Planning the Fit Out of a New Kitchen

Are you looking to start the new year with a new kitchen? Are you planning to hire kitchen designer, or are you planning to do it yourself? Maybe combining both options. The main concern when doing this is organising schedules. How long is fitting a kitchen going to take? This is an open question: there are a lot of factors that are going to determine how long it takes, from the complexity of the fittings to the size of the room.

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Preparation

You need to prepare for a life without a kitchen. Your own preparation is going to affect the answer to how long the fit is going to take. If you plan for a refit in stages, then you can expect it to take more time compared to sealing off your kitchen …

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Why Christmas is the Best Time to Start Your Business

The holidays are already around the corner, and this presents lots of opportunities for entrepreneurs and their businesses. Lots of buying and selling will be going down around this period. With Christmas being one of the widely celebrated holidays around the world for faithful and non-believers, one can explore a lot of new ventures and opportunities to earn extra income. Firstly, during Christmas you are sure to have increasing patronage for any product you have in the market. Lots of people are thinking about a business they can start up around this season to leverage the immense traffic in the market. There are several business ideas and strategies one can use around this season to fetch income. These ideas may sound regular but if you know the ins and out properly, making money wouldn’t be much of an issue. If you have a business idea and you’ve looking for a …

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The Impact Covid-19 is Having on Employment and the Recruitment Sector

Over the past five years, the UK recruitment sector has seen a steady growth every year, with the 2019 market being valued at £38.9bn; an impressive rise despite the uncertainty surrounding the impact of Brexit. The novel COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the world’s economy altogether, and although there are many admirable initiatives that the government has employed, like the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which is at £42bn, recent figures show that there has been a sharp decline in the recruitment sector since the 2009 economic crash that happened globally.

Employment Rates

The positive impact the recruitment industry had on overall employment growth in the UK has seen the UK reach the lowest unemployment since 1970. This positive impact has swiftly plummeted as March recorded a record-breaking rate of unemployment, with a 910% increment in universal credit claims and to no surprise, projected rise in unemployment levels from 3.8% in Q1 …

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Top 6 Things That Drive People To Spend Money Collecting Antiques

People who love collecting antiques will do so for a varied reason and will have no qualms coughing up money to own items that are 100 years or older items. But spending money on things that will sit in a glass case seems absurd to some people. However, every object has a story that drives collectors to acquire it and have it on display.

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1). The Object’s Age

Age is the principal factor that qualifies an item as an antique. People that are into collecting antiques do so because whatever they buy is older than them. It also is a means of having a connection to the past, mainly when focusing on a specific period. For instance, porcelain antiques fetch quite a price. China was the only country back in the 15th century that was exporting porcelain. It …

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Top 3 Floor Plan Benefits

The fact is that floor plans are really not necessary when selling a piece of property, but neither are pictures or descriptions. But, why do many listings still include floor plans? Well, floor plans are not only great at capturing the attention of potential buyers but also help make the buyer’s decision making the process easier. To put it simple terms, floor plans are equally important as high-quality pictures, and below are the top 3 benefits of using floor plans:

1. Floor Plans Help Potential Buyers to get a Clearer Visualization of a Property

Research by experts at Rightmove has indicated that more than two-thirds of buyers are more likely to enquire about a property if a floor plan is included in the listing. On the other hand, up to 1 in every 5 buyers may ignore a listing if it lacks a detailed floor plan. Floor plans help to …

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