You know that smug feeling when you’ve bought all your Christmas presents long before Christmas? Neither do I. Or rather, neither did I.
For the first time ever, I’ve sorted out Valentine’s day a good two weeks before the actual date…
Renewable Energy Alternatives For Your Home with Greenheart Installations
April 20th, 2010 · Environment, Small Companies, Sustainability
Like charity and family values, energy efficiency begins at home. So with your washing on at 30 and the kettle half full you might be looking at your rickety old boiler as the biggest energy thief in the...
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Chocolates That Help The Homeless
January 4th, 2010 · Charities, Non profit
Luxury chocolates are about indulgence. They give us little moments of excess in which we allow ourselves a brief bite of lavishness in an otherwise sensible and responsible day. [Read more →]
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Baby Food To Boast About
December 11th, 2009 · Organic, Small Companies
Organic, fresh and delicious. At last, I have found a company who puts their money where their mouth is. They succeed where other baby food manufacturers have failed.
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Advanced Energy Usage Monitoring with Wattson
December 1st, 2009 · Climate Change, Small Companies, Sustainability
I have given up following people around turning off lights and being generally “annoying” about consumption. The problem is not a lack of desire to do the right thing (as so often reported in the papers) but more a lack of knowledge...
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Kind Toys From The Organic Toy Company
October 28th, 2009 · Environment, Organic, Sustainability
I’ve learnt a lot.
Take cotton, for example. A simple, natural material, you might think, but Natalie Southgate, founder of The Organic Toy Company knows otherwise.
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Duchy Originals: Are Good, Do Good, Taste Good!
October 26th, 2009 · Environment, Organic, Sustainability
Established in 1990 by Prince Charles, Duchy Originals is a pioneer of the organic food movement. Beginning with a humble oaten biscuit in 1992, a recent partnership with Waitrose means the Duchy...
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Calling All Single Gloves
October 21st, 2009 · Environment, Non profit, Recycling, Special Occasions, Sustainability
Remember Green Thing? We introduced you to him last year and while he may appear to be a hideous monster he is, in fact, not hideous at all.
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Paul Graham: Benevolence in Startups
October 7th, 2009 · Lovely People, Small Companies
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Paul Graham, founder of ycombinator, discusses the value of benevolence when working with tech startups.
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Business Model Of The Day: Fix The Planet
October 6th, 2009 · Small Companies
In case you haven’t come across iFixit before, they’re a relatively small startup that offer detailed electronics teardowns, DIY repair guides and all the tools you’d need to do them. Basically, they’re aim is to put the power back in the hands of the consumer, when it comes to the maintenance...
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Sneak Peak Inside Fruit Towers
September 26th, 2009 · Innocent, Lovely People
innocent drinks recently had a visit from the folks at LeapAnywhere.com and they were kind enough to take a camera crew around with them so that we can all have a peak inside!
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TED Talk: A Web Of Random Acts of Kindness
September 26th, 2009 · Lovely People, Serendipity
In his heartwarming talk from this year’s TEDGlobal in Oxford Jonathan Zittrain discusses various random acts of kindness from the online world.
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Martha Lane Fox: Work Hard, Be Nice To People
September 25th, 2009 · Lovely People
Yesterday Martha Lane Fox, co-founder of LastMinute.com, was placed at No. 25 in the Telegraph’s 50 Most Influential Briton’s in Technology.
Back in 1997, with business partner Brent Hoberman, she started LastMinute.com which became one of the...
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Employees Rewarded for Reducing Carbon Footprint
September 24th, 2009 · Big Companies, Environment, Lovely to Staff, Sustainability
How would you like your employer to hold you accountable for your carbon footprint?
WSP Group is doing just that. The global management and consultancy service is pioneering a novel way to reduce the carbon footprint of its...
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Windows 7 Ad: Cutest Ever?
September 18th, 2009 · Adverts, Big Companies
Microsoft don’t feature very often here on LovelyCompanies.com but all that could be about to change with their new ad campaign for Windows 7. Is this not the cutest advert you’ve ever seen?
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Lovely Company News Round-up
September 16th, 2009 · Big Companies, Lovely People, Small Companies
Here’s a round-up of all the posts from the LovelyCompanies.com blogroll that I’ve starred recently in my Google Reader. Feedback on this experimental post format is very welcome!
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Join Football Legends At The David Beckham Academy
September 15th, 2009 · Charities, Competitions, Events, Fundraising
Here’s a winning idea: a fund-raising football tournament. Sue Ryder Care (the UK based healthcare charity) seeks lovely companies to participate.
Anyone can play. All you need is a five-a-side team with...
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Innocent Smoothies For Kids
September 14th, 2009 · Adverts, Innocent
Check out the latest advert from innocent for their special ‘lunchbox-proof’ kids smoothies:
“…a gentle nudge towards their 5-a-day!”
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Fraser’s Tea Parties Land Him A Bighearted Scotland Award
September 11th, 2009 · Community, Lovely People, Small Companies, Special Occasions
In the last year, SuperJam boss Fraser Doherty has held over 120 Tea Parties bringing elderly people together and helping them make friends (previous coverage: here and here). Just recently, Fraser’s efforts...
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Happy Birthday Innocent Veg Pots!
September 10th, 2009 · Innocent, Lovely to Staff, Special Occasions
Yesterday there was a little announcement on the innocent blog that their innocent veg pots product is now one year old. To celebrate, innocent staff were treated to a special [Read more →]
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