Getting fit for a refit

As they say in real estate, it’s all about “location, location, location”. Which makes you wonder if the people who work there have a real problem with their short-term memory. The good news is that after weeks of searching you’ve finally found the perfect location to set up your business. It’s got plenty of space,…

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Gadget Hounded

Thanks to those clever people we affectionately call “nerds”, technology is getting smaller, faster and cheaper every day. Except for televisions, which will soon be measured in square kilometres. Unfortunately it also means by the time you get your new gadget home it’s already obsolete. This is great for the nerds, who keep adding millions…

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Trashed Again

You made it through another year. Well done. And let’s face it: it was tough, particularly towards the end. You had to survive not only the Christmas cavalcade of visitors, gifts and meals, but also New Year’s Eve. But you got through it all, although you’ve vowed once again to give up alcohol. (You now…

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Taking the Next Step

Congratulations! You’ve just bought a house. It wasn’t easy. It took ages to find, and then you had to fight tooth and nail with the owners over the price. (Things were going quite smoothly until you realised they were talking dollars and not yen.) But after countless bids, counter-bids, counter-counter-bids (and the odd prayer), you…

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