August 4, 2010 by admin.

Do people really know what the term ‘retro’ means. It is used a lot these days but n=many don’t actually know the meaning of the expression. To go retro means delving into the past and looking at the impressions of people living in those times. Retro is short for retrospect. And now we have a chance to bring the substance of the past in our homes with the introduction of retro furniture.

Retro furniture is furniture that looks right from the old times, but unmistakably has that attitude of carrying impressions for the future. Basically, the furniture from the times of the sixties through the eighties (the Baby Boomer generation) is hot property. And that includes gramophones, retro loveseats and sofas, retro coffee tables, retro jukeboxes, entertainment centers, bars and stools and retro dance floors. Most retro furniture that can be obtained these days are basic household items and often not in good condition. But we at Elemental in London hunt down these valuable and interesting pieces and then lovingly restore them to something like their former glory. Visit our shop in London and if you don’t have the retro furniture bug before you arrive you will before you leave. Nostalgia has a way of drawing us in.

How does Retro Furniture look?
Let us not make a mistake here. Most retro furniture that you get today in the market place is not actually old furniture. It is made presently, but is designed just to look like the furniture that was popular in the 40’s 50’s and 60’s etc times. You will have dinner tables and chairs, chaise lounges, fireplaces with mantelpieces, carpets and rugs, grandfather clocks and those pesky but adorable canary clocks, everything that will take our grandparents down Nostalgiaville. Even the colors are the bright ones used in those times, and not the placid colors people prefer nowadays. And you will find that back in your retro furniture time, people wanted their furniture to make sure it stood up and take notice when visitors came in. Today’s retro furniture tries to achieve the same thing. But in reality it never quite makes it. There is no substitute for the real old thing and you will notice this difference when you touch an authentic piece.

Wood was the material of choice in making retro furniture, because that was the era of wood. Other materials were certainly used but wood prevailed. Retro furniture often has futuristic designs for the era they are made, but you must consider that those designs will still be outdated in today’s times.

Retro Furniture for a Whole New Ambience within the Home
People of all walks of life are now considering adding retro pieces and often a whole room to their houses. Although making the whole home a retro home may not be such a good idea, a single retro room is what many people are doing. And it works great as a theme room. Packed with retro furniture, it is the place you can go to if you want some solace from your routine times. Or, you can call your friends over and have a retro party . You will certainly be exposed to an extensive choice at our shop, or visit our site at www.elemental.uk.com to get an idea what we have to offer.

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July 14, 2010 by admin.

“Tips for Franchisors”
Daily Express 01.04.96
David Bigmore, a solicitor specialising in the industry, offers the following tips for the would-be franchisors:

SEEK expert help. See a franchise consultant, who will be able to develop your business experience into a customised system, an experienced accountant, who will work out the profitability for you and your franchisees, and a specialist lawyer who will advise on legal requirements.
CHOOSE the name of the franchised operation carefully and register it at the Trade Marks Registry.
DEVELOP a profile of an acceptable franchisee. Many of the problems experienced by franchisors derive from inadequate selection.
INVEST a great deal of time and money in developing a training system.
“Menace of law to nail pyramid swindlers”
The Express 19.05.97
A new law designed to tighten the controls on pyramid selling and multi-level marketing schemes threatens to make many franchises unworkable.The Trading Schemes Act 1996, which comes into effect in August, casts its net so wide almost all businesses, including franchises, are effected. Anyone breaking the law could be committing any of the four criminal offences and be liable to fines or even jail.
Having begun with a catch-all law, the DTI, whose aim is to deter swindlers went on to write exemptions in the Act designed to exclude legitimate businesses. But franchise lawyer David Bigmore says the exclusions are not wide enough and many franchises might still find themselves trapped.
The first type of exclusion states that single-tier trading schemes are exempt. But Bigmore claims the way the law is worded means franchisors who use self-employed salesmen or independent contractors, or whose franchisees employ independent contractors, may find themselves subjected to the Act.
The second exclusion exempts VAT registered businesses. That means smaller franchisees with turnovers of less that £48,000 must register, forcing them to raise their prices by 17.5%. The law could also allow a disaffected franchisee to threaten a deregister and plunge the entire franchise operation into the murky waters of the new Act.
Bigmore believes the DTI mistakenly categorises businesses rather than aiming at the intention to swindle. He adds “You can use any business as a fraudulent vehicle, and that’s more or less what the Act says. Basically what they’ve done is take the pyramid out of pyramid selling. All we can hope to do is change the exclusions.”
Bigmore and the British Franchisee Association are lobbying to free franchising from the oppressive law. In the meantime, franchisors wanting to know where they stand should seek legal opinion.
For more information visit the experts at www.dbigmore.co.uk

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April 19, 2010 by admin.

This is certainly unprecedented, a no fly zone over Europe.
But our clients will be pleased to know that this unfortunate problem does not affect the operations of The Datatec Group.

Our MD was due to travel to the USA today 19th April. But of course where he is in the world does make a difference.

But let us hope its over soon.

The Datatec Team

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February 5, 2010 by admin.

At RDD Associates Inc.
We do take the guesswork out of design.

We believe that every client should have a valid proof as to the potential sales levels, inventory levels, capacity levels before one nail is placed into the wall.

Through proven business models we have been able to deliver profitable stores, displays and concept shops for our clients.

Our award winning design and business approach to ever design has set us apart from the rest of the Retail Design Industry.

With over forty years of retail experience we are considered by many as the benchmark for Retail designs that bring profit to your bottom line.
Visit Our Site at www.rddassociatesinc.com

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January 24, 2010 by admin.

After over 18 months in preliminaries, Datatec has finally started the development of the high level Company Management Software for Palmers Green International. Datatec personel along with their partnering company in the project, C3IT, have spent the last week in Accra, Ghana, completing a series of management meetings to compile required data.

Work on the software architecture will commence next week in earnest which is being built in Pune, India.

All parties involed are excited about the development and expect it to leads on to similar projects across Ghana and Africa as a whole.

The Datatec Team

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January 13, 2010 by admin.

Google Inc. will stop censoring its search results in China and may pull out of the country completely after discovering that computer hackers had tricked human-rights activists into exposing their e-mail accounts to outsiders.
The change of heart announced Tuesday heralds a major shift for the Internet’s search leader, which has repeatedly said it will obey Chinese laws requiring some politically and socially sensitive issues to be blocked from search results available in other countries. The acquiescence had outraged free-speech advocates and even some shareholders, who argued Google’s cooperation with China violated the company’s “don’t be evil” motto.

The criticism had started to sway Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who openly expressed his misgivings about the company’s presence in China.

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September 27, 2009 by admin.

Google (SEO) Search Engine Optimization
A great site is useless unless people know where to find you. This is where search engine optimization services come in handy. The methods used to keep your site in the top pages of Google for a long time will depend on if you know how Google ranks it index. Since only the engineers employed by Google know the answer, it is up to the rest of us to speculate on what may work, and what we know doesn’t work.
Search Engine Optimization for Google
Read that again - Knowing what to do to your site in order for Google to properly recognize and categorize your site is the first step in achieving top rankings in Google. Internet Marketing SEO, and in particular, Google SEO is the key. The easier your make your site to be understood by Google, the better chances you’ll have of getting top spots in Google’s index. Google search engine marketing is the answer to getting your site found.
Google, the world’s number #1 Search Engine
If you made it to this site, chances are you found it using a search engine, and it was probably Google. Google currently dominates the Search Engine market partially because of its results, and more importantly, its “uncluttered” look. If you visit Yahoo or MSN there is so much information that it could easily overwhelm the typical AOL user.
The value of a top position in Google
What would you do if you were in one of the top spots in Google’s index for your most popular keyword? Do you realize that many millionaires have made their fortune by having a top rank in Google? Google is the most popular search engine in the WORLD and has no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Google Search Optimization has to be part of your marketing strategy.
Why is it so hard to get a top spot in Google?
Its not. By reading my book “SEO for Google”, I will show you ALL THE TECHNIQUES needed to get your site ranked on the first page in Google. Its not hard, but rather, KNOWING WHAT TO DO! It took me years of trial and error and many, many mistakes, but after constantly reviewing what worked and what didn’t, I finally stumbled onto the “secret” of getting top rankings from Google. Google Search Engine Marketing is a process that will get your site ranked.

The first Google Secret? THERE IS NO SECRET!
Don’t be fooled by companies claiming that they have “secret” to getting top placement in Google. The only secret is KNOWING what Google LOOKS for when they rank a site. It is guessed that there are over 100 separate components to Google’s Algorithm that determine how a site will appear when a user enters in a keyword.

By usinging Google’s own stratagy we can get you ranking on page one for your keywords within 60 days. Try is for that time……www.datatecXtra.com

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August 17, 2009 by admin.

Cygnus Instruments introduces the new “Cygnus Underwater” thickness gauge. For over 25 years, Cygnus Instruments has been the leading manufacturer of reliable, rugged underwater thickness gauges for divers carrying out maintenance inspections and corrosion checks. Developed with the Cygnus pioneered Multiple Echo technique, all Cygnus gauges ignore surface coatings and give only true, accurate measurements. This technique ensures that successive returning echoes precisely match and are thus error‐checked before a measurement is displayed. As a result, inspection time and costs are significantly reduced.
The new Cygnus Underwater is IPX8 rated, which allows continuous underwater operation up to 300 m depth. The new feature of “Deep‐Coat” mode facilitates measuring through even thicker coatings up to 20 mm thick. Other features include convenient calibration buttons, echo strength indication and automatic probe recognition (APR), which detects the probe type and optimises the electronics accordingly. The gauge benefits from a large, bright LED display for use in poor visibility conditions. When surface verification is required the Cygnus Underwater can be upgraded to include the topside display options and any length of umbilical cable up to 1000 m long. This upgrade is straight forward ‐ simply plug in the topside repeater and go! The standard kit includes 2 rechargeable NiMH battery packs, which give over 60 hours’ measuring time and eliminate down‐time for battery charging.
With the benefit of all these features, the new Cygnus Underwater is not just the lightest (950 g) and smallest (235 x 75 mm) underwater gauge available, but also the easiest to use for all typical underwater inspections: ship hulls, semi‐sub structures, subsea pipelines, offshore structures, jackets, piers, pilings, etc.
Visit the manufacturers website : www.cygnus-instruments.com

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July 25, 2009 by admin.

I wish. Well maybe not for me.
But seriously. We have had to invest in new hardware and a real person to compliment this new project. We should be content with actually having Virgin in our client stables (and eventually on our portfolio) but it must be getting round as we have had numerous enquiries from some big boys. But more about that when those eggs have hatched.

We have started the mockups of the site, working soley from our New York office, and their first reactions were very pleased !. So we are going in the right direction. We have to present complete page designs now so our creative guys have been let loose.

Still looking for design partners in NY who will work happily on joint ventures.
All ideas to info@datatecUSA.net
By DG - MD - www.datatecUSA.net

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July 12, 2009 by admin.

Yes we got it.
After weeks, no months of proposals we finally landed the Virgin Atlantic project in New York. It may not be a full service contract but it is Virgin and we are proud of ourselves.
New comp equipment arrived lat week along with a new member of staff. So our endevours in NYC are paying off. So its a client meeting on Monday, we’ll keep you posted.
DRG
www.datatecUSA.net

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