British Gas

Advantages: gas seems fine
Disadvantages: telephone nightmare

...British Gas I felt I had to write this review after having to deal with this company for the first time and being pretty disappointed. Having moved into a new flat and coming from a flat where all the bills were included in the rent meaning never having to deal with all these companies and now having to set up all the new accounts for things such as electricity, gas and water I found this company particularly tiresome to deal with. We were meant to phone up on the day we moved in to the new flat and pass over all the readings on the meters and the correct information to set up new accounts and the such like. I had no problems at all when contacting the water supplier and the electricity supplier but when it came to the gas this was more of a problem that I could of dreamed. After phoning up the main line for British...

newby2 26.05.2007 · Read review
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The Sun Newspaper - Read all about it.

Advantages: Lots of up to date news and gossip
Disadvantages: A lot of advertising

...Like them or loath the tabloid press are now part of the British culture and they here to stay. According to my dictionary a tabloid is a newspaper with pages about half the size of a standard (broadsheet) newspaper, especially one that has relatively short and condensed articles and a large proportion of pictorial matter. However in more recent years the word tabloid has become synonymous with words like gossip, scandal and exclusive. Of the entire British daily tabloid papers The Sun, with a daily circulation of over 3 and a half million readers is by far the most successful and it is on this particular newspaper that I have decided to write my review. History The Sun newspaper first appeared on the shelves back in 1964 as a direct replacement to the drab Daily Herald. Politically it had a left wing bias but right from...

micksheff 03.08.2004 · Read review
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EXTRA - a guide to British papers for the non-Brit

Advantages: From The Guardian to The Daily Sport - there are national papers in Britain...
Disadvantages: ...to suit all tastes, or tastelessness, as the case may be...

...Are you sitting comfortably? Have you read your morning paper? Done the crossword? Read the funnies? You probably don't give your newspaper a second thought. If you live in the US, maybe you get the NY Times in addition to your local paper, maybe not. But the NY Times (and the two nationals - USA Today and The Herald Tribune)are really the only nationals in the US. Here in Britain, it's different. There are loads of national papers. Whether you are intellectual and right wing, or prefer your paper to contain pictures of half naked women and stories such as Aliens Mowed my Lawn, there's a daily national paper for you. The daily papers also publish bigger editions on weekends - more and more, the Saturday is practically indistinguishable from the Sunday paper. Whilst not as weighty as the NY Times (my mother gets half of her...

mattygroves 09.09.2002 · Read review
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Money burned by British Gas

Advantages: Large company, synergy, many products offered.
Disadvantages: Price hikes, deparments don't talk to each other

...UPDATE 28.11.08 When I wrote the review below, prices had gone up by 50% since January 2008, with British Gas agents profusely blaming rise in oil prices for rises in both Gas and Electricity. Fair point? By July oil was at a record $147 a barrel at its peak. Since then oil has collapsed to a 2 year low of $52 a barrel and still falling, I spoke to British Gas about this -- they say that gas is already in the system paid for at the old prices! On Radio 4's Today program, they continued along this line when pressed about price rising the moment oil goes up, but stubbornly high when oil comes down. Remember, not a penny has come off gas or electricity - yet when the first wave of oil price rises began in January 2008, gas prices went up by 15% and a further rise of 35% in August. It is now five months on, and British Gas...

makro74 31.07.2008 (28.11.2008) · Read review
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  British Gas make a complete hash.

Advantages: None that I can think of...oh..they have the word "British" in their name
Disadvantages: Customer Service (lack of), Prices, Attitude...oh everything really

...The name "British Gas" always had that comfortable ,solid feel to it. To me it always invoked a sense of something reliable, but probably expensive. Quality service that wouldn't let you down. A company you could trust. Ok, probably a bit pricey, but you knew they'd come up trumps for you. In a way, something akin to the AA (the so called "4th Emergency Service). Best engineers, best service, best of British.. and all that. Hey, I can already hear you sniggering ?. Now I admit I wasn't a customer of BG, as an adult, so my impressions of them were not first hand. These were just memories of living with the parents and what I envisaged when I heard the name. It just had that good wholesome feel to it. When you needed an emergency Gas engineer, you looked in the phone book for British Gas - not some local 'cowboy' Oh how...

eldergill 18.11.2005 · Read review
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British gas

Advantages: NOTHING AT ALL
Disadvantages: everything!

...When I moved into my flat there were two reasons I decided to choose British Gas as my Gas supplier. Firstly there was already a British Gas Pre Payment meter installed, and secondly I chose them because they were a well known name. Well, if only I?d done some research first I could have saved myself a whole lot of bother. My first problem was actually finding a number to ring to get the supply connected. I tried the Yellow Pages and the Thompson local, but although they had a full page add on the back of the Yellow Pages it was for buying a fireplace, not connecting the gas supply. Never mind I thought, I?ll give it a ring anyway, and maybe they?ll be able to give me the number I need. Anyway, they put me on hold for about 10 minutes and then the woman (sounding very huffy) gave me the number I needed. So I rang the number...

pink_champagne 06.10.2003 · Read review
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Brilliant British!

Advantages: Large quantity, taste etc
Disadvantages: vomit smell, expensive

...Last week me and my mum were going out to see a show, which was an hour away in the car. This meant I had to have an early tea, and on discovering we had nothing quick in our fridge or freezer we nipped off to Tesco in order to purchase a pizza! On arriving at the frozen aisle I was distracted by an array of frozen meals in the freezer next to the pizza's. I knew on first glance I fancied a ready meal rather than a pizza and so I began to search for something suitable! Among the tesco value, tesco finest, weight watchers meals and healthy living meals, I discovered a product I hadn't seen before! The particular product was Tesco; British Cuisine, Roast Beef Dinner. The frozen meal was held in a plastic tray, and a carboard sleeve was slid over! The carboard sleeve contained a scrumptious looking picture of what the meal looks like...

SweetTooth93 18.06.2008 · Read review
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British Army - sorts the men from the boys

Advantages: Good Experience
Disadvantages: Often Dangerous, Underpaid for half the work !

...The British Army provides a real way out for many people, it gives morales and standards to many young people, who otherwise wouldnt have a chance of survival in their home environment. As an employer, it often neglects its duty of care, and the work environments can be exceptionally challenging, the day to day life often crosses the thin line of ridiculousness, and again, as an employer, the Ministry of Defence fails to protect its employees from several areas of harm that should not be found in the Army. The Recruitment process usually starts in the Recruiting Station, where a potential recruit will make several visits to discuss their options. After a few tests, they can choose a trade, in which the Army will train them to be proficient in their undertakings. As time continues the Soldier will gain valuable experience in his...

gt5952 12.11.2007 · Read review
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Best of British

Advantages: Funny, loving, real characters
Disadvantages: Drama Queens

...British shorthairs (BSH) are really just posh moggies!! They have a short dense coat wich is easily maintained. I grrom mine weekly just to keep them looking there best and they love it. One bit of advise on this though, start them young, as soon as you get your kitten home make this part of their routine and you will find they will get used to it very quickly and this saves a lot of problems when they get bigger and more strong willed. If you dont keep on top of grooming them they will often form mats during their biannual moult. They have excellent natures but they dont suffer fools. They wil soon let you know if they have had enough. They are often not lap cats but still like to sit beside you and grace you with their presence when they feel like it. BSH's come in just about every colour you can imagine, I have a Black...

Salson 28.10.2005 · Read review
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British 10K

Advantages: Great route in terms of iconic london landmarks
Disadvantages: Poorly organised, expensive to enter, lack of water

...British 10K The British 10K is a 10K or 6 mile run that takes place once a year on July 2nd in central London. It is open to 30,000 entrants and includes both a free for all open race and an elite race for faster runners wanting to run it as a race, race. The first I heard of it was when a woman in my hockey team said way back in March that she was planning to do a 10K in the off season sometime in the summer. Our hockey season runs from September to April and I thought it sounded like a good idea at the time. It ended up with 5 of us from the team doing the race for Diabetes UK. Pre Race Experience ***************************************** The race cost £30 to enter, which is quite high in my opinion. That money goes directly to the race organiser with no donation to charity. For your £30 you are told you will receive...

Shoka 07.07.2006 · Read review
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