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Simon Daniel
Back to the future
Now the recession is apparently over, global companies are back to thinking about the future...
Snow flakes
As much of the UK is covered in another layer of icing, the excuses for not making it to work keep rolling in.
While a few will be genuinely unable to leave the house, like the elderly couple whose front door was frozen solid last week, far more are snow flakes, eager to seize the chance of a day off. Nearly a quarter of UK workers secretly look forward to heavy snowfall as an excuse to avoid going to work, according to a survey of 591 adults by video conferencing company Tandberg. And that’s just the ones who admit... read more...
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Out with the old, in with affordable.
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