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Sunshine Coast Tourism Bounces Back

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In spite of the floods, the oil spill, and a bout of bluebottle jellyfish, not to mention the recession, Australia's Sunshine Coast recorded another bumper Easter break. Coupled with the news that the Sunshine Coast has seen Queensland's strongest growth for business visitors in the last financial year, the region has much to celebrate. Figures from the Queensland Business Events Survey show 20,000 business visitors came to the region, spending a minimum average of almost $400-a-day. The figures are particularly significant at a time when businesses are cutting back on their conference expenditure. They demonstrate that quite often a business trip to Shopfitter Sunshine Coas t accommodation can be easily combined with a family holiday. As a result of the unprecedented flooding in the week before Easter, there was projected gloom and doom in the region as some tourism operators were forced to close their businesses over one of the coast's busiest weekends of the yea...

Some Tips For Choosing A Secure Storage Facility

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When deciding on a secure storage facility which you would want to use to store your valuable personal or business possessions there are several factors that you should take into account. I will now deal with some of the more important consideration to ensure that your goods are kept as safe as possible during their time in storage. First of all, how new are the premises? Older premises are more at risk from fire and water damage and may be less secure. Look for a set of premises with new containerised storage that is easy to access but secure enough to withstand anything that the elements can throw at it. Next up, what are the security arrangements? If possible, try and find a storage provider that has a constantly manned facility or, failing that, get one that has complete CCTV coverage 24 hours a day. After all you wouldn't take chances with your valuable possessions at home, so why risk it when they are in storage. Ease and convenience of access are other important cons...

Pendant Lighting

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Pendant lighting fixtures are suspended from the ceiling and get their name from the jewelry accessory of the same name. Pendant lighting has a distinctive appeal and is considered perfect for places like kitchen islands, desks, breakfast nooks and the like. Pendant lighting can be either a single pendant lighting fixture or two or three different ones teamed up to provide a dramatic effect. Generally when two or three pendant lighting fixtures are teamed up, mini pendant lighting fixtures are used. The area of pendant lighting provides a lot of scope for the use of creative designs and ideas. It is advisable to mount pendant lighting fixtures at least 24" to 30" above the area to be lit. When mini pendants are used, the ideal height would be 18" to 24" above the surface area to be lighted. When two or three pendants are used, an adjustable pendant bar can be used to fix them at different heights. This makes it possible to adjust heights from time to time, va...

Luxury Accommodation in Pretoria for Leisure and Business Purposes

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Overseas travellers to South Africa often do Internet searches to find luxury accommodation in Pretoria. A few tips on how to select accommodation in the city are provided below to help make the process a bit easier. Purpose for Visiting Although it may not seem all that important at first, the choice of designer pendant lights sydney in Pretoria does depend on the reason for visiting the Jacaranda City of South Africa. If the traveller is in Pretoria on a political campaign, a venue near the Union Buildings will suffice. The city is known for its many embassies and consulates. Most of them are located in Brooklyn, which is closer to the city, Waterkloof and Muckleneuk. It will thus be best to look for guesthouses or lodges in the mentioned areas if the traveller wants to be near the main political meeting places. If the visit is for leisure and sightseeing reasons, the East of Pretoria should be the choice region for luxury accommodation. Most of the lodges, hotels and gu...

The Benefits of Fire Warden Training for Your Business and Staff

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Fire safety in the workplace is now a responsibility for all UK business owners with a non-domestic premises of trade. This is part of the change in the regulatory reform order of 2005 which combined many older legislations into one. A fire risk assessment is now a major part of this fire safety order and you must ensure a regular assessment is carried out on your premises to maintain a high level of safety. The order does not state who should perform the assessment, however it does state that the individual must be a competent person and that some basic fire safety knowledge would be very beneficial. This opens up the opportunity for you to perform the assessment yourself, this would be the easiest and cheapest option but if you do not have sufficient knowledge then you may miss some very important parts which will only cause your employees and premises to be at a higher risk from fire. If you feel that you could not perform a fire risk assessment adequately then an alternative ...