Original Little Tikes toy car now available in roadworthy adult version

Hop in (Picture: YouTube/BBC)Your favourite childhood car is all grown-up. And it’s amazing. Yes, the bright red ‘Cozy Coupe’ Little Tikes car that used to be on every kid’s Christmas list is now available in an adult-sized, roadworthy version. It still has its yellow top, giant windows and chunky wheels. But, as well as losing the cartoon eyes on the front, it now takes petrol, requires road tax and goes at 70mph. So, this: Has become this: Mechanic John Bitmead and his brother Geoff from Attitude Read more [...]

Westinghouse short-listed for Event Awards

One of Westinghouse’s product launch events, held in February this year, has been short-listed as a finalist in the 2015 Australian Event Awards. The event was managed by Sydney events company, Born Curious and held at the Exhibition Hall at Sydney’s Australian Technology Park and Atlantic Group in Docklands, Melbourne. Westinghouse hosted over 900 retailers and media across both events. The large-scale, interactive event celebrated Westinghouse’s new appliances Read more [...]

EnterNext Hosts French Tech Pass Entrepreneurs For A Half-Day Introduction To …

EnterNext, the Euronext subsidiary dedicated to promoting and growing the market for small and medium-sized companies (SMEs), today invited French Tech Pass holders to a morning dedicated to financial markets. Organised with support from Bpifrance, AFIC and La French Tech, the event gave participants an opportunity to learn how markets work, understand the role of markets in today’s economy and network with listed companies. Launched in March 2014 by La French Tech, the French Tech Pass is an innovative Read more [...]

OnePlus X rumor: OnePlus teases London event on Oct. 29

Rumors surrounding the next flagship smartphone of OnePlus are slowly getting more solid, as the company announces that there will be an upcoming press event before the month ends. According to a post on the official Twitter account of the China-based company, OnePlus will be having an event on Oct. 29, tagged as the #PowerfullyBeautiful event. OnePlus also posted that the event will be happening in London. Meanwhile, Gadgets 360 by NDTV reported that aside from London, Read more [...]

Marie Claire and NME publisher Time Inc UK boosts profits to £23m

Marie Claire and NME publisher Time Inc UK boosted profits to almost £23m last year while paying out more than £5m to staff and top executives at the magazine company. Time Inc UK reported a 6% rise in pre-tax profits to £22.8m in 2014 as revenues across its magazine portfolio fell 4.5% from £292.7m to £279.5m. The company said that when re-organisation costs of £12.9m are stripped from profits at an operating level it saw a 27% boost to £26.3m. Time Inc UK’s financial results list seven Read more [...]

Real life ‘Little Tikes’ car listed for sale on eBay

A replica of a popular children's toy car has been listed for sale on auction website eBay - and it's legal to drive on UK roads. The Crazy Coupe, based on the Little Tykes Cozy Coupe, was hand built by brothers John and Geoff Bitmead from Oxfordshire and has been turning heads on UK roads ever since. While the iconic red and yellow toy was the best-selling car in the country in 2011, the road legal version is one-off. The car, based on an old Daewoo Matiz SE 0.8, cost around £4,000 to build Read more [...]