Food Banks – You never know.

How many of you reading this post know of someone that has visited a food bank? How many of you have visited a food bank? It’s more common than you would think! A local food bank can be found here! (Rushden) The UK’s biggest food bank network, the Trussell Trust, gave 1.6 million packs of food supplies in the past year. This was more than ever before and a 19% annual increase. If you need Read more…

What’s New? Gadget Net UK

So who remembers Gadget Net UK? You probably don’t! And I’m really not surprised. It was a collection of articles not really worth reading. So why are we bringing it back? That is a very good question! And it’s one I aim to answer in this post. The digital home for all the gadget hubs under the sun. Our Aim for Gadget Net UK How will we be doing that? #Hubs – Join and Create Read more…

Facebook Admins Required

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Solving The Housing Shortage: Part 2

Maybe a scheme could be set up where a Government department buys houses that need renovating.  Then they can use Trainees, Apprentices, The Self Employed etc.. to refurbish them. Paying them a wage for what they are doing.  This could provide Training and Jobs for builders/plumbers/electricians then the houses could be sold to first time buyers and a lower price.  Then this helps with the lack of affordable housing, Gets people back into work and also Read more…

Is Social Media as Social as we think?

Now the Term ‘Social Media’..    Implies social right? But how social are we actually being?     Sitting down at a laptop or computer… Or Mobile Phone (Whatever your chosen gadget is)   On Facebook, Twitter or Snapchat.. (Other Social Media Sites are available)    Take said gadget out of the scenario.. you’re still sitting there on your own! No one is there to socialize with you. I’m not saying stop using social media but its just a ‘Thought for the day’  Thanks for reading! Read more…

Solving The Housing Shortage

Do we not need more affordable housing? Could big companies not fund projects to get local builders back into work and contract them to build said houses? Meaning people will have work again. And then housing will be back and affordable. Or Warehouses I know we mention them a lot in these. But Warehouses are massive and watertight and with a bit of heating and furniture would be suitable for temporarily housing people. And then convert them Read more…

Small Businesses

When you walk down your local high street what do you see? You see some little unique shops which are fantastic! But you also see the big chain shops as well. Costa, Peacocks, Tesco, Asda, Cafe Nero to name a few.. And they seem to be doing really well in the current climate.. Where as the small businesses wither and die.. I usually try and stay local when I’m remotely working.. And then use Costa for Read more…

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