Archive

July 2012

Doctor states that U.S medical school training is inadequate

D

James Granger,MD of Marietta, Ga stated, “when I started medical school in 1993, there were only four medical schools with designated courses in nutrition”.Dr. Granger went on to state that, U.S. medical doctors do not account for the effects of food additives and poor diet on obesity,hypertension,diabetes and other diseases. Dr. Granger is the author of a newly released book  about...

Amigo-Offers.com – dynamic packaging speaks volumes in the travel industry.

A

Amigo-offers.com is a new UK-based website which targets the independent business and leisure traveller in their quest to find some of the best travel prices on attractions, tours and hotels worldwide. Whereas many travel sites use a white label (branded) booking solution or outsource services to a single global tour operator, Amigo continues to work directly with suppliers. The main reason for...

LoungeUp, a tech app for hotels, seals its first round of funding

L

LoungeUp, the first platform allowing hotels to create a mobile service for their clients, can announce today that it has raised funds of several hundred thousand euros (exact figure still confidential). Founded in 2011 by Mathieu POLLET and Lionel TRESSENS (Ex CTO of Overblog), LoungeUp develops and commercialises an app designed for the hotel industry, which is directly accessible on the mobile...

Rebellion Media Acquires Sports Portfolio

R

Rebellion Media established its presence in the online sports vertical today with the acquisition of a significant portfolio of ten combat sports websites, including fighters.com, fightline.com, mmatraining.com and mmaconvert.com. “This is a suite of websites with an engaged community of over 2 million monthly unique visitors in one of the fastest growing sports worldwide â?? mixed martial...

Value driven business innovation online training programme for successful businesses

V

The move comes after corporate training director, Ashish Rishi, noticed that many SMEs were being forced to slash marketing and research budgets at the very time they were most needed. His solution has been to design and launch a business innovation programme that will allow smaller firms to benefit from the sort of high-end consultancy used by the likes of Google and Apple. â??The success of...

Catch out online dating liars through Olusive

C

Olusive is Australiaâ??s newest online dating site offering over 24 interactive features to empower singles to find friendships, casual dates or the one in a safe online environment.   Gone are the days where you only get to view members profile photos and communicate through basic messaging online prior to meeting them. Olusive offers unlimited HD video webcam sessions, video, photo and audio...

Going Mad for New Zealand Plaid

G

In the back blocks of New Zealand, Coos de Wit found a small family owned business turning out highest quality Mohair and alpaca products. Together, they created a selection of plaid throws specifically for his European design stores. These are not the checked blankets you once found  in the back of every family car. Each throw is made up of 9 huge checks in bold colours. There are 4 colour-ways...

Hedgebook launches online tool to help small businesses manage currency & interest rate volatility

H

Hedgebook have recently announced the U.S. and European launch of their latest online derivative management solution. The solution, also called Hedgebook, is a simple, powerful and cost effective tool designed to help businesses bring professional processes and structure to their currency and interest rate hedging.  Currently focused on “vanilla” derivatives such as Interest Rate...

Olympic Airspace Survey & Realtime Statistics Launched

O

Guildford, UK, 17th  July, 2012 – RocketRoute, the fast flight planning company has today announced a survey for the General Aviation (GA) community. The survey aims to capture feedback from pilots who have already flown within the new Olympic restricted airspace. RocketRoute will share these results with the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Since the newly restricted Olympic airspace...

MagicBrush! Now available on UK market

M

MagicBrush the high quality EU product that has been convincing equestrians all over Europe is now available on the UK market. The trendy grooming set is amongst others sold at Robinsons – the UKâ??s No. 1 Equestrian Provider. â??After our great success in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Scandinavia â?? especially Sweden, we are very proud to now be able to offer our brushes to the UK...