Currys have started an offer to allow discount codes to be applied at their online store this morning until the 14th of August. The offer could allow people to actually buy products below trade prices! The discount codes are as follows in the main article.
Category: Domestic Appliance News
Domestic Appliance News
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LG hints at iPod-enabled washing machine
Technology giant LG has filed a patent to develop a washing machine with an in-built mp3 player, reports Computer World. While LG is certainly considering developing the device, it is still several years away from completion.
Indesit Shed Hundreds Of Cooker Jobs At Blythe Bridge
Indesit have announced that hundreds of jobs will go as they close the Creda cooker production facility at Blythe Bridge today. The Staffordshire factory is to close with the loss of more than 600 jobs. Indesit said production at the former Creda plant in Blythe Bridge will move to the company’s …
Alba sells leisure division to Rutland Partners
Alba has sold its leisure division to private equity group Rutland Partners for £51.5m to concentrate on consumer electronic products. The Pulse Home Products division sells hair-dryers, toasters, vacuum cleaners and other domestic appliances under the Nicky Clarke, Bush, Breville, Dirt Devil, P…
Delivery drivers for Currys and Dixons complain about deteriorating conditions
Owner-drivers working for high-street electrical stores Currys and Dixons have spoken out against deteriorating working conditions and lack of training. The drivers, who wished to remain anonymous, claimed the stores no longer paid them for deliveries if customers were not at home or if goods wer…
Electrolux unveils compact appliances
Those looking for a space-saving kitchen solution could find what they are looking for with a new range from Electrolux which is claimed to offer the same high specifications as traditional appliances but at a fraction of the size.
UK Whitegoods Launches The Fault Code Guide
Today dispatches of the UK Whitegoods Fault Code Guide begin which offers repairers access to the most common appliance fault codes across a wide range of appliances. Little over six months from the inception of the idea to have one volume with all the data we have finally collated and had printe…
LG Churns Out 10 Millionth Washing Machine
LG Electronics said Monday that it has produced its 10 millionth front-loading washing machine. The company credited its design and competitive capacity for reaching the milestone 17 years after production began.
Unilever to axe 20,000 jobs
Unilever is launching a radical cost-cutting and disposal programme that will see the group shed 20,000 jobs, 11% of its workforce, and sell off previously untouchable jewels in its portfolio of brands. Chief executive Patrick Cescau said 50 to 60 of the Anglo-Dutch group’s 300 manufacturing site…
NAPIT enters bid to take over from CORGI
As announced by Voltimum 30/07/07 NAPIT has announced it will be entering the bid to take over the Gas Safety Registration Scheme from Corgi, the current national watchdog for gas safety. NAPIT already runs Competent Persons Schemes across the electrical, plumbing, heating and ventilation sectors…