The Following brands tend to win over others in this respect – Dell, Oki, Samsung

It was also noted taht some of the more expensive machines £500 plus are more cost effective when looking at higher print volumes and use less ink per copy.

Could it be also that the latest printer model should be avoided as the cartdidge costs tend to be at a premium? If you want to consider ‘cloned’ refils then this especially the case.

Low cost Printers to consider, may be discontinued
Samsung CLP-300N
Dell 3130cn

Carol Crowther Wig Specialist based in North Wales

Carol Crowther provides a highly personal service to chemotherapy patients, with her wigs, mainly in the North Wales, Cheshire and Wirral areas. Hair loss during chemotherapy treatment is an upsetting side effect and Carol will work with you to give you back some control over your hair loss situation.

Other hair loss situations are covers such as medical conditions and male baldness.

Carol only uses the most appropriate materials which will ensure you can be confident in your choice.

Wig design and technology has developed massively in recent years and you can benefit from the full choice of models and designs that Carol will help you choose.

Carol can be contacted via the detail on http://www.northwaleshairloss.co.uk/

Nlp in 21 Days

Today I met with Beryl Lyndley MA who is a NLP Master Trainer based in North Wales. Beryl has been working with NLP for at least twenty years and regularly runs courses in the North Wales area as well as lecturing to groups on courses at UK universities.

We are currently putting together a site for Beryl which will be located at www.nlpnorthwales.co.uk when it is complete. I was most interested to hear about Beryls work as an author on NLP matters, ‘NLP in 21 Days’ co -authored with Harry Adler. Her book has been translated into seven languages!

According to Amazon

“NLP in 21 Days is an authoritative guide that covers the full international syllabus for NLP practitioner training. This easy-to-follow programme will benefit the growing number of people who now recognise the power Neuro Linguistic Programming has to improve all aspects of life, from personal relationships and career advancement to selling and even spelling and mental arithmetic. Written by two top NLP trainers, NLP in 21 Days covers 21 key topics and includes dozens of exercises and examples which you can immediately apply to your own situation.” Link

While the site is being constructed, if you wish to get in touch with Beryl about any of her course then contact her using the details below;

Beryl

Upcoming taster course

Potential Unlimited

 The Potential is yours –

NLP can help you discover it

Using NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) can:

Improve relationships

Build confidence

Bring about change

Come and find out for yourself on:

Ben Trainer Master Practitioner

An Introductory Weekend

January 28/29 2012

10am to 5pm daily

Fee: £90.00 per person

Presented by: Beryl Lyndley MA

NLP Master Trainer

Venue: The Management Centre,

Bangor University

Apply to Beryl Lyndley:

Telephone: 01248 670816      mobile:07957856693

Email:       b.lyndley@btopenworld.com

All too often people take down the Christmas decorations directly after Christmas Day, which is in line with the end of the commercial end of the Christmas marketing season.

So you can easily reference the respective days and dates, the twelve days with dates and possible religious meanings follows -

25th December – 1 First Day of Christmas – True Love refers to God

26th December –  2 –  Second Day of Christmas – Turtle Doves refers to the Old and New Testaments

27th December – 3 – Third Day of Christmas – French Hens refers to Faith, Hope and Charity, the Theological Virtues

28th December – 4 – Fourth Day of Christmas – Calling Birds refers to the Four Gospels and/or the Four Evangelists

29th December – 5 – Fifth Day of Christmas – Golden Rings refers to the first Five Books of the Old Testament, the “Pentateuch”, which gives the history of man’s fall from grace.

30th December – 6 – Sixth Day of Christmas – Geese A-laying refers to the six days of creation

31st December – 7 – Seventh Day of Christmas – Swans A-swimming refers to the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments

1st January, New Years Day – 8 – Eighth Day of Christmas – Maids A-milking refers to the eight beatitudes

2nd January – 9 – Ninth Day of Christmas – Ladies Dancing refers to the nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit

3rd January – 10 – Tenth Day of Christmas – Lords A-leaping refers to the ten commandments

4th January – 11 Eleventh Day of Christmas – Pipers Piping refers to the eleven faithful apostles

5th January – The Twelth Night – 12 Drummers Drumming refers to the twelve points of doctrine in the Apostle’s Creed

The twelve days of Christmas can also be considered to represent each of the following twelve months.

If you would like to hear some seasonal music check out the North Wales Choirs at www.amicidelcanto.co.uk and www.cormeibioncolwyn.co.uk

QR Code for Livetech

Have you noticed the dotty square things popping up everywhere in North Wales that people can scan with mobile phones? They are QR Codes (QR stands for Quick Response), a type of 3D barcode that can contain a lot of information, including links to websites and other contact information.

From this code we can create a mobile friendly page that will act as a spring board to your various online assets, social networks, websites, email and phones.

I’m going to link to our Livetech details by way of example in this example in this case.

You can see the incorporated features – clear logo, link to phone number (landline or mobile), email link, website address, physical address, Google map, social networking icons/links… Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin etc. What a great Christmas present to give your company! As more infomation is embedded in a code the dots gets less ‘chunky’ as there needs to be more of them to carry the data.

android presentation

I’ve taken a few shots to show how the thing looks in action and plan to post a simple video to further illustrate.

Cost to make the QR Code and mobile content we would envisage a very accessible £150 plus VAT.

If you wanted a true mobile app for the same simple functionality this can be easily done for the popular platforms iPhone, Android and Blackberry.. you would probably be looking at £200 + VAT in addition to the basic charge.

You would then have a mobile app in the app stores for a very low cost and could encourage customers to download it and put it on their home screen for superfast access to you!

For more information about our services please contact Livetech

Mobile Apps and IPad friendly Site

New site launched today for Salisburys, local North Wales chartered accountants. Loads of cool features built in mobile apps (iPhone and Android), iPad friendly navigation, news, tax calculators and social networking…. plus QR Codes, Google Maps!!

This site takes advantage of recent developments in web technologies to provide a better experience for Salisburys clients..

Salisburys Web Link : accountants north wales

Crimebeat North Wales Website

Crimebeat North Wales is a charity working in North Wales to contribute to community initiatives that make North Wales a better place for everyone to live. Crimebeat has a special focus on young people below the age of twenty five. Livetech are proad to be involved in the development of a new website for Crimebeat. The site gives a great overview of recent initiatives, what great work young people have engaged in and other useful resources.

Crimebeat is a national scheme overseen by the  High Sheriffs www.highsheriffs.com. The historic office of the High Sheriff is one of the most ancient in the country. Sheriffs have been appointed by the Monarch for each shire or county as the sovereign’s representative for all matters relating to the judiciary for over 1,000 years (think Sheriff of Nottingham, not ‘I shot the Sheriff’ !

There are two High Sheriffs in North Wales, the High Sheriff of Gwynedd is Professor R G Grove-White.

The High Sheriff of Clwyd is E F L FitzHugh Esq OBE. You can read more about the high sheriff of Clwyd on his own website:http://clwydhighsheriff.co.uk/

You can see in the youtube video a short film Produced and Directed by Rachel Edwards about the dangers of using mobile phones whilst driving. In association with Flintshire Neighbourhood Watch, Crime Beat, North Wales Emergency Services and Alun School, Mold.

Going the extra mile to make your site work, whatever, wherever!

You might not have thought it but half of Livetech’s work is managing existing sites on behalf of clients.

Clients are increasingly finding that moving parts of their traditional marketing spend e.g. on newspaper and yellow pages advertising, to online methods is paying great financial dividends.

Some of the services we provide in this arena are -

• Content update, news, latest products
• Search Engine Optimization
• Pay per click markekting
• Social Network Marketing
• Email Marketing
• Web Site Hosting
• Software Patching

Livetech are always happy to speak to people about how theycan make the most of their website and online marketing budgets.

Sunrise 24th October 2011 from Livetech Offices

Livetech have moved to the other side of Marina House at Deganwy Quay. Our new offices benefit from thier own entrance, via the Marina Reception. The move reflects Livetech’s commitment to offer the highest levels of customer experience and security.

Staff and clients alike are able to ‘rest their eyes’ by taking in the spectacular and inspirational views, returning invigorated and refreshed to create outstanding web experiences.

We left the webcam on over the weekend of the Conwy Feast and spectatular lightshow projection onto the castle, its a shame it is not higher resolution (to do) but great fun to watch the ebb and flow, night and day!