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Smiths News, UK: Shop Online at Smiths for Big Savings on Books, Music & more - The Office Series 2 (VHS) David Brent returns to work in the office that took Britain by storm. His 'unique' management style in this multi-award winning spoof fly-on-the-wall documentary had office workers squirming on their sofas. The Slough and Swindon branches have now merged and David has a suave sophisticated and obviously popular new boss not his type at all. One of the new employees is black and another disabled giving Brent a perfect opportunity to display the most appalling unthinking prejudice. And with Tim still pursuing receptionist Dawn a water cooler romance might be on the agenda... ... BABYLON 5-THE GATHERING (DVD) It all started here...Babylon 5 is a space station in the late 23rd Century - a centre of diplomacy and trade in neutral space located between many rival space empires. The project's success already shaky is put further into doubt when incoming Commander Jeffrey Sinclair is the key suspect in the attempted assassination of the mysterious alien ambassador Kosh. This DVD edition has a new score by Christopher Franke and adds a few scenes which were cut out of the original version. ... Favoured Child The second in the Wideacre trilogy this novel is set in 18th-century Sussex. In the Dower House two children are being raised in protected innocence. Equal claimants to the inheritance of Wideacre tied by a secret childhood betrothal but forbidden to marry only one can inherit the estate. ... Francis Frith's Croydon Living Memories This evocative collection of archive photographs from the world famous Francis Frith Collection is suitable for general readers tourists and local historians. Each book contains a large number of detailed historic photographs with extended captions and a full introduction. Unlike many local history books that reproduce old postcards this book is packed with high-quality photographs carefully chosen from the Frith archive and in which you will find fascinating detail. Frith books are an absorbing record of change. This book will spark many memories for you and your family and will provide hours of enjoyable reading and reminiscing. Frith’s historic photographs are renowned the world over for their clarity and fine detail. Every Frith book includes a voucher for a free mounted print of any photograph within the book. This unique added extra helps make Frith books superb value for money. ... Shadow in the North An elderly lady loses her money on an investment; a conjuror is pursued by thugs; and a clairvoyant mentions the name of the richest man in Europe and his mysterious company. Seemingly unconnected events set Sally Lockhart on the trail of an evil far more awful than she could ever imagine. ... My Big Fat Greek Wedding Everyone in the Portokalos family worries about Toula. Still unmarried at 30-years old she works at Dancing Zorba's the Greek restaurant owned by her parents and smells like garlic bread. Her days are drab and dull just like her hair her clothes and her attitude. Still Toula wishes for something more. Just when she's wishing she were prettier she locks eyes on a tall handsome stranger in the restaurant. The handsome stranger barely notices her. Toula is ready for a change. Unfortunately the rest of her family is not. A few comptuer classes some contact lenses and a new attitude are all the jump-start Toula's life needs. She takes a job at her aunt's travel agency where this time the handsome stranger locks eyes on the transformed Toula. He is Ian Miller a high school teacher and definitely not Greek.... ...
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WHSmith (WHS) is one of the UK's leading retail groups incorporating market leading companies in retail, publishing and news distribution. The Group has 1,464 stores world-wide, 30,747 employees in 12 countries and sales of some £2.9bn.
WHSmith is the UK's number one family retailer selling a range of products that extends across education, entertainment and information. Each year WHSmith High Street stores sell enough pens to circle the earth; enough books to fill a library shelf from London to Edinburgh; and enough paper to write a letter to everyone in the world. WH Smith also sell 122 million magazines and newspapers each year - enough to make a pile 69 times taller than Mount Everest.
The first High Street store was a small news vendor opened in 1792 in Little Grosvenor Street, London, by Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna. Today, WHSmith has 545 High Street stores, covering over 3 million square feet of selling space and employing 17,000 staff. Clubcard, the Company's loyalty scheme, has more than 5 million members.
Books, newspapers, magazines and stationery form the core of the High Street business. WHSmith sell more books than any other retailer in England, Scotland and Wales. For example, one in three copies of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire were bought from WHSmith in the first weekend of release. WHSmith promote new authors with their Fresh Talent showcase and also have the Thumping Good Read Award that is voted for by members of Clubcard.
WHSmith's major stores stock more than 45,000 product lines, whereas an average food supermarket carries around 10,000 lines.
WHSmith currently holds a strong market share in each of the core categories in which it trades - books, stationery, news, magazines and entertainment. WH Smith's strategy is to exploit the strength, power and potential of the WHSmith brand to provide the very best service and value for money for their customers, shareholders and wider community.
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