Archive for July, 2010

Banish Laundry Hell Forever With Dr. Beckmann’s Colour & Dirt Collector

To celebrate the launch of the new Colour & Dirt Collector range, Dr. Beckmann has teamed up with the radio station Key103, to offer ten lucky readers the chance to win a laundry care kit worth over £20.

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Make Laundry Hell History

Wash with confidence thanks to Dr. Beckmann’s new Colour & Dirt Collector range.

Most people know to keep to the simple rule of separating whites, darks and colours when doing laundry. However, washing mixed colours can send even the most knowledgeable domestic goddess into a panic, as all the different coloured dyes swish round together in the wash, and attach to your clothes.

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Women’s housework triples during the World Cup period

  • 77% of Brit women say housework will triple during the world cup.
  • 87% of Brit women spend significantly less time with partners.
  • Mums expect their weekly wash to increase by five times.

Busy mums across the UK are dreading becoming ‘World Cup widows’ due to increasing levels of housework and lack of quality time with their partners, a new study has revealed.

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Looking for a Career? Get a White Shirt

  • 83% of employers say the wrong clothes can cost you the job.
  • A quarter of young adults think wearing jeans to an interview is acceptable.
  • Only half of students polled owned a white shirt.

As thousands of newly-qualified students begin the search for a career this month employers have warned that the wrong choice of clothes at an interview can mean they’ve lost the job before they utter a single word.

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