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Saturday, October 16th, 2010
Earlier today I was on my way to an art show in London and noticed two of these advertisements for Tesco Mobile. An interesting subliminal message is put across, namely, because Tesco Mobile is not running a large promotional programme their rates are low. What do you think? Is this ...
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Saturday, October 16th, 2010
This week I have been in the north of Italy meeting specialist engineering firms and visiting well known motor manufacturers. Thanks to Mito in Modena and MIA in the UK for organising an excellent visit.
There were many highlights, from seeing the first paddleshift system from the mid-1990s in a BMW ...
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Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Thanks to Stefan from Bosch for inviting me to Donington, to see the latest innovations in motoring. The above Honda from the 1000cc series.
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Sunday, September 26th, 2010
This is the new concept car from Nissan's high-end marque, Infiniti, and is valued at £2 million.
With scratch resistant paint and a few other innovations, the idea is to take some of the highlights and use them on other Infiniti vehicles.
Infiniti has now been around several years, launching in continental ...
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Saturday, September 18th, 2010
... a Lotus Evora. You will not be the first to have missed this attractive offering from Lotus. The Evora is a road car with a strong track influence. Using basic technology its performance is up there in supercar league. A mechanical stick based gearshift gives the car an old ...
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
As I write from a very hot Southern Europe, it always impresses me how many products are still designed, developed and built in the UK. The list is extensive. Much marginalised and with low public awareness, the current coalition government seems to be putting its words in action, albeit in ...
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Sunday, May 16th, 2010
This is the absolutely fantastic creative work Reading Room did for last week's GP Bullhound Media Momentum Awards 2010. The visuals around Sketch in London looked absolutely awesome! A great use of creativity and wall space.
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
Now deal flow is picking up after what has been a single dip recession thusfar, I am spending a lot more time in the City again.
Last week meeting Prince Charles at the Guildhall, the reception thronged with City suited types and was a good demonstration the deals are back on.
Since ...
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010
I have been tracking Metro Bank for a while.
Modwenna Rees-Mogg of AngelNews recently invited me to an evening with Howard Flight and other City figures. Howard is involved in Metro Bank, and I have to say, the approach and branding so far are really interesting. A garish colour scheme and ...
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Saturday, May 1st, 2010
What is it? Looking like it has just arrived from space, it is actually the new i-MiEV from Mitsubishi. Currently manufactured in Japan, it goes on sale in the UK from late 2010.
Having driven one this week in Central London, I actually quite like it. Apart from the hefty price, ...
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