Viva’s secret millionaire call
29/09/09
Here at Viva Towers we’re used to receiving telephone enquiries but we thought this one was a bit different. We got a call from Channel 4 looking for volunteers to appear on hit TV show The Se...
Read moreWinning stylist reunited after 35 years for hair do!
24/09/09
They made national headlines back in 1973 – and now the winning stylist who out-snipped her boss in a hairdressing competition has returned to celebrate Antony and Patricia’s 40th annive...
Read moreManchester United turns pink for charity
23/09/09
The Viva team has been helping to publicise a star-studded charity event at Manchester United – which will see the entire North Stand lit up with pink lights in aid of Breast Cancer Care. We&...
Read moreThe latest reality TV saga begins….
21/09/09
Reality TV – love it or loathe it, you can’t escape it. Channel 4 bosses may have cottoned on to the fact that, actually, no-one really cares about watching a bunch of wannabe...
Read moreSaying it straight
18/09/09
It’s an age old question: How do you get kids to do more exercise? Is it better sports equipment? Goals and incentives? Role models? Bribery? Well no, apparently all it takes is a set of hair st...
Read moreObama blasts "jackass" Kanye
17/09/09
Just as everyone thought the hype around the MTV awards had died down – the US President hits the headlines by calling rapper Kanye West a ‘jackass’ over his bad boy antics. Bara...
Read moreMedia showering us with new research
15/09/09
By now we’re used to waking up to headlines revealing ‘ground-breaking’ research that indicates our favourite, seemingly harmless foods are actually bad for our health. But we were...
Read moreThe power of Twitter
11/09/09
Here at Viva we love to Twitter. It’s a great way of spreading a message and has revolutionised the way we communicate. We stumbled across another example of the power of the social networkin...
Read moreHow did that work?
10/09/09
This morning’s hot topic seems to revolve around last night’s TV, when illusionist Derren Brown appeared to make history by successfully predicting the national lottery numbers. A...
Read moreMcDonald's Mc's up its "Mc"
08/09/09
It was a tale of two restaurants. One, the McCurry Malaysian restaurant in Kuala Lumpur, the other a global fast food powerhouse known as McDonald’s. After an eight-year court room struggle an...
Read moreBack to school lessons
04/09/09
It’s back to school for all the kids this week. It might be a while since we were sat in the classroom but we like to think we’ve remembered the basics. Otherwise we’d be joining...
Read moreCapital letters – capital offence?
03/09/09
"TO ENSURE YOUR STAFF CLAIM IS PROCESSED AND PAID, PLEASE DO FOLLOW THE BELOW CHECK LIST". Without paying much attention to the content, most of us would be forgiven for thinking this is quite an a...
Read moreGrowing old gracefully - not in showbiz!
02/09/09
Anne Robinson has become the latest celebrity to join the ageism showbiz debate by saying all TV is ageist. Does the 64 year-old have a point? Well, it wasn’t so long ago that the BBC came un...
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