Your chance to make someone's dreams come true

Binny (BAOB) has a plea for all of you romantics at heart...

Binny says: "My best mate Aimee, has just got through on a competition to possibly get her wedding paid for on Mercury FM.

"She needs votes to get in the final on Friday, so please please please take 30 seconds to fill this in to vote for her!"

You can vote for Aimee here.

Win this Nano (prize guys optional!)

You may recall a few weeks ago Rob announced a competition for you to win an iPod Nano when you post some reviews on Brownbook.net? Well the judges will be meeting soon to decide upon the winner so it's your last chance to get your reviews submitted.

Here's Rob's rules...

So how can you win that Ipod Nano – simple, go online to http://www.brownbook.net/, set up a profile and review your 3 favourite businesses. It’s really easy to do and you can even add photos and video. You can also add to the business details with tags for location or business which help describe it better. Take a look at one I’ve reviewed and amended here: - http://www.brownbook.net/business/99001/newick-park-hotel-country-estate

The person who submits the 3 best reviews in May, to be judged by Dave, Marc and myself will win the Ipod Nano – so be creative in your choice of business and be honest in what you write, we’re looking for info that will be genuinely useful.

Email Rob the three links to your reviews.

Fed up with fuel costs? Voice your opinion

If you're concerned that a full tank of fuel might soon be worth more than your actual car, then you can sign this online petition to the Government.

The deadline is 17th June and so far there are over 204,000 signatures.

Job boards set new records

Last month saw the job boards division of Friday Holdings raise the bar yet again, with both the IRT and Simply teams having record months.

Despite a slow start, both teams put in big performances to ensure that they not only hit their targets, but did so comprehensively.

Ian Partington says: "The job board business generated £241,841 of revenue, an impressive £12,841 ahead of what was already a stretching target.

"This level of performance confirms to me that we now have a sales team that can meet and beat the challenges ahead.

"With 4 new people starting with us this week I am sure that the excellent progression we have made this year will continue at a greater pace still."

The 4 new staff in question, who are based in the Simply office in Preston, are:

Jenna Hopkinson - Sales jobs boards
Janet Nowland - SimplyLawJobs
Paul McKenna - Marketing jobs boards
Elizabeth Brett - Corporate Sales (across all Simply sites)

Lisa Johnson (currently selling SimplyLawJobs) will shortly be moving across to the Sales boards.

Friday-Ad's own Karate Kid

Congratulations to Darren Stringer from our accounts department here in Sayers, who recently competed in an international Karate competition in Russia and came third in his category.

Darren competed in the IFK International Yamburg Cup in the lightweight division and says: "I had 4 fights in total, I lost in the semi finals on boards (the other guy broke more boards than me so advanced after 2 rounds).

"Then I had to fight off for 3rd and 4th place. I won the fight and came 3rd, and won a gold bar to go with the trophy.

"12 different countries entered the competition and there was around 20 entrants in the lightweight category".

Judging by Darren's impressive victory perhaps a switch of roles to 'debt collecting' would be right up his street?!

"If I would have been the recipient of one of your sales pitches, I'd push your bloody face in the cake"

As a big fan of words and what people say, I was pleased to read a recent article on the MediaGuardian site which lists some of Sir Alan Sugar's best quotes.

You can read the list here, but a few favourites include:

On technology...
I was the first to use faxes, but I would never use Facebook - that's rubbish (2008)

Giving a birthday card to his wife...
Signed: 'From Alan Sugar'

To 'apprentice' Michael, who declared himself jewish, then half-jewish...
If you're unsure, you can always pull your trousers down and we can check (2008)

And whilst we're on the subject of Sir Alan, The Apprentice is hotting up with tonight's show at 9pm the penultimate one of the series. With only five candidates left, this show is the one that people dread the most - the interviews.

I think the five remaining are closely matched this year, but my money's on Claire (watch this space to see if I'm right).