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more room to recycle with simplehuman's rectangular recycler

Most people would like to be more environmentally responsible, but it's not always easy to recycle when you're short on space. All the bins required to sort rubbish from recyclables take up a lot of room. 
12 May 2008

Award Winning Innovation

ERA, the Door Lock People, are thrilled to discover their innovative Block Lock has won a Silver Industry Award and are delighted that it has been recognised as the innovative product that it is. 
12 May 2008

Get Kitted Out To Strikeback Against Insects

When insects get the better of people, the last thing they want is a pest control van sat on the driveway, advertising to neighbours that something untoward is lurking within. But thanks to pest control experts group55, amateur pest controllers can now kit themselves out to tackle the problem, with everything needed to control insects in one box. 
12 May 2008

New pull saw range cuts it fine

Skilled carpenters, joiners and cabinet makers, electricians and plumbers are finding Bahco's new Pull Saws from its ProfCut™ range an essential addition to the toolbox. 
12 May 2008

Spear & Jackson leads a gardening revolution

Spear & Jackson has launched a revolutionary range of ergonomically designed gardening tools designed to both take the strain out of garden labour; as well as inspire novices to take to the soil. With a number of unique features; the E-Series range of digging, cultivating and hand tools has been developed with a leading UK University* to make gardening easier, taking away the hard work and toil. 
12 May 2008

Resolva 24H Is An Award Winner

Westland Horticulture is celebrating after Resolva 24H received the silver award, in the garden care category, at the DIY Industry Awards on 9th May 2008. 
12 May 2008

Gold Award Winning Life Saver Wi-Safe from FireAngel

It sounds incredible but a standard smoke alarm would not wake a high percentage of children aged 6-15 in a house fire, because the sound fails to wake them. The elderly, infirm or simply heavy sleepers are also more at risk and may not wake up in the event of a fire. Most people test a smoke or CO alarm when awake and have no real idea if they would actually hear or how they would react late at night to the sound of a smoke or CO detectors or how disorientated you would become without the use of an escape torch. 
12 May 2008

Solvite launches DVD guide to wallpapering (Gold award winner)

The latest trend in home decoration is wallpapering one 'feature' wall. If this fashion is something that appeals to you, but the task of wallpapering is too daunting and you can't afford to get someone in, Solvite has the perfect answer, its new 'How to Wallpaper' DVD. 
12 May 2008

Henkel revives the grout reviver market with anti-mould technology (Silver award winner)

With UniBond's anti-mould proposition already established as one of Henkel's all-time best sellers in a year since its launch, the same unique patented mould protect formulation is now being extended to a range of three grout revivers. 
12 May 2008

Spread It, Fill It, Throw It! (Silver award winner)

UniBond No More Cracks 'Spread & Fill' is a revolutionary new product from Henkel. 
12 May 2008
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