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Choosing a web hosting company for your new business.

If you’re reading this, the chances are that you want to manage your own website with a dedicated url address. Even though your internet service provider (ISP) may provide a free hosting service, a dedicated url domain name and web hosting package is the way to go. Before you can do anything else, one of the first steps you’ll need to take is to choose a web hosting company, register (purchase) a domain name from them and also select a web hosting plan (they store your files on one or more of their web-servers). Note that the web hosting company is usually different from your ISP. [Read more →]

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Bicycle Training on a budget: How cyclists can save money!

All cyclists know that cycling can be an expensive hobby, but it doesn’t have to be. Bicycles are the most efficient form of human transport that we know of. But if you’ve started to spend ridiculous amounts of money in this sport, you might want to re-analyse the situation; if you’re flaking out loads of cash on all the latest training gizmos and whatnot, is it such an environmentally friendly sport after all? Where does your money actually end up? What do those recipients do with it? Consumers don’t tend to weigh these things up enough before purchasing something. I think I became a semi-retro-grouch when I turned 30 last year. So without further delay, here are a bunch of easy ways to help you save your hard-earned money: [Read more →]