http://www.bigguide.co.uk/blog UK blog about quality UK web resources Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:22:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The newest addition to the Big UK Guide is the leading provider of water fountains and supplies in the United Kingdom. Fountain Direct serves homeowners and commercial clients through two separate divisions. They offer OASE quality products for filtration, watercourse pumps, fountains, underwater lighting and all at very competitive pricing. http://www.bigguide.co.uk/blog/fountain-direct.htm The Personal Trainer Network offers UK residents a super easy way to locate a personal trainer in their area or when on travel. Just click the area on the map that you're interested in and all participating personal trainers will be displayed. For personal trainers it's an effective way ... http://www.bigguide.co.uk/blog/personal-trainer-network.htm When Fai and Cecilia took over management of their restaurant in 2005 they renamed it from Phoenix City to the Happy Gathering Chinese Restaurant. They haven't stopped since! Happy Gathering quickly established itself as a favorite family restaurant attracting young and old alike. Happy Gathering Chinese Restaurant is located in a ... http://www.bigguide.co.uk/blog/happy-gathering-chinese-restaurant.htm Thankfully many in the U.K. Muslim community have spoken out about the recent incident in the Sudan where a British teacher has been convicted of insulting Islam for allowing her students to name a teddy bear "Muhammad."  While some Sudanese are marching in the streets of Khartoum near the school ... http://www.bigguide.co.uk/blog/uk-islamic-population-displaying-cooler-heads.htm It's interesting that Eminem's 'Toy Soldiers' made it to #1 in the UK and only into the top 40 in the U.S., his own backyard. Either way the music video is hot and an interesting song about the out-of-control rap wars raging in the U.S.. Enjoy the song and video. [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q4Klk52eAJs[/youtube] http://www.bigguide.co.uk/blog/eminem-toy-soldiers-reaches-number-1-in-uk.htm The MOBO 2007 Best UK Female award was awarded to Amy Winehouse. For more information about her visit her official Amy Winehouse website. Here's a short video of the announcement and her total surprised reaction to winning the award. [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=C1pxrCiVKGM[/youtube] http://www.bigguide.co.uk/blog/amy-winehouse-wins-mobo-best-uk-female.htm Win £5,000 to get your business idea off the ground! Scottish Enterprise has announced Business Gateway is sponsoring a contest for business ideas where the winner will walk away with a pile of money. Their Business Idea Competition allows Scottish residents who are 16 or older to enter in for a ... http://www.bigguide.co.uk/blog/business-idea-competition-in-scotland.htm Gizmodo offers UK gizmo lovers a frequently updated blog with news about the toys we've grown so dependent on, as well as, information about gadgets and gizmos that haven't yet been discovered by the masses. No doubt you're into gadgetry so check it out and subscribe to their RSS feed ... http://www.bigguide.co.uk/blog/uk-gizmos-and-gadgets-site.htm Charity Choice offers a comprehensive directory of charities for UK residents. They list thousands of charities with easy to find links for donating and to information for prospective donors. Charities are categorized for easy browsing or easily searchable. The organization also provides services to nonprofits, as well as, advertising opportunities. Overall an ... http://www.bigguide.co.uk/blog/uk-charities-directory.htm In the course of building the popular BigGuide.net internet directory I was surprised at how many of the better quality websites were UK websites out of the 16,000+ I've reviewed. Indeed such a large percentage of the sites approved for BigGuide were UK sites so I decided to launch a ... http://www.bigguide.co.uk/blog/bigguide-uk.htm