M&S Delivery Promotion

Hot off the press! Marks & Spencer is running a 1p delivery promotion from 18th - 28th November. The way it works is that a £3.49 discount is applied to standard delivery at the checkout, slashing the delivery charge to 1p for a limited time to any UK mainland address.

There really is no time like the present to order that must have M&S dress for Christmas. Standard delivery for large technology items and furniture is free, whilst flowers, fruit baskets and Made to Measure shirts all have delivery included in the price.

Marks and Spencer is also involved in some controversy at the moment too, with regards to one of their TV adverts. According to the BBC, eight people have complained about M&S's "Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without...." advert starring Philip Glenister is sexist. The advert features Glenister, best known for his portrayal of sexist DCI Hunt in Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes, replying "That girl prancing around in her underwear." Neomie Lenoir, a French lingerie model and regular in Marks and Spencer adverts, dressed only in her bra and knickers, then asks "Moi?".

A spokesman for Marks and Spencer said: "We're surprised by the ASA complaints regarding Philip Glenister's appearance in our TV ad.

"Our research shows that his on-screen character in Ashes to Ashes is extremely popular with our customers and his lines in the ad are in keeping with that role."

Charity Gifts - Give A Goat

Christmas is the time of year where we think more about how we can help others. There are a lot of options for giving a charity gift to aid those in need, particularly in Africa. One of the most popular gifts are animals, such as a goat or a cow.

Giving an animal such as a goat has many advantages which eventually benefit the whole community. They provide milk which can be drunk or sold, their manure is an excellent fertilizer for crops and they can be interbred with local herds to improve the stock. Offspring can then be sold or kept to provide extra income.

Parts of Africa are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Climate change is already causing extreme weather conditions such as floods and drought, making it more difficult to successfully grow and harvest crops. Crop yields are also expected to drop significantly over the next couple of decades if global temperature rises aren't arrested.

The impacts of climate change will be widespread across the globe. In order to understand more about what the human impact of high-end climate change might be, and therefore what would happen if a successful agreement cannot be reached at Copenhagen, the Met Office has produced a map outlining some of the impacts that may occur if the global average temperature rises by 4 °C (7 °F) above the pre-industrial climate average.
http://www.actoncopenhagen.decc.gov.uk/en/ambition/evidence/4-degrees-map/

Etihad Airways and Flybe Agree Codeshare

Etihad airways and Flybe announced a new codeshare agreement on 5th November.

Etihad is one of the UAE's most prominent airlines and sponsor of the recent F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Flybe, based in the UK, is the largest regional budget airline in Europe.

The new alliance will link together Etihad's 55 destinations with Flybe's 55 destinations across Europe allowing travellers to book connecting flights between the two airways on a single ticket. Under the new agreement, Etihad can now reach destinations such as Southampton, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast. Conversely, Flybe customers can now book a ticket to the Middle East, including flights to Dubai.

The UAE continues to lead the way in the Middle East for airport growth. It is also the only place in the world to see continuing growth throughout the recession.