Lapdancing bosses plan merger

Byline: MARK FOXWELL

THREE lapdancing club tycoons are planning a [pounds sterling]100 million merger, perhaps showing that assets and stripping need not be bad news.

Stephen Less, founder of Secrets, which has six venues, Glenn Nicie, who runs For Your Eyes Only, also with six clubs, and nightclub legend Peter Stringfellow, with two, are in talks to merge this year.

The deal would create one of Europe's biggest lapdancing chains and Air Jordan Retro the three aim to float the combined business on the stock market in 2012.

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Less said: 'We are talking about creating a [pounds sterling]100 millionplus company to operate across Britain and become Europe's largest chain.

'Once this has been completed we will be looking for a major investor to take the company global before listing on the stock market.' Less, who is leading the planned merger, is looking to compete directly with Spearmint Rhino, the world's largest chain of lapdancing venues.

Meanwhile, lapdancing club owners are nervously awaiting the outcome of laws that came into operation in April.

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Clubs are now classed as sex establishments and local residents may oppose venues for being 'inappropriate'.

- mark foxwell

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Laptop donation to help end is

A SCHEME to give free laptops to carers is being launched in Plymouth.

Organisers say the aim of Computers4Carers is to alleviate the isolation that some people feel when looking after a family member.

They are appealing for donations of laptops from the public or Nike Air Max Shoes local businesses, and for carers to apply for the equipment.

Carers campaigner Lesley Gross, who is co-ordinating the scheme in Plymouth, said: "One of the biggest problems that some carers face is isolation because they might not be able to leave the house because they have someone to care for.

"If they have a computer it immediately decreases this isolation because they can get in contact with the outside world and chat with carers from all over the country."

Carers who have no knowledge of computers can gain free training through city support group Active8 launched last month, which Lesley is also involved in.

Active8, run by the Workers' Educational Association (WEA), offers free trips and creative activities for carers, the people they look after, former carers and anyone older than 50.

She said: "It's fabulous we can get these computers for free and then, if people need help setting them up, we can train them for free as well.

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"The country is in the middle of a financial mess so it is increasingly up to volunteers to provide more and more support.

"I hope this scheme will grow and grow."

Computers4Carers is part of notfor-profit support website Chill4Us. Based in Norwich, the scheme collects laptops from across the country and distributes them to carers who have registered.

Carers are people who, without payment, provides help and support to a partner, child, relative, friend or neighbour, who could not manage without their help.

Laptops donated must be in working order and at least with Windows XP.

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To offer a computer or for further information contact Lesley Gross on 07759 832243. Carers wanting to register for the scheme should visit or call Lesley on the number above.

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Int'l governing body praises 2010 World Expo in Shanghai

PARIS, July Jerseys 1 (Xinhua) -- The Paris-based Bureau International des Expositions (Bureau of International Exhibitions or BIE) Thursday praised the organizers of the popular 2010 World Expo in Shanghai.

BIE President Jean-Pierre Lafon said he was "impressed" after Chinese delegates gave a presentation at the 147th plenary session of the BIE on the developments of the Shanghai Expo over the last two months.

The presentation of the Chinese delegates covered infrastructure, volunteers, the arrival of visitors and a review of the opening ceremony.

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Wang Jinzhen, deputy chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, headed the Chinese delegation and thanked the BIE and tourists for their support.

BIE Secretary-General Vicente Loscertales also praised the organization of the Shanghai Expo, saying that everything was going smoothly and the number of visitors was very likely to meet set targets.

The Expo has so far been a great success, and there are great expectations for the remaining four months, Loscertales said.

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An intergovernmental organization established in 1928, the BIE is the international governing body of Expos. It oversees the schedule, bidding and selection processes as well as organization of world and international expos.

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