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28 January 2010
 The first month of the New Year has sparked renewed vigour to find that perfect pad, award-winning London based estate agency Young London (www.younglondon.co.uk) offers its top tips to get the best out of a property viewing. 
Neil Young, CEO of Young London explains; “January has seen house-hunters hitting the streets in record numbers as the rental market becomes increasingly competitive and more tenants than ever are chasing fewer available properties.  Young London is currently receiving four times the number of tenant enquiries than in January 2009.  So those looking to secure themselves the perfect property need to be focused and well organised.”
 These are Young London’s top tips for successful viewings:

• Arrive Early

• Take someone with you

• Prepare a checklist of questions

• Question occupiers

• Take a camera

• Look past furnishing

• Visit at different times of day

• Visit in daylight hours

• Look around communal areas

• Investigate parking options

• Research transport links

• Check tenancy deposit scheme

• Research the letting agent

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OLYMPUS DR – 1000 DICTATION KIT

A GADGET REVIEW BY NICHOLAS NEWMAN  24 January 2010

The Olympus DR -1000 Direct Dictation Device is a Dictaphone for the desktop computer. It is designed for those who spend most of their office time chained to the desk. Dictaphones are in common usage in the medical, law enforcement and legal professions. In fact you have probably seen them in use on such popular television shows as NCIS and CSI Miami, where the characters need to keep accurate records to provide evidence for a prosecution.

 The Olympus DR-1000 is ideal for dictating many of the standard documents such as patient notes, voice mail, letters, memos to colleagues and even producing podcasts. Increasingly users working from home, including the visually impaired, best selling authors, students and academics are finding the Olympus DR -1000 a useful tool in the work and study environments.

The device itself http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/Olympusdr1000.htm

AT&T Williams signs Valtteri Bottas as Official Test Driver

Oxford, UK, 29 January 2010.

The AT&T Williams team today confirmed the appointment of Valtteri Bottas as its official test driver.

Valtteri, a 20-year old from Nastola, Finland, will take up the role vacated by Nico Hulkenberg as he steps up as a team race driver. Having begun karting at the age of six, Bottas has a strong record of success with seven years in the Finnish national squad. In 2006, he concluded his karting career by winning the WSK International Series Formula A, Finnish Formula A and Finnish ICA. In 2007, he moved to Formula Renault where, in 2008, he won both the Eurocup and NEC championships with 17 wins and 22 podiums from 28 starts. In 2009, he graduated to Formula 3 with ART and was the highest placed rookie, finishing third in the championship with six second place finishes and two pole positions in the 10-round Euroseries Championship. He also won the F3 Masters last year. http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/oxfordmotoring.htm

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SHARED HOUSING UNDER THE KNIFE

127 JANUARY 2010

The National Landlords Association (NLA), the leading representative body for private-residential landlords in the UK, has roundly condemned today’s Government announcement which will reduce the supply of shared housing.

In a statement, Housing and Planning Minister John Healey MP revealed plans which will require planning permission for new shared housing where three or more unrelated people live together. 20 per cent of private-rented sector properties are shared*, a figure which is rising year-on-year.

HMOs play a vital role in providing much needed housing for students, young professionals and those on low incomes who rely on this type of affordable accommodation. Large cities across the UK greatly depend on shared housing as a first step. By making it more difficult and costly for landlords to provide this type of accommodation, these measures will reduce choice for tenants and increase pressure on local authority housing lists.
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