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Deacon Blue performs in Liverpool
Photos by Jo
Forrest.
FORMED in 1985
the Scottish pop band, that gets it's name from the title
of the Steely Dan song:- "Deacon Blue", was once again
In Liverpool.
Deacon Blue
was
performing to a very well attended Liverpool ACC, on 21 December 2014,
as part of the band's 'A New House Tour'. These are
some photographs taken by Jo
Forrest.
1st Christmas present
returned at 1.53am on Christmas Day
IN the UK,
just 2 hours between last parcel collection on Christmas Eve and 1st
return on Christmas Day! Yes, it could only have been in London!
CollectPlus, the UK’s largest independent store based delivery and
returns service, has revealed on 25 December 2014 that the UK's 1st
Christmas present was returned on Christmas Day at 1.53am.
Even before Santa had finished his rounds, one CollectPlus customer
made an early morning trip to their local BP Garage in St Helens in
Merseyside to return an unwanted item. Recent research from
CollectPlus reveals that 23% of people have returned an unwanted
Christmas present in the past, with British shoppers estimating they
will return almost one in three of the items they buy online this
Christmas.
Whilst some were returning unwanted items at the earliest
opportunity, others were working up to the wire to get their gifts
sent before the Christmas break. Taking advantage of the 24 hour
opening hours at their local convenience store, the last parcel
collection was recorded at 11.47pm on Christmas Eve at Deneburn
Stores in Consett, County Durham.
Neil Ashworth, CEO of CollectPlus commented that:- "Buying
something for someone else can be a difficult task and generally
people anticipate they will have to either return or exchange
something they send or receive at Christmas. Consumers increasingly
want to choose when and where they take receipt of, send and return
their online Christmas purchases. As such, forward thinking
retailers are making delivery and returns services much more
flexible so that people can often collect and return parcels to a
range of convenient points, quickly and easily, even on Christmas
Day. This year, we've seen increased enthusiasm for retail
promotions such as:- 'Black Friday' and 'Cyber Monday' and we expect
to see another spike in online sales as the Boxing Day and January
sales begin. The good news is that many retailers extend their
standard 14-day returns periods over Christmas until the end of
January, so depending on the retailer, shoppers have plenty of time
to exchange or to get a refund and take full advantage of the great
promotions on offer as they head into the New Year."
CollectPlus is a joint venture between PayPoint, the leading retail
payment network and Yodel, the UK's leading independent parcel
carrier.
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The
Christians help welcome in Christmas
Photos by Jo
Forrest.
'THE
Christians' are quite possibly 1 of the best best bands to come out of Liverpool.
They
played in the amazing setting of the beautiful
Palm
House, in Sefton Park, on 20
December 2014.
The
Christians delivered a very
entertaining show to a packed out venue. Formed in Liverpool in 1986,
this band can still deliver. This venue is a
dome shaped Victorian glass house, with lush tropical flora within.
It is not your normal, traditional setting for a band like this to
play in, but it worked exceptionally well. It was made even more
magical thanks to an extremely colourful lighting show, making this
1 of the best music events of the year in Liverpool. The night also
had supporting, a very talented band called:-
The
Hummingbirds. These are some
fantastic shots taken by Jo Forrest of both bands, on the night!
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