The Prince of Wales rescues homeless elephant, JPM Eco Logistics deliver it to him

Added: 31st July 2008

When a home was needed for a 12ft tall Asian elephant an urgent appeal was issued, with a fairy-tale ending. The elephant, weighing half a tonne, had been leading a 13-strong herd around Ireland and the UK in a conservation campaign. Renowned conservationist, The Prince of Wales, heroically came to the rescue and the tusker is now happily residing under a spectacular plane tree in Clarence House gardens.

The Survival Tour (www.thesurvivaltour.org) is raising awareness about real elephants made homeless by the destruction of their habitat. The campaign is spearheaded by London-based charity, elephant family, in partnership with The Royal Parks Foundation and The World Land Trust. The remaining 12 elephants of The Survival Tour are on display in Selfridges for the month of August.

The UK's greenest haulage company, JPM Eco Logistics (www.jpmecologistics.co.uk ) is a joint investment between Deborah Meaden and Theo Paphitis. JPM's entire fleet is run on locally sourced, sustainable bio-fuel. JPM vehicles are transporting the herd throughout the tour, delivering the elephants safely to numerous locations in the South-East of England and Ireland.

 

'ben the bin' launches in UK

Added: 24th July 2008

First seen as a prototype on Dragons' Den last year, 'ben the bin' has just launched in the UK and is now available as a single bin for £6.95, or in packs of three from www.benthebin.com

 

Delighted owners of 'ben' are now using the stylish 100% recycled plastic bin to help sort and recycle their household rubbish, all the while making use of that ever present stash of plastic (or biodegradable) bags we all seem to have lurking around the house. Max McMurdo, designer of ben and owner of parent company Reestore will be exhibiting at Autumn Fair at the NEC in September when buyers will be able to place orders for this unique and in demand product.

 

Sarah Lu launches youdoodog, the second product in the popular youdoo range

Added: 21st July 2008

Hot on the heels of a great launch party for the youdoodoll, in association with Pepe Jeans London, Sarah Lu has just unleashed the second product in the youdoo range, the youdoodog. Sarah Lu chose dogs as her first non-person version of the youdoodoll, after all it's estimated that there are 10 million dogs in this country alone. Watch out cats, you may be next!

Available to buy now from the official website at www.youdoopets.co.uk, with £1 from the sale of each Youdoodog donated to the wonderful 'Dogs Trust' charity, the largest dog welfare charity in the UK. For anyone buying direct from the charity's site at www.dogstrustgifts.com, all proceeds will be donated to the help the Dogs Trust continue their valuable work.

 

MixAlbum launches website for fitness market

Added: 8th July 2008

Fit32.com, the new fitness site using the Mix Album technology, is making waves in the UK fitness industry after the launch last month. Presenters and aerobics instructors are using it to create mixes for their fitness classes. In America the US site clickmix.com has already been a hit even before it's official launch at the world's largest fitness conference in Las Vegas on 9th - 13th July. US celebrity fitness instructor Jackie Warner is promoting the service and the launch party is being filmed for her reality TV show 'Workout', on Bravo.

 

Expansion into Europe is in the pipeline, watch this space.

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Steri Spray showers go into full production

Added: 23rd June 2008

Since appearing on the Den much has changed for Ian Helmores company Steri Spray. Final product designs have been completed and tested, the injection moulding tools have been made, electronic circuitry has been manufactured and patent, trademark and design right processes have been paid for and granted. With years of hard work behind him Ian is finally now able to look forward to seeing his showers that prevent legionnaires disease go into full production.

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