The southern Spanish region known as the Costa del Sol doesn’t always tend to get talked about much as a place to spend the winter – especially the first few months of a calendar year, after Christmas. But should it be?

Below, we’ve set out just some of the reasons you should give serious consideration to whiling away a few days – or even weeks – on the Costa del Sol during January, February, and into the spring.

There isn’t really such thing as ‘winter’ here…

…well,…

Having your own heated swimming pool in the comfort of your own home can be one of life’s great – and underrated – pleasures. It can be an excellent way to enjoy swimming right through the year, and gives you a chance to stay in shape and develop essential life skills without having to head out to a public pool.

As the temperature drops, however, you may be wondering whether or not you can still make use of your pool in the winter months.

Keen swimmers will be relieved to know the…

It has been hard not to notice more and more instances of luxury fashion brands extending their reach to the beauty sector in recent times. This begs the question: should your fashion business follow suit? The answer is complex and can very much depend on your current corporate trajectory.

In October 2023, the French-based Kering — the luxury goods purveyor with the celebrated names Gucci, Balenciaga, and Alexander McQueen under its wing — acquired Creed, a fragrance brand with a…

The Government-owned company that is responsible for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of England’s motorways and major A roads – National Highways – has recently published a third-year progress report constituting a “stocktake” of the country’s smart motorways.

It is the third such report since the publication of an Action Plan in 2020, and includes evidence that in most cases, smart motorways are actually safer than the roads they replaced.

This comes on the backdrop…

Whether you are a seasoned visitor to the slopes or you are only just taking up skiing, you could be susceptible to more than a few mistaken and inaccurate beliefs about how to get the best out of your involvement in this activity.

Many of those myths centre on ski boots and the fitting process – so, we thought we would take you through some of the most common and persistent ones.

Myth #1: “It’s easy to tell the right ski boot size – it’ll be the same as your shoe size”

Our…

The automotive sector may have traditionally been strongly associated with the extensive utilisation of steel, but that picture has changed rapidly in recent years, as the industry has undergone one of its most profound evolutions since the invention of the internal combustion engine (ICE).

Aluminium is gaining in importance in the automotive industry

On a backdrop of environmental pressures, safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness being some of the defining priorities for…

We all know how fun a Flavour Blaster can be whilst working behind the bar - it’s time to bring the magic home.

Although we developed our Flavour Blaster with hospitality in mind, the experience of the aroma bubble was created for everybody, regardless of their bartending experience.

With such a range of versatile aromas being a trigger pull away, even your…

3 things you might not have known about freight forwarders

The term “freight forwarding” can be the subject of some confusion with regard to what it actually entails, and what a freight forwarder does and does not do.

So, to start the New Year here at KTL, we thought we would revisit some of the essentials of freight forwarding for your benefit, drawing upon our hard-won and longstanding knowhow in this field.

A quick introduction to freight forwarding

An obvious…

Christmas is over for another year, and there’s no reason to be ashamed if it took you little time to gobble up all the chocolate you were gifted on 25th December.

In the weeks running up to the big day, you might even have acted on our advice to stock up on shredded paper. Maybe you bought a large batch of hamper kraft tissue specially to… well, fill out hampers for members of your family and social circle.

However, while those Heroes and Celebrations tins might now be empty,…

New Year, as we all know, is a time for new beginnings… but a lot of it is also about appreciating what we already have in our lives. There can be a temptation among many of us to attempt to treat the New Year as such a “clean slate”, that we overlook our previous successes and current strengths. And that, in turn, won’t help us establish the platform for new triumphs.

This brings us neatly onto the subject of the self-confidence of your boyfriend, husband, or for that matter, any…

WHO WE ARE

We are a family owned company that day in, day out, works to provide our customers with a personal, first-class service. Our relationship with Land Rover began in 1948 as an Importer, and we’ve managed Diplomat, Tourist and Tax Free Sales for customers all over the world through a specialised division for over 25 years. Strategically located in Gibraltar, on the southernmost tip of Europe, we are able to provide fast and efficient worldwide distribution.

Our programme…

Considering how much time you are bound to spend in the bathroom, you could benefit immensely from fitting it out with elements that enhance both its style and functionality. In this spirit, you could seriously consider investing in an illuminated bathroom mirror.

Our website makes it easy for you to peruse a wide range of designs for such mirrors. However, what if none of those designs that you do see seem ‘just…

Here at Loading Systems, we are more than accustomed to designing, manufacturing, and installing loading bay doorsof an exceedingly wide range of specifications, for a similarly broad range of customers.

Indeed, the close work that we do with such customers on the finest details of our loading bay doors, helps ensure there is little or no need for them to compromise on the characteristics and features they truly…

IP Testing for newcomers

What it is, why it is needed and what it involves

While it is often said that there are only two certainties in life – “death and taxes” – some observers might be inclined to add a third to the list: brands making claims about their products that are difficult, or even impossible, to fully verify.

If, for example, you have ever looked to buy a new smartphone or a similar device, you might have perused a manufacturer’s marketing materials, and seen a…

If your retail or direct consumer brand is seeking out the most effective ways to bring in further revenue, it is worth giving some serious thought to the role that conversational sales could play in your strategy.

As the “conversational” part of the term suggests, a conversational sales approach is largely concerned with – but is by no means solely about – dialogue-based interactions. This is as opposed to depending on passive forms of engagement, such as pop-ups or online forms, in…

We try not to state the obvious too often here at CashCompare, and the definition of the term “short term loan” might seem more than obvious: an amount of borrowed money that needs to be paid back over a relatively short period of time.

But what do we mean by “short period of time” when it comes to loans, and what are the pertinent differences between a short-term loan and a long-term one? Even more crucially,…

In business circles, it is hard to avoid talk of sustainability and its associated issues. There can be few people who do not accept the importance of working in an ever more sustainable way. Despite this, most businesses have yet to embrace fully new sustainable ways of working. Leading the way, Acquarius in Gibraltar is working hard to change that perception.

For some time, Acquarius management have been determined to promote…

An introduction to shipping alliances, and the benefits for freight forwarders and end customers

When you are considering your freight options for getting shipments from one part of the world to another, you might come across mention of global freight and shipping alliances, and wonder exactly what these “alliances” are. Further to the point, why should you – as an end customer – care?

The term “shipping alliance” refers to when multiple ocean carriers enter into a cooperative…