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Workplace wellness – spa days can help cut stress

Workplace wellness – spa days can help cut stress

By Maggie • on January 14, 2010

A new study in the United States has shown that workplace wellness programmes deliver major benefits for companies investing in them. For example, they are a highly effective way of reducing the major risk factors for heart disease by encouraging workers to be pro-active in protecting their own health. This can be achieved through quitting smoking,

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Spa sale heaven – bring your best friend for free

Spa sale heaven – bring your best friend for free

By Anna • on August 25, 2010

It’s good to indulge oneself occasionally with a little pampering, but sometimes it’s even better to treat a friend to some of the finer things in

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Reinvent yourself during a spa weekend break

Reinvent yourself during a spa weekend break

By Beth • on August 24, 2010

As glamorous young wizard Emma Watson demonstrated recently when she graced the glossy magazines sporting a trendy new crop cut, sometimes it’s good

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Online gift vouchers – a present buying panacea

Online gift vouchers – a present buying panacea

By Maggie • on July 23, 2010

For many of us, the advent of summer evokes a cavalcade of wonderful images, such as freedom from work or study (temporarily at least!), days of relaxation,

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Exercise your intellect with mind gym

The recent news that Brain of Britain host Robert Robinson is to quit the quiz show after a mind-boggling 30 years will no doubt disappoint the many aficionados of the BBC’s long-running radio show. And

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Spa holiday packages – staycations are here to stay

It would be no exaggeration to say that the first half of the year was a fairly glum affair for the UK, characterised by frenetic penny-pinching by families and politicians alike, worries about disrupted

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Chill out this summer – at award-winning spa hotels in the UK

When it comes to luxurious spa hotels, the UK is a leading player on the world spa stage – so it’s no surprise that some of the top UK spas make regular appearances on the international spa prize-winners’

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Spas – why the “s” word is so much less stressful than the “a” words

“S” is for summer, sunshine, sport, sipping (long cool drinks), sitting (down with a good book) and smiles (of sheer bliss). Perhaps it’s no coincidence that “s” is also for spa, an idyllic

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