August 2011
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Behind the best: Lothian Handyman Ltd,...
Time again for our ‘Behind the best’ interview, celebrating independent businesses from around the UK. This week we head north and talk to Laurie from Lothian Handyman Ltd, roving handymen for hire for everything from bathroom installations to flat-packed furniture!
In a time of stress, this company did everything for me, I didnt need to lift a finger. The finished floor is perfect and very well...
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Searching for perfection
We’re always looking for ways we can improve our services; with new information streams - photos, videos and customer reviews - and better methods to find what you need. This past year has seen some pretty big changes to our search tools on Yell.com, moving from our traditional three box search to a more universal 2 box format and updating our search terms and business classifications.
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Behind the best: Persepolis of Peckham
This week return to our ‘behind the best’ series, celebrating independent businesses, with an interview with a true Local Hero - Peckham’s Sally Butcher of Persepolis, a Persian deli and treasure trove. I’ll let one of our users explain why..
Persepolis is special, not only because the owners keep their shelves stocked with the most dizzying array of ingredients but...
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Yell staffers deliver Yellow Pages for charity
As part of our ongoing support of Red Balloon, the charity dedicated to the children who are victims of serious bullying, six members of Yell staff recently joined our delivery partners, Deya, to deliver the new Basingstoke, Fleet and Alton Yellow Pages directory in Hampshire.
The day started with a briefing at Basingstoke football ground, including the viewing of a special delivery training...
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Behind the blog: Indie Shuffle
This week we talked to Hannah Simon and Jason Grishkoff, respectively the Editor-in-Chief & President/Founder of Indie Shuffle about music on the other side of ‘the pond’ and places worth looking up if you’re ever in San Francisco.
For any of our readers who aren’t aware of you, can you give us an intro to the blog?
Indie Shuffle is a San Francisco-based music blog...
