Grand Union

Advantages: lovely staff, many facilities, spacious rooms
Disadvantages: expensive

...impossible to look out over Ljubljana without catching a glimpse of the gorgeous castle perched prominently on the hill. The Ljubljanica River flows elegantly down through the city, passing the cobbled streets and many cafes and restaurants. During my time in Slovenia I stayed at the beautiful, elegant Grand Union Hotel. I believe that my holiday was made a lot better due to my stay at the hotel. ***GRAND UNION HOTEL*** The Grand Union Hotel is a four start hotel situated in the centre of Slovenia. The hotel is split into two parts the business part and executive part. There are over 300 rooms in total so it is fairly small and quiet. I was never kept up by late night parties or noisy neighbours. We stayed at the hotel on its 100 year anniversary in 2005 and were very impressed with the service we received. Famous people such as Bill Clinton...

leofluffy69 07.09.2007 · Read review
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Union City Blues!

Advantages: It's brave and a good introduction to Erasure
Disadvantages: It's pointless if you already know the band

...The new album by Erasure 'Union Street'(their 14th!) is a bit of an enigma, which makes me wonder if the duo have finally run out of ideas, or didn't want to waste them on us. However for the uninitiated this acoustic (yes pop-pickers you heard me correctly 'ACOUSTIC') album strips down the songs to their bare bones and lets out some of the soul as a sample of what they are capable of. Just as the band had recaptured some of the form of its 90s heyday with Erasure's return to electro pop heaven, ('Nightbird') Vince Clark and Andy Bell have gone all acoustic on us, just as the Pet Shop Boys recently did, before going back to their synths. Here is a collection of b-sides and album tracks, redone with 'real' instruments and credible musicians - and way too much slide-guitar. (The name 'Union Street' is the name of the Brooklyn...

mark_allen71 05.04.2006 · Read review
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Please join a union and get involved.

Advantages: Sense of satisfaction. Helping others. Good training.
Disadvantages: No pay. Frustrating occasionally.

...--- That's all right for you to say, but I can't be bothered. --- I became a UNISON rep just over a year ago and have thoroughly enjoyed it since then, despite the extra work involved. If you are not a rep, you will not be kept aware of what is going on in the union, or have the ability to put your point of view across. --Why should I join then?-- Basically, being in a union gives us the opportunity to use our collective power against the wishes of management to push us ever harder in the quest for more profits / productivity. Unions ultimately have the power to withdraw workers' labour and go on strike. This is very much a last resort. Joining a union is a bit like an insurance policy. Most of the time you will not need it, but when push comes to shove and you are threatened with redundancy or a pay cut, then the union is...

drewish 16.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of Trade Union Representative

COFFEE UNION - NO WONDER THE UNIONS ARE FAILING

Advantages: NONE
Disadvantages: FOOD, COFFEE SERVICE

...Like the previous reviewer I am forced to use Coffee Union at Princes Parade. I guess that the previous writer was one of the lucky ones. Being a creature of habit I tend to opt for the jacket potato and a latte frappe but this is because the choice of sandwiches is dismal and certainly unappetising. Breaking the experience into 3 categories, lets start with staff. The current 'acting' manager is certainly living up to her title - ACTING - because she certainly cannot organise or manage what goes on around her (but she is pleasant which is a plus). First thing in the morning, if you fancy a piece of toast, you can wait anything upto 15 minutes and that is with only 2 or 3 other customers in the shop. Lunch-times and total bedlam reigns - there is/was supposed to be a new system where you gave your name when you ordered and then...

CLAWSON0810 28.08.2008 · Read review
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Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch

Advantages: Fantastic album, highly entertaining!!
Disadvantages: None!!!

...I personally came to this album after hearing the most recent by Regina, 'Begin to Hope'. Already completely obsessed with Regina I had to search out new material! Regina Spektor is an amazing talent, mixing jazz sounds, classical piano, kooky lyrics and much more! Its hard to pin this lady down as every song sounds different. The only thing linking all her songs is the ability she has to suck a listener into her many stories. I found 'Soviet Kitsch' just a satisfying if not more so than 'Begin to Hope' , a slightly rawer sound which feels a lot more experimental, it is a really exciting album with a lot of variation and a lot to offer. Songs like 'Ode to Divorce' are moving and slow and gentle, where as 'Poor little rich boy' includes percussion involving a drumstick being banged on a chair. Overall the album is a triumph one of those...

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Union- Regional work

Advantages: Make lifelong friends, interesting work, great training
Disadvantages: long hours, no pay

...Hi, Ive been an union member since starting work at Local Government 32 years ago , and heve been an union rep for about ten years now. My trade union is UNISON. UNISON is a member led union where members make the decisions on how the union is run. Each region consists of a Regional committee with members elected from all over that region. It depends on how large your local branch mebership is as to how many representatives you have usually one person per 1,000 members. To become a regional representative you need to be nominated by your Branch and then elected by your Region onto the various committees. There are a number of committees at Regional level and they represent the whole cross section of the members. Theseare called service groups and consist of- Health and Safety, Local government, Health Higher Education...

KarenSioned 17.01.2007 (20.01.2007) · Read review
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HAMBURGER UNION GARRICK STREET LONDON

Advantages: FAST EFFICIENT SERVICE AND GOOD QUALITY PRODUCTS
Disadvantages: WOULD PREFER SEATING WITH BACKS RATHER THAN STOOLS

...Whilst on a short break in London last week my family and I were looking for somewhere to eat in the West end and came across HAMBURGER UNION in Garrick Street, Covent Garden. None of us are great fans of burger "joints" but decided that we would give it a try, as from the outside it looked modern and clean and although busy not bursting at the seams as some place are up there. Also it was great to go somewhere "non smoking". On entering it reminded us of restaurants in America, as ,you order everything (food and drinks) at the counter, pay and then proceed into the main eating area and place your order number on the table for the server to see. The seating area was clean and the seating was mainly stool type and tables were of varying sizes so if you were on a long table you could end up with other people. It was bright...

Wisegirl 21.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Hamburger Union, London

A statement on the Soviet Union..

Advantages: Politicised and powerful; what more do you want?
Disadvantages: A little samey in places.

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dartfordhammer 25.02.2005 · Read review
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Credit Unions credit where credit's due

Advantages: Cheap interest on loans
Disadvantages: some collection point time may be during the day

...Credit unions! Why don't we use them more than we do. Is it because they have some stigma related to them? Maybe, but I think if a few more of us considered having a savings account with them the banks might just start noticing a few customers closing their savings accounts. I joined our local credit union in Stockport, my mum joined first and gave me some info about them and it seemed a good idea. I am hopeless saving money - it goes in the bank pays the bills and back out again - where have I heard that before I may ask. I only started saving £20 a month, just to see how it all went. Originally I intended to try and get some money saved up to help towards my holiday. All in all it seems to have worked quite well. Here is my version of what a credit union is and does. WHAT IS A CREDIT UNION A credit union is normally...

Bevdav 23.05.2001 · Read review
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Norich Union Car Insurance

Advantages: Quick to answer, best quote
Disadvantages: Strong accents, hard to understand some of the operators

...When I first completed my driving test I was overly joyed. All I wanted to do was buy a car and get on the road. However, my bubble was son burst when I realised that every where was quoting me £1500 - £2000 for a G reg Fiesta. I had tried every company possible when I came across Norwich Union Direct. They quoted me £1150. Now to those ofyou with loads of NCB you will think this is crazy, but forthose of us who had just strated driving it wasn't too bad. I took up the insurance and received all of the docunmentation the following day, even though I was payiong mothly. I now have 2 years NCB and drive a Renault Megane Cabriolet and I only pay £600.00 per year with NU. What a result. I would strongly recommend NU to young drivers. As I stated with the subheading, the only problem I have found with NU is that a lot...

Chrissy792 02.01.2005 · Read review
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