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Tea for two and two for tea 19 05 2008 - 2:24:25 PM

According to Google’s monthly Zeitgeist update of top gaining search queries, ‘tea’ was the sixth highest query in the UK during April.

It’s popularity is global and is cultivated all over the world: India, China and Africa to name but a few. Tea is almost the Brits’ national drink – we turn to it to help celebrate high-days and holidays, it sustains us through the working day, and it is a staple drink during times of stress. So perhaps it is not so surprising to hear that it is now being grown in Cornwall. Well, your Majesty, how terribly topping!

Tea is part of the UK’s culture – according to the UK Tea Council we get through 165 million cups per day. It must flow through our very veins at that rate! And on the fabulously named blog – A Nice Cup of Tea and A Sit Down – we are delighted to see that PG is the authors’ tea of choice. It’s great to see that we keep such good company!

Do you work in an unusual place? Perhaps you are a crane driver, deep sea diver, wig-maker, or toe-nail artist? If so, why don’t you grab the opportunity to upgrade your afternoon tea time in the office.

To celebrate the ‘Great British Workplace’, Virgin Radio and Twix are promoting afternoon tea! Nominate yourself or a friend, and every weekday the weirdest entry will win an Ice Blue Flavia Fusion Drinks Station, a bundle of Twix bars and Virgin Radio branded china mugs.

Virgin’s ‘Afternoon Tea with Neil Francis’ website has some great links. You can read how the celebrity DJs like their afternoon tea, play the Twix packer game, or download a "who’s making the tea" poster for your office: that should settle any ongoing tea-rota disputes!

Listen online via one of the direct streaming feeds, or tune in by DAB Digital Radio across the UK, or on 105.8FM in London and the South East, or 1215AM/MW throughout the country.

If you really do work in a weird place, the only catch might be where to put all those goodies.

Apparently 90% of people make their minds up about someone in the first 10 to 40 seconds – and the same counts for the first exposure to a company or brand. As the saying goes: you don’t get a second chance to make a first impression! Whether it is a direct look in the eyes, a first handshake, or a welcoming drink in the foyer whilst you wait – it positively sets the scene for a bright future.

Two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of water - an essential combination and one that our life depends upon. It is hardly surprising that humans have gone to such trouble to protect water supplies over the millennia. From the building of the first Roman aqueduct - the Via Appia in 312 BC - to New York City’s extremely complex tunnel system, water provision and protection has always been a top priority.

Climate change and an exploding population are leading to a dramatic impact on water supplies - many believe that we will be facing a world water shortage in the near future. Although there is research into new methods of desalinating and recycling water, it is generally agreed that conserving water wherever possible is the way forward if we are going to keep our planet healthy. Mars Inc. has been concentrating on this for some time. Very little water is used during the manufacturing process, and by 2010 water consumption will be reduced by 15% due to significant investments currently being made in innovative technologies. There are projects going on throughout the company from investment in water purification providers to water supply improvement in Malawi. top tips on the Environment Agency website.

If you want to see how you can do your bit to save water, check out the top tips on the Environment Agency website.

There aren’t many lighter moments in the news at the moment - but how about yesterday’s piece that we spotted: apparently the music you listen to actually impacts on your sense of taste. Although this was looking at the impact of tunes on those drinking wine, we did wonder whether this observation could be extending to a research project of our own……

So if you work in an office where music is played, let us know if you see a correlation between coffee:herbal tea drinker ratios, or tea:soup drinker divisions, or indeed anything else. Perhaps when Sting’s Englishman in New York come on, we all instinctively reach for a cup of tea, and when Hot Chocolate’s You Sexy Thing comes on, the FLAVIA Mars Swirl is in demand? ….. was that one a bit obvious!? – anyway, let us know your observations: scientific or otherwise!!

Twix and Flavia go together for the perfect tea-time break 16 05 2008 - 11:11:27 AM

Do you work in an unusual place? Perhaps you are a crane driver, deep sea diver, wig-maker, or toe-nail artist? If so, why don’t you grab the opportunity to upgrade your afternoon tea time in the office.

To celebrate the ‘Great British Workplace’, Virgin Radio and Twix are promoting afternoon tea! Nominate yourself or a friend, and every weekday the weirdest entry will win an Ice Blue Flavia Fusion Drinks Station, a bundle of Twix bars and Virgin Radio branded china mugs.

Virgin’s ‘Afternoon Tea with Neil Francis’ website has some great links. You can read how the celebrity DJs like their afternoon tea, play the Twix packer game, or download a "who’s making the tea" poster for your office: that should settle any ongoing tea-rota disputes!

Listen online via one of the direct streaming feeds, or tune in by DAB Digital Radio across the UK, or on 105.8FM in London and the South East, or 1215AM/MW throughout the country.

If you really do work in a weird place, the only catch might be where to put all those goodies.

Apparently 90% of people make their minds up about someone in the first 10 to 40 seconds – and the same counts for the first exposure to a company or brand. As the saying goes: you don’t get a second chance to make a first impression! Whether it is a direct look in the eyes, a first handshake, or a welcoming drink in the foyer whilst you wait – it positively sets the scene for a bright future.

Two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of water - an essential combination and one that our life depends upon. It is hardly surprising that humans have gone to such trouble to protect water supplies over the millennia. From the building of the first Roman aqueduct - the Via Appia in 312 BC - to New York City’s extremely complex tunnel system, water provision and protection has always been a top priority.

Climate change and an exploding population are leading to a dramatic impact on water supplies - many believe that we will be facing a world water shortage in the near future. Although there is research into new methods of desalinating and recycling water, it is generally agreed that conserving water wherever possible is the way forward if we are going to keep our planet healthy. Mars Inc. has been concentrating on this for some time. Very little water is used during the manufacturing process, and by 2010 water consumption will be reduced by 15% due to significant investments currently being made in innovative technologies. There are projects going on throughout the company from investment in water purification providers to water supply improvement in Malawi. top tips on the Environment Agency website.

If you want to see how you can do your bit to save water, check out the top tips on the Environment Agency website.

There aren’t many lighter moments in the news at the moment - but how about yesterday’s piece that we spotted: apparently the music you listen to actually impacts on your sense of taste. Although this was looking at the impact of tunes on those drinking wine, we did wonder whether this observation could be extending to a research project of our own……

So if you work in an office where music is played, let us know if you see a correlation between coffee:herbal tea drinker ratios, or tea:soup drinker divisions, or indeed anything else. Perhaps when Sting’s Englishman in New York come on, we all instinctively reach for a cup of tea, and when Hot Chocolate’s You Sexy Thing comes on, the FLAVIA Mars Swirl is in demand? ….. was that one a bit obvious!? – anyway, let us know your observations: scientific or otherwise!!

First impressions count 15 05 2008 - 3:48:45 PM

Apparently 90% of people make their minds up about someone in the first 10 to 40 seconds – and the same counts for the first exposure to a company or brand. As the saying goes: you don’t get a second chance to make a first impression! Whether it is a direct look in the eyes, a first handshake, or a welcoming drink in the foyer whilst you wait – it positively sets the scene for a bright future.

Two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of water - an essential combination and one that our life depends upon. It is hardly surprising that humans have gone to such trouble to protect water supplies over the millennia. From the building of the first Roman aqueduct - the Via Appia in 312 BC - to New York City’s extremely complex tunnel system, water provision and protection has always been a top priority.

Climate change and an exploding population are leading to a dramatic impact on water supplies - many believe that we will be facing a world water shortage in the near future. Although there is research into new methods of desalinating and recycling water, it is generally agreed that conserving water wherever possible is the way forward if we are going to keep our planet healthy. Mars Inc. has been concentrating on this for some time. Very little water is used during the manufacturing process, and by 2010 water consumption will be reduced by 15% due to significant investments currently being made in innovative technologies. There are projects going on throughout the company from investment in water purification providers to water supply improvement in Malawi. top tips on the Environment Agency website.

If you want to see how you can do your bit to save water, check out the top tips on the Environment Agency website.

There aren’t many lighter moments in the news at the moment - but how about yesterday’s piece that we spotted: apparently the music you listen to actually impacts on your sense of taste. Although this was looking at the impact of tunes on those drinking wine, we did wonder whether this observation could be extending to a research project of our own……

So if you work in an office where music is played, let us know if you see a correlation between coffee:herbal tea drinker ratios, or tea:soup drinker divisions, or indeed anything else. Perhaps when Sting’s Englishman in New York come on, we all instinctively reach for a cup of tea, and when Hot Chocolate’s You Sexy Thing comes on, the FLAVIA Mars Swirl is in demand? ….. was that one a bit obvious!? – anyway, let us know your observations: scientific or otherwise!!

Put a plug in it 15 05 2008 - 2:20:43 PM

Two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of water - an essential combination and one that our life depends upon. It is hardly surprising that humans have gone to such trouble to protect water supplies over the millennia. From the building of the first Roman aqueduct - the Via Appia in 312 BC - to New York City’s extremely complex tunnel system, water provision and protection has always been a top priority.

Climate change and an exploding population are leading to a dramatic impact on water supplies - many believe that we will be facing a world water shortage in the near future. Although there is research into new methods of desalinating and recycling water, it is generally agreed that conserving water wherever possible is the way forward if we are going to keep our planet healthy. Mars Inc. has been concentrating on this for some time. Very little water is used during the manufacturing process, and by 2010 water consumption will be reduced by 15% due to significant investments currently being made in innovative technologies. There are projects going on throughout the company from investment in water purification providers to water supply improvement in Malawi. top tips on the Environment Agency website.

If you want to see how you can do your bit to save water, check out the top tips on the Environment Agency website.

There aren’t many lighter moments in the news at the moment - but how about yesterday’s piece that we spotted: apparently the music you listen to actually impacts on your sense of taste. Although this was looking at the impact of tunes on those drinking wine, we did wonder whether this observation could be extending to a research project of our own……

So if you work in an office where music is played, let us know if you see a correlation between coffee:herbal tea drinker ratios, or tea:soup drinker divisions, or indeed anything else. Perhaps when Sting’s Englishman in New York come on, we all instinctively reach for a cup of tea, and when Hot Chocolate’s You Sexy Thing comes on, the FLAVIA Mars Swirl is in demand? ….. was that one a bit obvious!? – anyway, let us know your observations: scientific or otherwise!!

Have we got news for you 14 05 2008 - 11:47:39 AM

There aren’t many lighter moments in the news at the moment - but how about yesterday’s piece that we spotted: apparently the music you listen to actually impacts on your sense of taste. Although this was looking at the impact of tunes on those drinking wine, we did wonder whether this observation could be extending to a research project of our own……

So if you work in an office where music is played, let us know if you see a correlation between coffee:herbal tea drinker ratios, or tea:soup drinker divisions, or indeed anything else. Perhaps when Sting’s Englishman in New York come on, we all instinctively reach for a cup of tea, and when Hot Chocolate’s You Sexy Thing comes on, the FLAVIA Mars Swirl is in demand? ….. was that one a bit obvious!? – anyway, let us know your observations: scientific or otherwise!!