shout and I’ll give credit where it’s due.

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Giving Employees Time To Work On Their Project Ideas

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 - My Management Style

When I launched TLSC I had to take on a number of employees within quick succession to meet the demands of the business. One of the things I started thinking about was how to keep work fun and interesting in a field that at times can be quite monotonous. A few beers later and an [...]

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Probably The Easiest Game Show In The World

Saturday, June 13th, 2009 - I Really Should Shut Up Now

When I walk into a bank I immediately identify the CCTV cameras, I note the guards, the protective glass, and identify the little old lady I could take hostage. By the time I’ve paid in my cheques and left the bank I’m convinced I’ve got a fool proof bank robbery in the making. I’ve never [...]

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And The One Millionth English Word Is …

Friday, June 12th, 2009 - I Really Should Shut Up Now

Doo Do Do Doo Dooo Dooooo !!!     …         Web 2.0 For the last few months boffins have been somewhat excited (bless them) about what word will take pride of place as the English languages official one millionth word. According to Global Language Monitor, a Texas-based global language tracker,  the word Web 2.0 was officially unveiled [...]

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Please Don’t Suspend Me For Not Promoting You

Thursday, June 11th, 2009 - Affiliates, Featured, Muppet Merchants

Good and generous Affiliate Gods, Please stop the muppet merchants from suspending me for not promoting them, It’s not that I have no love for their brand, It’s not that we’re not working to the same cause they are, Frankly it’s beginning to get out of hand. We sign up to programmes with an intention [...]

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Setanta To Face Administration?

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 - Administration, Affiliates

Irish based sports broadcaster Satanta Sports could be forced into administration this week after failing to make payments due on TV rights. Setanta last week failed to make a payment of £3million to the Scottish Premier League in the final installment of this seasons TV deal. With the English Premier League chiefs expecting a payment [...]

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Findel Puts Kitbag Up For Sale

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 - Affiliates, Retailers

Just less than 3 years after the acquisition of Kitbag Ltd from European Home Retail, Findel PLC have put the Middleton-based online sportswear retailer up for sale. They haven’t done a bad job at all given that when they took control the retailer was making a loss, turning this around to a £500k profit (according [...]

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