A robot vacuum cleaner that cleans your carpets all by itself has gone on sale in the UK. The autonomous, cordless machine uses ultrasound to avoid obstacles and to work out the most efficient route around a room it has been set to clean.
Category: Domestic Appliance News
Domestic Appliance News
All the latest general news from the domestic appliance industry that we find all over the world, and stories that are of interest to the trade and public, often with our own unique non-politically correct spin on it.
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New Forum Added
Due to a request made earlier there is a new forum added for classified adds in the Trade forums.
CBI says retail sales disappointing
Fresh evidence of a slowdown in high-street spending emerged yesterday as the CBI said retail sales growth in June had proved disappointing.
Age discrimination to be outlawed
Thought you were gonna retire at 65 did you, read on… Government proposals that could see millions of people working until they are 70 have been unveiled.
Pay deals weaken in service sector
Pay rises in the service sector have fallen to their lowest level in nine years, according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
DASA Council Meeting
The next DASA council meeting will take place in Peterborough on the 3rd July, details as follows:
Cheaper calls to mobiles
The cost of calls to mobile phones will fall by up to 50% over the next three years, following a High Court ruling.
Kesa chief’s pay will double after split
JEAN-NOEL LABROUE, the chief executive of Kesa Electricals, will more than double his pay to £800,000 and receive shares worth an additional £890,000 when the company demerges from Kingfisher next month.
Encyclopedia Live Now
I have enabled the encyclopedia module which is intended to hopefully become a definitive directory of repair agents as best we can make it using the software available to us here.
Man uses PC, washing machine to brew beer
By INQUIRER staff: Tuesday 04 February 2003, 12:17 MICHAEL FEY, a German man of god, has hooked up a notebook and a washing machine in the most unlikely of causes.