Category: Appliance

The Manchester Evening News reports that software developer ServicePower Technologies shares have surged by nearly a fifth after the company said its results for 2011 would beat market expectations, with pre-tax profits of more than £1m.

The charity Barnardos has warned that those who sign up to deals on rent-to-buy household goods can end up paying out more than double in what looks to be a swipe at BrightHouse.

We could have told you a lot of this but Which? have come up with a list of “features” used on appliances that are either a complete waste of time or that are just sales gimmicks to get more money out of people or differentiate products.

In a report The Sun says that UK consumers spend £750 million a year on extended warranties but say that they are often a total waste of cash.

A French father has been charged with murder after allegedly killing his three-year-old son by stuffing him into a washing machine and turning it on.

The Electrical Safety Council have released information that is quite shocking, claiming that at least one person a week in the UK dies from not having a basic understanding of electrical safety. This is a large part of why we have rules in our appliance help forums that try to prevent putting pe…

Polair, Russia’s major manufacturer of commercial refrigerators, has acquired the majority shareholding of Lithuanian company Snaige.

John Morrissey, Managing Director for Peterborough-based Indesit Company, has taken on an additional role as chairman of AMDEA (the Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Appliances), the trade association for the domestic appliance industry covering the whole of the UK.

Scientists have found an unexpected source for the rising load of tiny plastic bits in the oceans: Washing machines. Only, it isn’t really the washing machines that are at fault, it’s the clothing we wash in them that is.

Online kitchen appliances retailer DRL has won a top honour at the European Call Centre and Customer Service Awards.