The picture shows the unit on fire at the rear and smoke coming from the middle roof.  Medius used to be based in the front part of those office.  They used to be the Unigate dairy distribution plant.

Full story here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16808273

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Surrey Police Safer Neighbourhoods sent an email earlier this week to local residents in Elmbridge Surrey with a typo. They end the Email ” Be vigilante and if you see anything suspicious contact Surrey Police ” We think they mean Vigilant!!!

I have withheld the sender’s name of this email to avoid embarresment but it made me and few others chuckle!

“
There has been a recent increase in day time burglaries in Elmbridge where garden sheds, garages and dwellings have been targeted. The intruders gain entry to dwellings through insecure, small windows, and used implements to get hold of car keys through letterboxes. Various items have been taken such as cars, jewellery, cash, tools and garden equipments.

A burglary at home is a distressing and devastating experience but there are simple crime prevention measures that can reduce home crime:

- make sure your doors and windows are secured

- burglar alarms and lights will deter thieves

- do not leave car, door or window keys on view, or within reach of a letterbox or window

- register valuable property at http://www.immobilise.com/

- property mark all valuable items with your post code and house number

- do not keep large amount of cash at home

- make sure your home looks occupied while you are away

Burglars aren’t only interested in the valuables inside your property. Equipment kept in garage, shed or garden can be tempting or used to break into a house.

- use good quality fixings and padlock to secure shed and garage

- install a shed alarm

- property mark valuable tools and equipment with your post code and/or house number

- lock tools and equipments away

- position your wheelie bin away from accessible windows

Be vigilante and if you see anything suspicious contact Surrey Police
“

I have emphasied the last line

The move will be made at the same time the company puts the iPhone 4 on sale, which is June 24th.

It means that most new customers after then – those on the averagely priced tariffs – will get 500MB of data allowance per month for free, but usage above that will be charged at £5 for every 500MB block.

http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2010/06/10/o2-brings-an-end-to-unlimited-data/

http://shop.o2.co.uk/new-iphone/tariffs.html

I’ll let the following text explain in more detail.

The FSB

I am writing to tell you about the latest FSB campaign that will save you and your business money through lower phone bills. But it needs your help for us to succeed and all it will take is a couple of clicks (get the ”terminate the rate” document here)

The FSB has joined up with BT and 3, to persuade phone regulator Ofcom to reduce the cost of fixed and mobile phone calls made to a different operator than your own, down to the level of what it really costs – less than a penny a minute.

At the moment each mobile operator is allowed, by an Ofcom regulation, to charge a massive mark-up above the actual cost. Originally this was to enable mobile phone networks to be built when they had no customers of their own, but now that’s been done it is becoming easy profit for them – at our expense. This mark-up, called a ‘Termination Rate’, is set at around 5p for every minute of a call to a mobile phone, yet the real cost is less than a penny. This would allow real competition and save you money.

Ofcom is currently reviewing this regulation so we have a real opportunity to secure a reduction in Mobile Termination Rates in the UK so that it’s cheaper for you to use your phone. Which is why we’ve set up a campaign.

Our campaign is called ‘Terminate the Rate’ and is being run by a coalition of organisations of which The FSB is proud to be a launch partner along with BT, mobile phone operator 3, the GMB trades union, Carers UK, price comparison site Moneysupermarket.com, and the National Union of Students.

Since the launch, many more organisations have also joined, including Age Concern/Help the Aged, and the Post Office. There are now 65 organisations supporting ‘Terminate the Rate’ including 40 local authorities. A full list of supporters is in the attached newsletter, along with more information about the issue.

We know how much it will help our members, especially those who have to make many calls to mobile phones. And because a reduction in MTRs will help consumers as well as businesses with their phone bills, your customers will all have more money available to spend.

We’ve already had over 125,000 people sign our electronic petition atwww.terminatetherate.org and our campaign is backed by 262 Members of Parliament who have signed a motion in Parliamentcalling for this change.

And I’d love you to add your business’ name to our campaign by sending an email to: enquiries@terminatetherateblog.org

Please just include your business name and address and a contact name. We’ll include you as a supporter of the campaign in our submission to Ofcom.

And if you could forward this email to any other business contacts you have it would be fantastically helpful. The more support we get the more chance we have of succeeding.

So thanks very much for your help – remember, if enough people sign up, we can win the campaign and all get those cheaper phone calls.

John Wright
Chairman
FSB

http://www.fsb.org.uk/onlineadmin/emailsee.asp?id=25574&openview=1

About the FSB:-

The FSB is non-profit making and non-party political

The Federation of Small Businesses is the UK’s largest campaigning pressure group promoting and protecting the interests of the self-employed and owners of small firms. Formed in 1974, it now has 215,000 members across 33 regions and 230 branches.

The lobbying arm – led by the Westminster Press and Parliamentary office – applies pressure on MPs, Government and Whitehall and puts the FSB viewpoint over to the media. The FSB also has Press and Parliamentary Offices in Glasgow, Cardiff and Belfast to lobby the devolved assemblies. Policy Managers work alongside Regional Development Agencies to further FSB influence at a regional level.

I have detailed their release here for info but do check the Toyota site for up to date info.

Please see below more information we have received today from Toyota Motor Europe:

“‘Toyota Motor Europe announced today the recall of 8 Toyota models in Europe, to solve a potential accelerator pedal issue. The involved models and production periods are as follows:

- AYGO (Feb 2005 – Aug 2009)
- iQ (Nov 2008 – Nov 2009)
- Yaris (Nov 2005 – Sep 2009)
- Auris (Oct 2006 – 5 Jan 2010)
- Corolla (Oct 2006 – Dec 2009)
- Verso (Feb 2009 – 5 Jan 2010)
- Avensis (Nov 2008 – Dec 2009)
- RAV4 (Nov 2005 – Nov 2009)

The precise number of involved units is still under investigation, but may reach up to 1.8 million vehicles. No Lexus models and no other Toyota models are affected.

“Toyota’s policy is to put its customers first, in all circumstances”, said Tadashi Arashima, President and CEO of Toyota Motor Europe. “We understand that the current situation is creating concerns, and we deeply regret it. We would also like to reassure customers: the potential accelerator pedal issue only occurs in very rare circumstances. The announced action is a preventive measure aimed to guarantee the highest safety standards to all customers.”

For subject vehicles, there is a possibility that certain accelerator pedal mechanisms may, in rare instances, mechanically stick in a partially depressed position or return slowly to the idle position.

This issue is caused because the accelerator pedal mechanisms concerned may become worn. This progressive wear, combined with certain operating and environmental conditions, can cause friction in the mechanism to increase and intermittently result in the accelerator pedal being harder to depress, slow to return or, in the worst case, stick in a partially open position.

Toyota has identified a remedy for this issue, and is currently pursuing a final evaluation and confirmation procedure. As soon as the countermeasure is confirmed, Toyota will communicate to all customers and other concerned parties the details of the corrective action and of the implementation procedure.

A running change in production using different parts has already been implemented model-by-model for the models on sale in Europe, as part of Toyota’s continuous quality improvement policy. Therefore there is no need or intention to stop production in Europe.

Only a limited number of incidents have been reported in Europe, and Toyota Motor Europe is not aware of any accident resulting from this issue.

Toyota is making every effort to address this situation for our customers as quickly as possible.’

Whilst this condition is rare we advise customers who have concerns to contact Toyota GB Customer Relations (0800 1388744) for assistance ahead of the recall instructions being issued.

We’ll continue to post further information as we have it.”

THIS IS FROM THE TOYOTA SITE AS AT 6:40pm GMT 29th January 2010.  Check For update on the Toyota Site Here