United Leeds Endeavours: Leeds and Wakefield Flooding Update

After record rain over the last week United Leeds Endeavours keeps you up-to-date with travel and road restrictions.

Commuters in Leeds and Wakefield have been left in chaos after record levels of rain have fallen over the last week. Direct marketing and sales company United Leeds Endeavours has kept up to date with the latest travel news to make sure that you avoid the difficult spots.

-Flooding in Outwood means that commuters should expect delays of up to 45 minutes between Leeds and Wakefield Westgate.

-Bus routes 163, 166 and 167 are severely affected by flooding and there are delays of approximately 30 minutes

United Leeds Endeavours understands that the Environment Agency has issued flood warnings for the River Calder. There is also a less severe flood alert for the River Aire between Stockbridge, Castleford and Keighley.

A spokesperson for United Leeds Endeavours warned that people travelling need to allow extra time and take extreme care. “This severe weather is something to be taken seriously, cars can aquaplane and flooded roads can become dangerous very quickly. “

Forecasters MeteoGroup have said that on Sunday alone between 10 and 15mm of rain could fall in Leeds. The average monthly rainfall for this time of year is between 55 and 60mm. The advice from the AA’s flood rescue team is “If you come across flood water, you should only attempt to drive through if you know it’s not too deep and maintain a steady slow speed to avoid creating a bow wave.” What should you do if you break down in heavy rain? “Don’t prop the bonnet open while you wait for the patrol to arrive – the engine will be more difficult to start again in the electrics are all rain-soaked.”

The final piece of advice from United Leeds Endeavours is to keep up to date with the weather and travel conditions. From everyone here, please travel safely!

United Leeds Endeavours Holds the Key to Financial Success. Watching More Films!

Research released recently suggests that the more films that people watch, the happier and more financially successful they are. United Leeds Endeavours looks at the results.

United Leeds Endeavours is a direct marketing and sales company that specialises in outsourced sales of the film and entertainment industry. So when they heard about the research they were naturally intrigued. A team of personality and psychology experts at Goldsmiths College in London have monitored one thousand adults over a 12 month period and found that those who watched over 100 films a year, roughly 2 a week, are 15 per cent happier than those who watch 50 films or less a year.  United Leeds Endeavours understands that happiness was measured on a scale of well-being, anxiety levels and general life satisfaction.

A spokesperson from United Leeds Endeavours said,” This is incredibly interesting research, particularly because of the industry we work in. The academic report was commissioned by Lovefilm.com and showed a whole host of evidence that watching films really is good for you.”

The report is called ‘Movie Medicine’ and it showed that people’s happiness increased by 1 per cent for every 10 additional films that they watched per year. However United Leeds Endeavours was even more interested that the results showed that film watching was also linked to financial success. People watching over 100 films a year were earning about 26 per cent more and were 40 per cent less anxious about their jobs than occasional film watchers.

Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, who led the team of researchers said, “The research suggests that the act of watching film enables people to disconnect from everyday life, but also opens up our imaginations to be better prepared to make real-life decisions – with the analysis pointing to an end result of increased financial success and happiness.”

United Leeds Endeavours believes that this is going to dispel the notion that film-watchers are couch potatoes. Lovefilm.com hopes to take the findings to the Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley MP to discuss how a wider access to films could have a good impact on the nation’s health and well-being.

United Leeds Endeavours is a direct sales and marketing company operating throughout the UK.

Facebook Buys Instagram but United Leeds Endeavours asks: Is Everyone Happy?

Facebook this weekend bough Instagram, a photo sharing app, for $1bn. United Leeds Endeavours looks at the reasons behind the take-over.

Some facts about Instagram: It was added to the Apple App Store in October 2010. It has a staff of 13 and has more than one billion photos uploaded to it as well as 30 million registered users. However United Leeds Endeavours understands that it makes no revenue. So why exactly has the social media giant bought it?

Firstly United Leeds Endeavours looks at what Instagram does. The service allows users to take photos on their smartphones, then apply a range of visual effects and share them through either Instagram alone or other social networks including Twitter and Facebook.

Both the founders of Instagram and Mark Zuckerberg have promised that Instagram is not going to lose its unique feel. The former saying “The Instagram app will still be the same one you know and love.” Zuckerberg added on his website “We need to be mindful about keeping and building on Instagram’s strengths and features rather than just trying to integrate everything into Facebook.”

United Leeds Endeavours keeps its ear to the ground when it comes to social media and the rumour mill has been going into overdrive on this deal. Many people are not happy by the sale and are worried that Facebook is simply buying Instagram to destroy it so that the service doesn’t overtake its own photo sharing dominance. Many users have taken to Twitter threatening to delete their accounts.

Why is everyone so unhappy? A spokesperson for United Leeds Endeavours believes that it comes down to dominance. “Facebook is becoming all-powerful. If the rumours are true, that it is simply buying Instagram to shut it down, then it’s a sneaky business move.”

“At United Leeds Endeavours we use social networks like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to interact with our clients customers. Smaller social networks are popping up onto our radar all the time. Facebook will want to maintain control over the social networking world and they may have to take down smaller competitors if they deem it  necessary, business can be brutal.”

United Leeds Endeavours Discovers Online Film Streaming to be Worth £2.7 billion by 2017

The world online film market is expected to reach a value of £2.7 billion by 2017 as the prevalence of online streaming services becomes more and more popular. United Leeds Endeavours looks at why the technology has become so popular.

United Leeds Endeavours is a direct marketing and sales company that works with a number of clients in the entertainment industry. They are well aware of the increasing popularity of DVD rental and streaming services like Lovefilm.com and reported recently that the streaming services for Lovefilm.com has overtaken traditional DVDs for the first time. Consequently they weren’t surprised at the estimation released today. Alongside streaming, downloading movies from the internet has become much easier as prices have fallen and internet broadband has become faster and faster.

United Leeds Endeavours understands that there are a number of reasons why online films are becoming increasingly popular. They include the rising cinema ticket prices, the ability to play videos on devices such as PDAs, mobile phones and iPads as well as the ever increasing popularity of films. Though at the moment most of the revenue for online films comes from the download-to-own market, as the recession has hit there has been an increasing swing towards online film rentals and streaming. United Leeds Endeavours believes that with the introduction of superfast broadband across the UK on-demand streaming will become more and more popular.

A representative for United Leeds Endeavours said, “We watch these figures very closely as they are essential information to our clients, but we have seen first-hand the rise of online streaming services in the UK from the likes of Lovefilm.com and others. Consumers are becoming far more savvy and want to try a film first before they buy it. It they don’t enjoy something they’ve watched then they haven’t spent £9.99 buying it. If they love it they can go ahead onto iTunes and buy it. We think this market is going to explode as the technology and choice gets better and better.”