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Hilarious Laughter Spot : A vet who is having trouble with a tricky situation

Specsavers has a series of ads running where poor sight has led to some rather embarrassing situations. Its latest one, featuring a vet who is having trouble with a tricky situation is probably the best one of the series so

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Marketing videos: how NOT to create them [Video ] / Alex Robertson, Red Rocket Media

Alex Robertson writes Last week I posted a blog with some top tips on how to give your brand marketing videos the edge when releasing content onto sharing platforms like YouTube (Top tips to make your videos tip-top ). To

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“Probably chopped his small todger off with one swift swirl of his sword!” / A ‘train strain’ rant from Jon Davey

Jon Davey writes …Just got back from a great weekend in Harrogate seeing the family… I wonder how St George would have responded to the dragon I met on the train coming back… probably chopped his small todger off with

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TV Blunders / The great ‘Where are the recipes?’ mystery from the new programme for Tetley Tea called ‘Saturday Farm’

A small but irritating problem for the new Saturday morning programme for Tetley Tea called ‘Saturday Farm’. Our readers asked the question how do we find the ‘inspirational recipes that give a glimpse of rural life’. That’s when the unfortunate

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“It’ll be interesting to see whether these Japanese car firms will seize the opportunity or crack under pressure”

Commentary on Toyota recall – Nirmalya Kumar, Professor of Marketing, London Business School says: “The decision by Toyota to recall 3.4 million cars due to a fault with an airbag is once again firing up the social media world. Today’s

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In Dublin’s fair city – a quarter of products labelled as cod or haddock were different species / Hospitality And Catering News

Fishgate to follow Horsegate? The BBC reports that we are all eating much more fish than formerly – but is it the fish we think it is? The horsemeat scandal – still trotting on! – has demonstrated that what is

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