Author: FABUK Magazine

Ubamarket, the innovative retail app, has commissioned nationally representative research across a sample of 2003 UK adults to find out how Brits feel about plastic packaging in our supermarkets. This research is released alongside Ubamarket’s new feature, ‘Plastic Alerts’, a new industry first that allows supermarket shoppers to easily identify the most environmentally friendly products. Supermarkets generate 800,000 tonnes of plastic waste every year and, following Greenpeace’s publication of the most wasteful supermarkets, all eyes are on the industry to reform its approach to plastic use. 82% – nearly 43 million – of UK shoppers believe the level of plastic…

Breaking boundaries and defining trends, Top Drawer presents an extraordinary, global edit of the very best products across the lifestyle spectrum for their SS19 show. With an expert selection of more than 1500 of the freshest names and best brands across 11 curated sectors, the UK’s leading design-led lifestyle show returns from 13th-15th January 2019, taking over the entirety of the iconic Olympia London. HOME will showcase the best in Interior Accessories, Kitchen & Dining, Furniture & Lighting, Luxury Tableware and Outdoor Living. LSA International, Stelton Studio, Sango, Alessi, Grand Illusions, PR Home, Blomus, Forma House, Fratelli Guzzini Spa, Grand…

The Christmas period is a magnet for catch ups with friends, work parties and an excuse to throw all the rules out the window such as a good night’s sleep and healthy eating. Adding to the extra alcohol intake is the stress that comes with shopping for the perfect presents and getting them wrapped up, no matter how organized you are, your pulse rate will be a bit more heavy than usual during the festive season. With Christmas being such an outgoing season, the effects can take a real toll on your skin. As much as you wish to hibernate…

28th November 2018 – LighterLife, one of the UK’s leading weight-management companies, announces today the launch of its new FlexiFasting plan. FlexiFasting is a more flexible way to intermittently fast. The LighterLife FlexiFasting plan can be tailored to fit your lifestyle – it doesn’t have to be the same days or same number of days each week. You choose the days you flexifast and the days you don’t. On FlexiFasting days you replace all food with four LighterLife total diet replacement (TDR) Foodpacks. These provide 600-800 kcal and all 28 key vitamins and minerals, essential fats, proteins, fibre and carbohydrates…

Pure London Collaborates With Conscious Fashion Campaign (Cfc) Supported by the United Nations Office for Partnerships AND ‘CONSCIOUS’ SECTION GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH Leading festival of fashion Pure London is delighted to announce a collaboration with the Conscious Fashion Campaign (CFC) supported by the United Nations Office for Partnerships at the February 2019 show. A dedicated installation, located within the Conscious section, will highlight fashion brands that are working to end poverty, protect the planet, practice sustainability, and raise awareness through meaningful philanthropic and customer engagement initiatives in an effort to transform our world through fashion. United Nations representatives…

New Jewellery Collection launches in support of the new BP exhibition: I am Ashurbanipal king of the world, king of Assyria. The British Museum’s Grenville Room shop is world-famous for its exclusive jewellery collections, featuring incredible works of wearable art created by designers from all over the globe, inspired by the past.  Each piece tells a unique and fascinating story, making owning these products extra special.  In support of this new exhibition, a group of specially selected designers have created specific works inspired by Assyria and the objects that can be seen in the exhibition itself. For many years, designer…

For better or for worse, social media has changed the way we live our lives – every day, we check our phones, tablets and laptops to see what’s going on in their world and, no matter how menial it may be, we like publicising what we’re doing with our day. While it may seem like harmless fun, there can be a darker side to social media, with an increasing amount of people becoming addicted and hypnotised by it. Based in Harley Street and High Street Kensington, Fiona Lamb specialises in helping her clients navigate anxiety, emotional eating, and addictions, by…

Produced by longtime collaborator and one quarter of Santi’s tight-knit Monster Boys crew, Genio, ‘Rapid Fire’ sees Santi, Shane Eagle and Amaarae delivering on an exciting fusion of dancehall grooves, captivating brag-raps and nostalgic R&B licks, and the accompanying music video, which was shot in South Africa and Nigeria, brings the record further to life. Directed by Santi himself, the visuals explore themes of freedom and rage, and make for gripping viewing from start to finish. Shane Eagle sets the track off, with his absurdist charm, delicately delivered bars, and a swift rap flow, over a canoodling loop and delayed…

Following a three-year investigation by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Guernsey-based Immuno Biotech owner David Noakes has today been sentenced to a total of 15 months in prison in Southwark Crown Court. Noakes was sentenced after pleading guilty to 4 charges relating to the manufacture and sale and supply of an unlicensed medicine (GcMAF), and one count of money laundering. Globulin component Macrophage Activating Factor (GcMAF) is a product made from human blood, sold by a Guernsey-based company called Immuno Biotech, headed by David Noakes. GcMAF was advertised as a ‘miracle cure’ for a range of conditions…

Russian Film Week opened on Sunday, 25th November with a screening of the drama ‘The Story of An Appointment’ by Avdotya Smirnova at Empire IMAX Leicester Square. All 750 seats of one of the most famous cinemas in the UK, were sold out. “We are expecting a record number of visitors this year,” said Filip Perkon, Founder and General Producer of the Russian Film Week at the press conference yesterday. For comparison, the first Russian Film Week was attended by 4,500 people and the second – by 10,000. Thus, in the three years of its running, the Russian Film Week…