Coca Cola has annoyed a forum of private business for its slogan on its Glaceau vitamin drinks with the slogan, ”if you’ve had to use sick days because you’ve actually been sick, then you’re seriously missing out”. The forum was annoyed as many people call in sick for serious reasons, some more so than others, and this slogan undermined those people. Employee absence in the UK costs around £12bn a year, which further indicates that a brand such as Coca Cola, shouldn’t be encouraging people to ‘pull sickies’ in order to buy a bottle of Coca Cola Glaceau vitamin water.
The English Premier League (EPL) this season has been one of the most fascinating and exciting for years, and the funny thing is, is that its not over yet. Chelsea last night beat Bolton Wanderers FC 1-0 at Stamford Bridge, which leaves the London club four points above their current title rivals, Manchester United. With only four games to go, many would assume Chelsea have the title in their hands, but tough games are coming up for all teams, with Chelsea having to face Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool FC whilst Manchester United have to face their local city rivals Manchester City.
Apple, the company behind the iPod, iPhone and other such gadgets, are hoping to release the highly anticipated ‘iPad’, in the middle of May. The iPad is a handheld computer device, different to the iPhone as that device is more to do with applications then general internet and Office work documents. Upon the first day of the iPad’s release In the US, it sold over 300,000 copies. The iPad is believed to cost around £328, and uses Wifi internet connectivity, although it doesn’t used 3G. The only problem so far found with the iPad is that on occasion, the signal will either go to its highest, or lowest signal bar amount.
In 2005, a fourteen your old boy named Joe Lister, drowned whilst on a school trip in Manchester Hole Cave, in the Yorkshire Dales. Now it is understood that North Yorkshire County Council is going to be charged under the ‘Health and Safety Act 2004′, in relation to the young man’s death. Lister was one of eleven pupils on the school trip. The case will be heard in Leeds Crown Court, which will take evidence from how the pupils were forced to swim to safety once water levels rose. Lister lived with his family in Steeton, near Tadcaster, in Yorkshire.
Primark, one of the United Kingdom’s biggest and cheapest retailers, has had to withdraw padded bikini’s for girls under the age of seven. The company went on to apologise for causing offence to its customers, and promised to donate profits to a children’s charity. Conservative party leader David Cameron said it was disgraceful, but was relieved with the withdrawal. The problem being is that children try to fit in with the current trend, whereas adults know what is reasonable for their children to wear, and this is why Primark had to withdraw that particular clothes line. Gordon Brown also backed the withdrawal.
