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Competitions

Fancy a nights stay in the Coca-Cola Christmas Truck?

The most famous festive lorry in the world, the Coca-Cola Christmas Truck, is giving two lucky people a once-in-a-lifetime experience. To enjoy full nights stay in the trucks guest bedroom on the 15th December, and it could be you. What else is involved? The pair will have a free traditional Christmas Dinner delivered straight to […]

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Drink

Live longer with Coffee!

I Have slurped my way through tens of thousands of Cups of java, built, managed and sold an early Costa franchise and made coffee one of the main profit providers of the pubs that I built in the 90’s… so I consider myself to be on the boarder-line of an expert when it comes to […]

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Drink

There’s been a re-Gin-eration of Britain’s favourite beverage!

The 900-year-old crystal clear beverage we know today as Gin is now Britains favourite! 2016 was officially described as ‘The Year Of Gin’ and rightly so. Since 2015, 49 Gin distilleries were opened in Britain and last year researchers show that us Brits drank over 1 billion G & T’s! Lately, it has been rapidly […]

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Christmas

Do you wish it could be Christmas Everyday?

The air is getting colder and the last leaves are falling from the trees. Christmas has already taken over shops with presents and cards being advertised everywhere. However, does that mean that it is time to get the decorations out and get your house ready for Christmas? 100 Days until Christmas Christmas seemingly has become […]

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Charities

Photography Exhibition gives the Homeless a Voice

I’d heard about a photography exhibition about homeless people, currently on at the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre in Nottingham; so earlier this week I went to have a look. I had the pleasure of chatting with Ben Rawson, one of the founders of the project. Ben is a photographer, born and bred in Nottingham.  In February […]

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Stores

Stay Loyal To Your Local Businesses!

This year, we at Snizl are really starting to think about the local businesses, and want to bring more attention to why shopping with independent retailers is often better than shopping with the big chains. There’s no doubt that they’re two sides to this opinion. A pro for the big chains is supermarkets. For example, you can step […]

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Retail

The Growing Popularity of Pop-Up Shops

The Christmas period is upon us which means that a plethora of funky pop-up shops are appearing back on our High Streets. These super little businesses sell everything from Christmas cards. Clothes, gifts and even beer! History Pop-up retail can be dated as far back 1298 and the December Christmas markets of Vienna. Although, they really […]

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Retail

Style Seeker Is Your New Style Saver!

Ever been walking through town and saw someone wearing a jacket that’s to die for, but you just don’t know where it’s from? Or seen a pair of trousers and you want to know how much they were… but don’t want to sound too strange running up to a random person to ask them questions about […]

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Retail

New Venues and Businesses in Leicester!

  Leicester is a City that thrives. Its excellent retail stores, bars and restaurants are full of culture and excitement, but as the nation worries about Brexit, it seems the small and medium enterprises and businesses are not holding back. They are experiencing a never seen acceleration, encouraging thousands of budding entrepreneurs to get to […]

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Retail

Black Friday- Past, Present and Future

Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year, especially in America. Thousands of shoppers’ flood to stores to get the best offers of the year. In the 20th century, it is insanely popular even spreading to the UK. This yearly event has become quite controversial. This is because of how violent it often becomes […]