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Thanks Chris for inviting Sleepbreeze onto your show.

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I just wanted to put something on the blog to thank, publicly, all the staff on Wessex Ward at the North Hampshire hospital for the treatment and care they are giving my dad.

You've all made a difficult time for us a lot, lot easier and for the hope you've given us that dad will be coming home again to us soon.

These poor words will be woefully inadequate for the work that you do day-in-and-out, but we wanted to let you know "Thanks from the bottom of our hearts".

Andy

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We've brought the Postage & Packing price down on Sleepbreezes shipped to UK addresses.

We found a way of bringing the postage price down and are pleased to pass this on to our customers.

We can't claim this will make you smile as much as, say seeing John Sergeant win Strictly Come Dancing, might.

But we thought we'd pass the saving on just the same!

As ever, thanks to all for your custom.

Andy & Jill

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We've brought our shipping costs down and we're passing it all on!

For our US-based customers we've brought the the shipping cost for single and multiple purchases down dramatically.

And dare we say it? With the US$ now 15% stronger against the £GBP compared with when we launched, there are savings to be had all round.

So, whilst we know the credit crunch is hurting, we thought we'd do out bit and pass on the savings we've made direct to our customers.

Check-out the Sleepbreeze shop for prices.

Thanks as ever for your custom!

Andy

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Hampshire & Isle of Wight Sustabinable Business Awards 2008

We're delighted to have been short-listed as finalists for the 2008 Sustainable Business Awards.

More details to follow. And of course, "Good luck" to all the companies entering this competition.

Andy

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Just a short note to let anyone placing an order with us that we're away from our office for a few days - back on the 18th of August. Any orders placed with us next week will be dealt with promptly on our return.

Kind regards, Andy

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How cool is the Star Wars' Death Star? Well, not very if the chap who phoned the office the other day is to be believed.

As introductions go, having the phone ring and the person on the other end introduce himself as The Commanding Officer, 99th Imperial Storm Trooper garrison does get one's attention. He also likes to be called Ian.

I guess that when I posted on this blog a week or so ago about how many useful things you could use a Sleepbreeze personal cooler for (apart from getting to sleep), then this must have struck a chord in a distant galaxy far far away! And the Wirral, where Ian is based.

It seems that dressing as a Storm Trooper, Sand Trooper, even Special Forces can get a triffle hot. So, Ian was after some help in providing a body armour cooling system. 24 hours later our first prototype was on its way to him ready for a trooping at the Nottingham Riverside Festival. I believe that Ian and his garrison will also be trooping at the Big Brother finale this year.

Ian and his garrison do a lot of charity work and have been helping a wonderful 3-year old girl called Finn.

"Finn is a beautiful 3 year old who has a very rare condition called Majewski Osteodysplastic Primordial Dwarfism Type 2. The 99th's initial involvement was to get Finn over to America this year for consultation at the annual 'little peoples convention'. Since meeting Finn, and talking to her parents we discovered that there was much much more we could to to help. Fundraising is of course essential, however just as important is to raise awareness of the condition."

So, if you have a moment maybe you could visit the 99th's website, learn a bit more about Primordial Dwarfism, and if you have some spare change, then perhaps consider helping Finn.

May the force be with you lot in helping Finn and all the other great causes you support!

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For anyone who despairs about standards of customer service there's good news on the horizon.

The Sleepbreeze personal cooler was featured in the news section of Model Rail (Issue No 120) out today.

I asked our daughter (4 1/2 yo) what she hoped the reviewer might say.

"I hope they say that we're nice people." was her reply.

Well, that's one person who won't need to go to business school to make it in life!

So, to those folk that email us with questions about the product, then please keep them coming. We invented our product to help you. Hopefully our responses to your emails are equally helpful.

All the best, Andy.

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We're delighted to be providing a Sleepbreeze personal cooler for the Bentley village fete this coming Saturday. Anyone going along, check out the "Greening of Bentley" stall and enter the raffle.

It's interesting to see how the various "greening" campaigns are spreading across the county. Simple measures that we can all take. And to be honest most of them would save us money and get us a little fitter. Can't be bad.

Let's hope that the weather holds this year. If it's anything like last year I may have to start a Sleepbreeze personal cooling + Umbrella Company!

And whilst we have an eye on the heavens, a warm welcome to Major Paul Moga of the US Air Force 27th Fighter Squadron who has been displaying at the Farnborough International Airshow and over my patio this week. Paul, have a great time over here. We enjoyed seeing you over the house. But could you have a word with the Vulcan and Typhoon chaps and get them to do a flypast? Anytime on Saturday afternoon would be fine - it'd add something to the fete!

All the best, Andy

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As we seem to be getting plenty of hits on this site from readers of Treehugger.com following their excellent review of our product, we thought Treehugger readers might be interested in a fantastic local innitiative that's going on in our town - Alton, Hampshire.

Greening Alton is a campaign to get residents and local businesses to take some simple steps "to make a difference to the world we live in and helps us take more control of our own and our children’s future."

The steps that Alton and Holybourne have decided (democratically) to take to live a little bit greener are:

Change three light bulbs to low energy;
Walk or cycle if the journey is less than one mile;
Turn off lights when you leave the room;
Turn off all standbys;
Turn down the thermostat by 1 degree;
Put on a jumper before turning the heat up;
Reduce water used to flush the toilet;
Re-use carrier bags;
Top up loft insulation, and;
Boil only the amount of water you need.

Easy to do, save you money and keep you fitter.

And whilst we're on the topic of Alton and what goes on here, HUGE congratulations to Hampshire Fare for organising today's Alton Food Festival. I think a lot of us may need to walk those short local journeys to shed the calories we'll have piled on after visiting the superb selection of local food producers' stalls. Well done to all. Especially to the lady who made my lunch - watercress pasty.

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