Commercials used to be the time to get up and stretch the ol' legs, get a snack or let the dog out. Today, they are the signal to hit the fast forward button on the remote. The advent of Digital Vide

There are now 60% of women with a child aged five or under who are in full-time employment. Working mums are therefore doing two jobs, made even harder when their children are below school age.

We would all like to treat our mothers to something truly special this Mothers Day, but if you are on a limited budget, it can restrict your options somewhat. Thankfully, there are plenty of less expensive ways to show your mother that you care. Here are a few suggestions.

When Mother's Day rolls around this year, noone will be surprised to see the shops fill with an array of useless merchandise - cards, pictures, gifts, wrapping paper, designed to drain every last possible penny out of the celebration.

It seems ever so, that Mother's day is a walk in the park as far as gifts are concerned and yet Father's day remains a present buying nightmare. The likely answer is that Mother's day has been around for years and has acquired a highly useful set of gift classics - flowers, chocolates, perfume - that are accessible to the most hopeless of gift buyers. As far as Father's day is concerned, however, there are no such safety nets available.

Fishing is one of the best ways to enjoy the peace and quiet of the countryside, so why not give your father the gift of some fishing equipment so he can take up this hugely rewarding pastime? It will give him a well deserved chance to get away from the rat race and enjoy some of that fresh country air whenever the mood takes him.

There is a new price tag for failure, approximately $21.5 billion. That's the amount financial analysts say the Tiger Woods PR debacle has cost the companies who had hired Tiger as a spokesperson. Th

The craft of rug-making is one of the oldest skills in human culture that we are aware of from antiquity, and has been practised for generation on generation throughout the world. Used to cover walls and floors, whilst adorning dwellings with unique style, the rug is a low-tech product from the past that is still in great demand today.

Whatever the occasion, sending gifts abroad can be stressful and expensive. However, if you know someone who is living far from home and there is a special event coming up, they are sure to appreciate the gesture enormously should you go to the trouble of sending them a token of your affections. Read on for a few ideas on how to go about sending gifts overseas.

Christmas and New Year's Eve are now done and dusted for another 12 months, so what celestial date is next on the present giving calendar? Three weeks before Easter and a month after Valentine's Day, Mother's Day in 2010 is on the 14th March.

Some people are naturally great gift shoppers. They possess the sixth sense, the killer instinct, the gut reaction that tells them just what to buy for any occasion. Some people are most definitely not. Some of us struggle to manage Christmas and birthdays, so when it comes to any other present giving occasions during the year, such as Mother's Day, we've usually exhausted our few ideas already.

Government figures showed that total personal debt in the UK stood at ?1.458 billion at the end of October 2009. Debt can damage lives, tear families apart and cause health problems, so if your finances are in arrears it's time to address the problem.

Five hundred press releases is the average number delivered to the New York Times every day. When you get to major metropolitan daily newspapers, the number drops to about 250, and 100 for community w

It's not easy being Tiger Woods today. His personal life is a shambles, his family is shattered and his public image is DOA. While it's easy to feel absolutely no sympathy for the golden boy whose sin

I'll admit that sometimes they make me feel guilty. They sit in the corner of my desk, ignored, orphaned and gathering dust. They arrive on time, every month, and I push them aside in favor of more

Many of today's business owners and executives find themselves frustrated when dealing with the subject of marketing - even if they have marketing specialists in-house. For that reason, I thought it

An attractive set of crystal glassware can make a superb romantic Christmas gift, especially if you throw in a bottle of champagne or fine wine. You can buy these separately, or together in a gift set with an attractive case.

How many men snub St Valentines Day as an adjunct to Christmas but just as costly? After all, is it worth losing all the gain youve built up since being penniless after the Season of good cheer and jingling tills?eh?bells? Just as youre about to upgrade from four consecutives weeks of post-Christmas beans-on-toast, the next most expensive commercial success after December the twenty-fifth starts nudging a gleam into your lady-loves eyes.

There are some things that just cannot be put into words, and when it comes to feelings of love and affection roses can speak volumes. Roses are the ultimate symbol of love and romance, and they are a popular choice at Valentines Day or any other time of the year.

Roses need no introduction, these flowers have charmed us for centuries and remain our favorites. Increasing number of varieties means an overload of information on rearing and care. Moreover, caring for roses has become something of an art rather than a science, where no two gardeners think alike. This makes it difficult for aspiring rose gardeners to grasp at the basics, and they often find themselves looking for sure tips to rear great roses.