Category: Appliance

An expecting mother and her child were led to safety after a fire at their Weymouth home in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The woman needed hospital treatment after an electrical fault sparked a blaze in the washing machine at a flat in Chapelhay. Fire chiefs have warned about the dangers of…

Simply have re-launched their eco-friendly detergents in new packaging Working with some of Simply Laundry customers to give the new packs a make over with new designs. Inside the packs the special formulation remains unchanged, so they continue to offer good wash performance, value and still be …

If you haven’t noticed already we started to publish a lot of the offers, cheap products and deals that we get wind of in the industry. This is often discount vouchers or codes that we get sent so, we thought we’d share. 🙂 For a month or so we’ve been running this and you can access the current …

The BBC has reported this morning that the rules governing extended warranties are ineffective as they currently stand. The article goes on to say that; “The government’s attempts to regulate extended warranties on household appliances and electrical goods are not working, according to a retail a…

At the recent bi-annual UK Whitegoods meeting held at Sibson (near Twycross Zoo) members of the site agreed to form the Whitegoods Trade Association to promote and aid the independent repair and retail businesses that make up much of the membership of the website. The room unanimously voted to pr…

The Times has reported on a survey that it has carried out which indicates that eighty per cent of consumers state that they are not given enough environmental information to make informed choices about electrical products. Which isn’t really news to us when it comes to domestic appliances. The l…

Homeserve GB, the home emergency call-out and insurance business, has teamed up with Marks & Spencer to offer consumers a branded holiday insurance product. The deal marks the first of a range of tie-ups planned with household brand names as the business aims to build its customer base and boost …

The Cambridge Evening News has reported, with the headline above that paramedics treated a man who had inhaled dangerous fumes from a fridge-freezer. Emergency services were called to a property in Saffron Walden on Friday after the man heard a hissing noise. Fire crews removed the fridge-freezer…

The IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) created a new specification for Home Network Communication Protocol over IP for Multimedia Household Appliances (IEC 62457). The new home network protocol allows you to network traditional household appliances with personal computers and audio-v…

Godrej Appliances, a division of Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company is looking at an international strategic partner to boost its prospects in a new venture, commercial refrigeration. The company is now eyen in the commercial refrigerator and the cold storage market, where it will look at inves…