International Visitors

  Visitors Outside The UK Whilst UK Whitegoods was started as a, more or less, UK specific website we openly welcome users from all over the world. We recieved so many enquiries and requests for help from all over the world to that end for the US, AU and the EU on 08 June 2004 we put in plac…

User name and password abuse thwarted

It became apparent during the morning of the 2nd October that a registered user with access to the trade forums had abused their privilige and allowed a non registered company to use this site with their password.

BBCi Interviews James Dyson

BBC News Online meets James Dyson, the inventor who wooed the “promiscuous hearts of the consumer” with his transparent, bagless vacuum cleaner.

Wincanton: conquering the fridge mountain

September 30, 2003 6:09 PM GMT (Datamonitor) – Wincanton’s [WIN.L] new council contracts to recycle fridges highlight areas of new custom for logistics providers. EU legislation will soon make manufacturers and retailers responsible for the collection and disposal of a wide range of returned elec…

UK prepares to curb sale of extended warranties

LONDON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – The British government begins scrutiny of a competition report on Tuesday likely to spell trouble for electrical goods retailers like Dixons Group Plc whose profits rely heavily on sales of warranties.

Why Boxclever wasn’t very clever after all

Robin Saunders cannot escape the whiff of flop emanating from Boxclever. It ran into deep trouble in the summer, when a £748m refinancing of the television rentals business turned sour and contributed €650m to a €1.9bn bad debt provision at the German state-owned bank.