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Travel and living

World’s Largest Gold Mines

The increasing cost of gold over the last 5 years has created a significant interest in the trade of this precious metal. The scarcity of gold is obvious despite its high demand. There many gold mines around the world each with a varying production capacity. Mining of gold is only […]

Debt and credit

Credit Cards: Beauty and the Beast

A credit card is a plastic card issued to individuals by either a bank or credit provider. They can be used to buy goods from online retailers or in-store in the same way that a debit card would be. However, instead of having monetary funds within the account you would […]

Employment

Why Social Care Is a Recession-Proof Career

When the recession hit several years ago, there was a large amount of speculation about how long it would last and the scale of its severity. Since then, economies across Europe have fallen into a state far worse than that predicted by the majority of analysts with many commentators referring […]

Business

Know Your Consumer Rights

For all practical purposes, the most protection that the public consumer had before the 1960s was the old adage Caveat Emptor (buyer beware.) Although fraud and corruption has not diminished any, there have been several legal tools implemented that do offer the public and consumers leverage in a form of […]

Family

Tips to Get Your Children Interested in Sport

The great English writer George Orwell, who gave the world Animal Farm and 1984, once wrote that sport is “war minus the shooting”. He was alluding to international sport and the Olympics, and undoubtedly these are the pinnacles of any professional sporting person’s career. Where children are concerned, developing an […]

Automotive

How to Reduce Your Vehicle Fleet Costs

Running a fleet of vehicles will consume a reasonable amount of resources for just about any business. Without some controls in place it is likely that costs will almost run away with themselves. Running a cost efficient fleet of vehicles will have a positive effect on your organisations bottom line. […]