If it has ever crossed your mind to learn a trade, there’s a good chance that plumbing is one of the trades that you will have considered. There are understandable reasons for that, including the famed job security of plumbing as a career, as well as the fact that you could enjoy earnings as high as £40,000 a year once you have become experienced in this field.

But let’s presume that as someone reading this, you’re at the other end of the experience spectrum, having not even undertaken…

Christmas, as we all know, is a time of festive wreaths, carols, and gift-giving – but it is also a period when we should be thinking about whether we are doing everything to can to support and show compassion towards one another.

It is very much this kind of thinking that has led our team at Transport Planning Associates(TPA) to continue our recent tradition of donating to Crisis rather than sending Christmas cards, to further the work it does to help some of the most vulnerable…

If there’s one thing that consistently serves as a good bellwether for the state of a country or region’s tourist industry, it is the measure of the numbers of travellers passing through nearby airports. And that’s great news for the Costa del Sol area of Spain, given a recent report suggesting that Málaga Airport transfers was used by over two million passengers during July.

To be exact, the figure was 2,064,856, as reported by SUR in English. It’s a significant milestone, not least…

So, you have had a consultation with a plastic surgeon, and you have decided to opt for a neck liposuction procedure. However, you might be asking yourself whether the wearing of a neck lipo compression garment after this type of surgery is really necessary.

Sure, your doctor might have recommended that you wear a particular compression garment, but given that you might not even need it after your recovery period, do you really need to be spending your money on such an item?

This…

When the economy slows and people are looking for ways to save money, getting the right eyes on your business can be a greater challenge than normal.

Although it can seem tempting to save cash that you might have otherwise spent on a search engine optimisation or SEO marketing agency, this is the wrong course of action.

An economic downturn is a time when you should be maintaining strong investment in SEO and we have the top five reasons why.

1. SEO is cheaper than…

There are very few school administrators, project managers, or headteachers who will need to be reminded of the importance of taking every possible step to ensure optimal health and safety for everyone using their school site.

The UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) encourages school decision-makers to adopt a sensible and proportionate approach to managing the risks that school buildings and the associated activities can present.

But what specific steps might be involved in…

Could this be the year football finally comes home? Well, if you’re an England fan, it won’t happen immediately, what with the FIFA World Cup this time being held in Qatar – but with any luck, Gareth Southgate’s men will go one step further than their EUROs runner-up status last year.

Or, of course, you might be a follower of one of the other nations set to compete in the tournament, and eager to see Harry Kane, Jordan Henderson, Marcus Rashford, and their compatriots put in their…

The most wonderful time of year is almost upon us – but many vegetarians find themselves wondering whether they will find a tasty treat at the Christmas dinner table. All too often, we associate the festive feast with glistening turkeys, pigs in blankets, and a mountain of meat-based dishes – but the good news is that this doesn’t have to be the case.

The popularity of the vegetarian dinner party is on the rise, and we have put together the top five tips to ensure the plant-based…

One of the biggest I questions I get asked is, what is Classical Pilates? So, in this blog post I am hoping to clear this up for you.Classical Pilates is a discipline created by a man called Jospeh Pilates. The exercises have been developed by Joseph Pilates over time on various apparatus, which he designed. The Reformer, Cadillac, Barrels, Pedi Pole, Magic Circle (to name a few) were all…

Our training can cover the key stoma competencies

How familiar are you with what a stoma is, or how you can most effectively support someone who has a stoma? Even many healthcare staff are not necessarily knowledgeable on this subject, which is why we are pleased to be able to offer stoma management training to such practitioners, easily accessible either in the classroom or online using Zoom video conferencing software.

Whichever format of training you choose, you can expect much…

There are now as many businesses in the UK that intend to reduce investment as there are firms that plan to increase it, a new poll has indicated.

As The Guardian has reported, the Institute of Directors (IoD) has released its latest Economic Confidence Index, which shows the findings of a poll of bosses about the UK’s economic prospects – and their own investment intentions.

The overall economic confidence reading was -54 for July 2022, which was only a slight improvement from…

Earlier this year, we wrote on the Sweet Gibraltar Weddings blog suggesting that you could spend the run-up to the spring constructing a wedding website, which is an increasingly prominent trend in today’s highly digitally oriented world. And we’ve even written in the past about the key things you might look to include on such a website.

That still leaves one other subject uncovered, though… the question of what you shouldn’t include on your wedding website.

Yes, putting together…

For many people planning weddings in Gibraltar, their choice of musical act will feel like one of the most important decisions they make in relation to their special day. After all, the music that is played at your nuptials – as well as who plays it, and how they play it – will make a big difference to the all-round ‘vibe’.

And as we’re all about the practicalities of organising weddings in Gibraltar here at Sweet Gibraltar Weddings, what are some of the things you ought to check when…

The candidate in the Conservative Party leadership race who is most fancied to win – Liz Truss – has been encouraged to come up with a plan to help revitalise self-employment in the UK.

Writing for smallbusiness.co.uk, Andy Chamberlain – director of policy at the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE) – said there was a need for Ms Truss to set out what she would do for what he described as “one of the most innovative and dynamic parts of the UK economy:…

People are increasingly interested in renting property for their holidays rather than staying in hotels. This is especially true in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic when people are keen to avoid crowded places and have more space to themselves. Sites like Airbnb have made it incredibly easy for people to rent out their property. Not only can you purchase property that you can live in yourself, but you can also purchase property purely for investment purposes.

There are many…

Your wedding anniversary will certainly be a very special date for you, but if your own anniversary is close to the New Year, it might seem a particularly tricky task for you to select an appropriate gift for your man.

After all, Christmas may have just passed, and you might have got them everything they obviously want. What, then, could you buy them for a New Year (or near-New Year) anniversary?

One strategy we would suggest is getting him something he will definitely use,…

The asbestos removal industry is one of the industries in which companies require a licence to operate. Asbestos is classified as a category 1 carcinogen, with asbestos related disease causing around 5000 deaths every year in the UK. Work with asbestos requires a high degree of regulatory control and the purpose of licensing is to achieve this. Licensing is an addition to the general framework of health and safety law. It builds on the fact that the legal duty to manage risk lies with the…

If it feels at times as if pop-up shops are – somewhat paradoxically – becoming a more entrenched feature of our town and city centres, that’s probably because it’s true. A pop-up store may be defined as – in the words of Cambridge Dictionary– “a store that opens suddenly and usually exists for a short amount of time”, but in another sense, pop-up shops are very much here to stay.

So, could the opening of a pop-up shop – or several – by your own brand be a worthwhile move, or is it a…

New Year’s Eve company parties can provide a fantastic way to celebrate the end of the year and welcome in the new one. They’re also a great opportunity to reward your staff for their hard work over the past 12 months, as well as to give them an excuse to dress up and enjoy themselves.

Whether you have a wealth of experience in handling New Year’s Eve company parties, or this is your first time planning one, we can help you organise the perfect event for your employees. …

2022 might have proved a rocky year for a multitude of reasons for the British economy and that of the British Overseas Territories, but despite – or perhaps even because of – this, the country has continued to experience growth in crypto adoption this year.

This is according to a recent report in the Evening Standard, which referred to research undertaken by an American blockchain analysis firm.

The research found that the recent decline in the value of the pound could be…