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Protect The Planet With Your Present Choices This Christmas

We can certainly all do our bit to help the environment and as part of our eco-friendly campaign, we’re looking to bring you all the very best companies that slot nicely in to this category. This week, we’re introducing you to a business that you’ll definitely want to know about over Christmas as, Protect the Planet specialise in recycled gifts. Protect the Planet is a company dedicated to bringing you the biggest range of environmentally friendly products and recycled gifts, so that you can live a guilt-free life. Not only offering you the products to help you do so, their […]

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Christmas

Top 10 Christmas Gifts

We’re basically only a month away now and so serious gift buying season is well and truly upon us. From treating your best friend to trying to figure out what on earth to buy for your dad, there’s something for everyone over on the Snizl feed now! Check out our top picks of the best 10 gifts. We’re British and all Brits love a good cup of tea. Step things in to gift territory by upgrading your standard Tetley tea bags to some high quality, loose leaf breakfast tea. The Cheshire Tea Company make some beautiful varieties and it would […]

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Events

Places to See Santa in Nottingham

All the Christmas adverts are playing on a loop on TV, the house is starting to get stocked up with things specifically for Christmas and lists to Santa are getting written. But when and where should your little ones give them to him? With festive cheer and a whole variety of events, Nottingham is a great place to see Santa this year. It’s always great when you can kill two birds with one stone and this event manages to hit 3! Feeding the kids, keeping them active and entertained AND meeting santa, this brunch event is set to be a […]

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Straws That Won’t Harm The Environment OR Go Soggy

The discussion on any ways in which we can help the environment is one that’s gotten considerably louder this year. With global warming at an ever-critical point and population continuing to increase, it’s important that we all do our part to be more environmentally friendly and to help mother nature wherever we can. And the latest movement that people have been getting on board with concerns straws. It’s no doubt that we’re a wasteful species and with plastic being a material that doesn’t decompose, a lot of it is finding its way into our oceans (for want of anywhere else […]

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Events

5 Spooktacular Events in the East Midlands

Everyone loves a piece of the Halloween action right? Well this year, you needn’t lift a finger or throw an extravagant party because there are plenty of exciting things happening near you. Whether you want to be scared half to death or just a little spooked out, there’s events for kids and adults alike in the East Midlands. This ever popular event, hosted by Twin Lakes, is back again and set to be bigger and better than ever. Expect a whole host of haunted houses, scary mazes, fire breathing acts, live bands, BBQ food, and plenty of terrifyingly good fun. […]

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Food

5 of the Best Farm-to-Fork Restaurants in the UK

More and more of us are becoming more conscious about where our food is coming from. About how processed it is, about how our meat is farmed and about the nutrients the food we eat contains. While a lot of the supermarket products have a long list of additives and ingredients that sound like rocket fuel, and the ingredients in restaurant meals seemingly difficult to obtain, there’s another kind of experience that you can opt for. Throughout the UK, there are a number of farm-to-fork restaurants. This means that all the produce is grown or reared on site and makes […]

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Business

Try Snizl for Own Business Day

In case you hadn’t realised already, we love independent businesses. Set up in Nottingham, with Hockley (the heart of independent businesses) just a stone’s throw away, we’re all about them. So that’s why we’re loving Metro Own Business Day, which will be on October 9! Not only do we love independent businesses for their hard working ethos, original ideas and community spirit but also for the way they enrich our cities and our browsing histories (for those online only businesses). And we’re not the only ones who think so. METRO promotes Own Businesses, as is their brand purpose, completely for […]

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Drink Food

Join Us For Beer and Pizza Day

Was there ever a better combination than beer and pizza? Whether it’s enjoyed on a boys night, sat outside on holiday or watching a film, there really is nothing else like it. Pizza is certainly an old tradition, with the first pizza believed to have been invented in 1522 when the people of Naples started putting tomatoes (first thought to be poisonous) on their flat breads. The first pizza shop ever recorded is also housed in Naples and is still open today! In fact, they’re credited with inventing the margherita pizza when King Umberto and Queen Margherita visited in the 1800s, […]

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Food

Have You Tried Pierogi Yet?

You may not have heard of it before but pierogi is a tasty doughy dumpling, stuffed with various fillings and cooked in boiling water. It’s a dish that originates in central Europe (Poland in particular) and is a wildy popular dish at authentic Polish restaurants (both in Poland and further afield). The classic filling is a cheese and potato one, which usually comes served in a brown butter sauce. And while it may sound like a completely new dish to you, the chances are that you’ve had some of the other countries take on the dish before. Ravioli and tortellini […]

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Step Your Event Up a Gear With These Balloon Entertainers

It’s a tale as old as time but every event needs some great entertainment and you can’t beat a classic balloon related one. Whether you’re looking for a company to come and model some balloon animals for your kids or you just want someone to sprinkle the finishing balloon-related touches to your wedding, there are some amazing people to do it in the East Midlands. And with Balloons Around the World Day coming up on October 1, what better time to do it than now? You don’t need to find yourself a different entertainer for your birthday from that or […]