July 2011
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It's not the winning...
Last night our team of intrepid marketeers took to the high seas (River Thames) to swashbuckle their way to glory - and booty - for a truly noble cause, WaterAid.
As soon as we arrived at the Reading Rowing Club it became apparent that not all rafts are created equal; we’d gone for the home-made, mostly recycled/could actually have been cobbled together when shipwrecked approach…
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Build, build, build your boat
You may remember a recent post on our efforts to build and race a raft to raise money for WaterAid.
On Monday night the build began in earnest. And the rain.
It may not look very sea-worthy yet but let’s hope by the time the guys are finished tonight we’ll be able to float merrily down the river tomorrow.
Stephen’s even gone DIY on our oars, with these inspired bits...
Ch-ch-ch-Changes!
The more observant of you may have spotted that Yell.com’s look was updated last week.
So, what do the changes mean for you?
Feedback from users suggested the yellow header was distracting, so our design guys rolled up their sleeves and gave the top of the pages a revamp - with the new header in a flattering shade of grey. Which may or may not be the new black - who can keep up?
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Grilling the food bloggers: Food Stories
After a musical interlude, we return to our interview series with some of UK’s best food-obsessed bloggers. From the most cutting culinary critics, to the most creative cooks; we’re finding out what drives them as well as taking a peek inside their little black books to find out where they shop, eat and drink.
This time we spoke to Helen Graves of Food Stories about her delicious...
What shall we do with the would-be sailors?
A few of us in the Marketing department have decided to do our bit for charity by entering into this month’s Thames Water Raft Race, in aid of Water Aid.
This year the theme is ‘Wacky Rafters’, loosely based on the cartoon ’Wacky Races’, and costumes are required.
Putting aside for the moment the fact that we know absolutely nothing about building a raft and...
