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Electric Car charging points in Ramsbottom

April 15, 2015 by Lee

Electric cars have taken off in the past year or so, with many news outlets pumping out how they are cleaner, greener and can help cut costs (ignoring the fact that most are considerably more expensive than their fossil fuel burning equivalents).

Well with our Electric Car charging points in Ramsbottom we can certainly cater for this growing class of driver.

Some of the more popular electric cars, at least when it comes to a news standpoint are the Nissan Leaf, Volkswagen e-UP (can’t help but say this in a Yorkshire accent), and the Tesla Model S to name but three.

Gwenda from Friends of Nuttall Park – Episode 6

April 12, 2015 by Lee

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Please note, the election debate incorrectly mentioned in the podcast. The Election Debate is on Sunday 19th April and not Friday 17th April. Friday the 17th is the last date to submit questions.

This week on This is Rammy we spoke to Gwenda from Friends of Nuttall Park and ask her what FONP is all about, what got her involved with it and why you should think about becoming involved too.

Having lived in Ramsbottom for nearly 40 years, Gwenda has seen many comings and goings around our small town of Ramsbottom and has a few of her own ideas when it comes to what Ramsbottom should do with it’s local businesses.

Friends of Nuttall Park do not charge for any of their events that they organise, but donations are very much appreciated and can be given on the day of the events, just look for someone with a bucket collecting money. All donations go towards the park to help keep it looking great.

Will FedEx Takeover of TNT Express Affect Ramsbottom Jobs?

April 8, 2015 by Lee Leave a Comment

The intended FedEx Takeover of TNT Express.

FedEx, the large American delivery company immortalised in Castaway is in touching distance of closing the deal on purchasing TNT Express, this has to be agreed first, where previously a UPS buy out bid was stopped.

The takeover is an all cash buyout totalling in the region of $4.8B or around £3.2B.

So why has FedEx shown such a great interest in TNT Express? Essentially, to increase their presence in Europe. This is one place where FedEx is lacking compared to their rival UPS.

FedEx is predominantly known as a US delivery company with it’s main competitor being UPS, UPS did try to buy TNT two years ago for £4.2B , however when that failed, blocked for fear of monopoly reasons TNT slashed around 4000 jobs.

Danny English of The CommuniTree Initiative – Episode 5

April 5, 2015 by Lee

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This week This is Rammy interviews Danny English of The CommuniTree Initiative.
Having grown up in Ramsbottom, there are very few places that Danny doesn’t know about, but when it came to finding a place for his community project (The CommuniTree Initiative) he found it wasn’t quite so straightforward as he might have expected.

Danny spent lots of time visiting areas of local woods and parks, but nothing quite felt right, that was until a local member of the Village Community Group in Summerseat was able to show him The Island, which just fit in perfectly with what Danny envisaged his project to be.

Google Maps Pac-Man April Fools

April 2, 2015 by Lee Leave a Comment

This year for 2015 Google, as always had many April Fools jokes, from the Google Panda to Google Maps Pac-Man. It’s the latter that I wanted to mention here, as not only is it a bit of fun for April Fools, it’s also very playable. To get to this, simply go to Google Maps and click on the Pac-Man box in the bottom right, this will put a small “Ready” outline on screen, this is where you’re going to play.

It’s a great little time waster, but I guess you could argue that it will help you to learn the area, shame the road names get removed, no doubt in part to keep with the theme of the original arcade game.

I took it for a spin around Ramsbottom, see if you can recognise the streets: