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Whistleblowing ‘cost Hampshire doctor dearly’ after he loses tribunal

Dr Martyn Pitman claimed retaliatory victimisation after raising morale concerns but tribunal says his manner cost him his job A doctor has said raising whistleblowing concerns about maternity care at his hospital “cost me very dearly” after losing his employment tribunal. Consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr Martyn Pitman was dismissed earlier this year from his job at the Royal Hampshire county hospital (RHCH) in Winchester, where he had worked for 20 years. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/oct/29/whistleblowing-cost-hampshire-doctor-dearly-after-he-loses-tribunal?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

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With the line up in AFHF, Louis Tomlinson rock era is so coming! And he’s gonna own that sound. Not many big artists on that lane hmm Arctic Monkeys, RHCH but those are classic and not really active omg I’m geeking with just the thought. With Louis' lyrics and that sexy genere. fuck I should’ve seen it coming from his black and white ig pic with the cigarette 😩 I won’t survive Gina, I won’t

Listen... I am so fucking excited to see this new era of Louis Tomlinson, I can't even tell you!!

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Well rhch is pretty powerful. We just need to remove the inhibitor that’s in akira so he can use its full power

"That was... The result of a compromise. There was a lot of talk about removing his ability to use it all together because it is a really powerful stand, and it's not in the hands of a consistently rational or stable person. Convincing them to take it out would be an absolute nightmare, and I don't think I want to at this moment because I do agree Pepper's full power is dangerous and it's not a danger Akira can evaluate well."

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Good Morning ! RHCH Kanpur । All Service is a good ।। Thanking to visiting today । (at Regency Hcg Cancer Hospital.) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5owkfHJte1/?igshid=1l9ag5wvoijrb

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|| Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience || Finally I captured this shot of little accuracy after 200clicks... Got some other shapes too.... Will share shortly.... But yes I fell in love with this ripple & droplet based photography... This was my first try... And after 2hr of experiments somehow I got this result. @stranzers I'm eagerly waiting for ur suggestions and comments... So that I can do it better... 😊 😍 #Bhubaneswar #India #ig_india #insta_india #Odisha #ripple #reflection #H2O #wet #liquidity #splash #wave #clean #drop #motion #purity #rain #turquoise #water #smooth #nature #cold #round #snypechat https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv2FoXBFQQIPv_Lf9OYQRVSt1ad-RHcH-BM8Vk0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6dvxg5nccs3m

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Red Hot Chili Peppers Rocking Wichita!!!

RHCH rocked it for over 2 hours, it was so awesome! I'm so happy I got to see them live, thanks to one of my dear friends that brought me a ticket when I had no money!! They did new stuff and old stuff all the way back to 'Give It Away'. My friends and I were singing and dancing it was brilliant. They had this really cool lighting structure that hung from that ceiling that lite up and moved, which just made the whole show that much better. I swear at some moment it looked like it was freakin' magic!! Like Harry Potter kinda magic ;)!! They did 'Soul to Squeeze' which made me cry (cause it always has and hearing live really got to me) and one my all time favorite Californication (which I was hoping they'd do) and my new favorite 'Dark Necessities' (because its speaks so deeply to me). Over all its one of the best live show I've ever seen!! I’d go see the Chili Peppers live again in a heartbeat! Cant’ say enough good shit about them and live their even more amazing!!

If you can go see them!!!

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Sales rise at Hotel Chocolat as it focuses on the mobile experience

Hotel Chocolat today unveiled rising sales and profits after a year in which multichannel investment included optimising its mobile customer experience.

The chocolate maker and retailer, a Top100 retailer in IRUK Top500 research, reported revenue of £105.2m in the year to July 2, 12% up on the previous year. Pre-tax profits doubled to £11.2m.

Angus Thirlwell, co-founder and chief executive officer of Hotel Chocolat [IRDX RHCH], said: “I am pleased to report another year of growth and good results. The Hotel Chocolat brand has continued to strengthen and we have made excellent progress with our three strategic priorities of investing further in our British chocolate manufacturing operations, growing our store estate and developing our digital offering.   “All our channels are growing. In retail, the new Shop+cafe format is proving popular, our new website has improved conversion on mobile devices and since the year-end, we have signed six new wholesale accounts that will make it easier for consumers to buy Hotel Chocolat products.   “Given the encouraging performance of our retail and internet channels, along with the pipeline of opportunities ahead of us, we are confident of further growth. This of course depends on the availability of suitable sites. We have further improved our Christmas ranges and this year will be our biggest ever seasonal offering.”

Hotel Chocolat sells through 94 UK and international stores and online via hotelchocolat.com and reported strong sales growth across retail, digital and corporate channels. Here are the multichannel highlights.

Stores

The retailer has a growth strategy, opening both chocolate-only shops as well as a shop with a cafe format. It has a store in Copenhagen and is also expanding to Hong Kong.

Digital

Digital sales grew by 8% over the year: that reflected 18% growth in online sales and a 5% fall in subscriptions.

Mobile

Hotel Chocolat launched a new mobile-optimised website that has helped to grow sales via mobile devices, with conversion up by 30%. Mobile now accounts for more than half of all traffic to the website. The retailer is developing an app to make it easier to choose and send a gift and to boost purchase frequency through a digital rewards scheme.

Wholesale

The retailer is working to boost access to the its products, developing wholesale relationships with new customers including Amazon, Ocado and Fenwicks department store.    

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Writing.

“How does writing sound as a career?”

I asked myself this a while back in November. We were learning about Flair Writing – which is essentially writing with flair (or at least, that was the definition my teacher gave me) – and we had to write an article about someone we disliked or truly admired, but had to write it with, you guessed it, flair.

I had no idea who to do it about, but my class was…

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Writing.

“How does writing sound as a career?” I asked myself this a while back in November. We were learning about Flair Writing – which is essentially writing with flair (or at least, that was the definition my teacher gave me) – and we had to write an article about someone we disliked or truly admired, but had to write it with, you guessed it, flair. I had no idea who to do it about, but my class was…

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When I'm told I need to start eating healthier

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GUEST ANALYSIS How well does Hotel Chocolat’s new website support its omnichannel proposition?

Hotel Chocolat [IRDX RHCH] recently launched a new website as part of a key strategic objective to improve their digital capabilities. Positioning itself as the “hedonistic chocolate” company, the British chocolatier and omnichannel retailer has always offered beautiful pages and some original functionality, but was let down by an unforgiving search tool and a poorly designed and lengthy checkout on its old site.

As a long-time loyal customer (as my waistline bears testament to), I was interested to see how well the new digital platform supports the luxury chocolate retailer’s proposition and provides an omnichannel experience. In evaluating the site I will focus on a number of key features, some of which are digital engagement and commerce features expected by today’s consumer. However, there are some key unique selling points (USP) of the Hotel Chocolat offering that I will also appraise.

General customer experience and site design

As befits the brand, the overall site look and feel is sophisticated, clean and uncluttered with visually appealing imagery. The homepage banner below also features interactive elements that you can click on to find out more about a product, which is a nice touch.

The web design is fully responsive to cater for desktop, mobile and tablet devices, however the first thing you see when browsing the product listing pages on mobile is a set of filter options. I would suggest the filters are hidden and only appear when requested so that the first load of these pages show products at the top instead.

When browsing on iPad, some optimisation may be needed as certain features and images do not work or are not displayed correctly.

The product listing pages have quite a large white space placeholder for promotional messaging, which looks a bit odd when empty and isn’t in keeping with the quality design.

The site is great at merchandising key holidays with Easter and Mother’s Day promoted heavily throughout the site. However, there seems to be a glitch as some of Easter products are found in the Birthday Gifts suggestions.

Search, navigation and product selection

A major issue with the previous site was each mega-nav contained an excessive amount of options. The new site provides more streamlined navigation, with items nicely grouped into more general categories, making product discovery quicker and easier.

Hotel Chocolat does a good job of providing detailed product information, including ingredients and product dimensions.

However I spotted a number of UX issues during the ordering process that could lead to disappointed or frustrated shoppers leaving the site.

● Displaying products that are out of stock and not advising they’re not available until you click into the product detail ● Not allowing shoppers to “add to bag” from the product list pages for certain ranges, such as slabs or selectors ● When adding items to the bag via the product listing pages “quick view” the page scrolls back to the very top of the page which can be frustrating when shopping for multibuy promotions as you lose your place halfway down a long list. ● There is no visual way of filtering or viewing “ratings” when browsing product lists. Hotel Chocolat puts a lot of effort into customer feedback on their products so this should be more prominent in product discovery journeys.

The overall navigation and product browsing could be more consistent by using the filters more extensively as some product ranges can only be viewed via following a particular route in the top bar navigation. Some examples include: ● A way to easily group products of certain promotion types such multi-buys for their Ribbon Bags or Selectors ranges. ● In the All Product view, more options on type or product such as slabs, selectors, boxes, etc. would improve product search. ● Having exclusion filters would help. For example being able to select an option to exclude products with “booze”. There is an alcohol-free product grouping but this can only be accessed by finding the right link within the navigation bar.

Check out and delivery

The first time I logged into the new site it instantly recognised my password from the old site. No creating a new one. No clunky process to access my old details. Very nicely done!

Extensive delivery options to suit the convenience of the customer are provided: Delivery for same day/next day, named day, click and collect and international options are all catered for. The “letterbox-friendly” product attribute is particularly helpful in product selection and removes the issue with gift delivery if someone isn’t home to receive a package.

Online shoppers expect to be able to search stock on the site in real time for Click & Collect and this is done well on the site. As expected, there are wide-ranging options for personalised cards and stylish boxes and bags for those whose purchase is a gift.

It’s good to see a guest checkout option is provided on the new site, which will help prevent people dropping out at this stage. However a couple of niggles I have is that it doesn’t allow auto-complete or offer a ‘Find address’ option, both of which would be great timesavers.

USP: Club Subscription

The Subscription Economy has been rapidly gaining pace in recent years, with companies such as Netflix and HelloFresh enjoying great success. Interesting Hotel Chocolat was a pioneer of this model, creating a subscription-based Tasting Club in 1999 that now boasts 70,000 members. Construction of the new site meant recruitment efforts for its subscription service were scaled back, however now the new site has been launched there are now a number of areas where you are enticed to look at the Tasting Club.

Somewhat confusingly though, if you happen to be browsing the different boxes available as part of the subscription you land on a product details page with no obvious way of progressing to subscribe.

It’s possible to pause deliveries as often as you want, which allows subscribers to feel they have control, but it’s not clear how you can change the box choice you have made.

Once a member there are some exclusive member-only products. I won’t spoil the surprise by sharing what these are, you will have to join to find out! However, I feel Hotel Chocolat is missing a trick by making me browse separate club shop from My Account rather than offering me more personalised content or promotions within the main site.

USP: Gift creator

The ability to create bespoke gift packs and hampers is a really nice idea, but it can be difficult to create a digital experience that doesn’t make the process cumbersome.

A visible Help section and gauge to manage quantity are useful, albeit a little clunky. In my opinion they could be redesigned to take up less space and to only display when required via an action by the customer. Improve page speed – the page loads quite slowly and we see the obvious rendering and content shuffling during load. It would also be good to know how to fill the hamper to its optimum level. For example, I managed to fill it to 96%, but was unsure what products, if any, I could add to bring it to 100%.

Items that are “too large” for my hamper size still display and maybe these should be filtered out.

If the “too large” button is clicked in the quick view the page throws an error. When I click back I seem to have left the hamper functionality completely.

There also seems to be some rendering issues on the page, which I assume is due to an item being listed that this not in stock and causes issues as the “select” button does not display.

The ability to save hampers to retrieve later via a wishlist and to share that wishlist is a nice feature, which I’m loyal customers will love.

Overall I think this feature is well done and just needs some tweaks to give more an experience expected in luxury. This feature should also be promoted a lot more throughout the site, as I could only see it referenced within the navigation bar.

Conclusion

Overall the new digital platform ticks all the boxes in providing a consistent offering to customers who shop in-store and digitally. Some features need further evolving rather than revolutionising and the foundation is there to aid further customer acquisition and retention. The future evolution of some key areas will ensure much longer-term purchase commitments from the chocolate connoisseur customers, bringing an increase in new customer engagement, returning customers and ultimately, revenue.

Kevin Murray is managing director of Greenlight Commerce

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