{"id":1077,"date":"2010-09-17T05:03:37","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T05:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/armaghelectrical.com\/blog\/?p=1077"},"modified":"2013-11-15T13:25:02","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T13:25:02","slug":"dalzells-become-official-partner-of-race-online-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.armaghelectrical.com\/blog\/dalzells-become-official-partner-of-race-online-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Dalzells Become Official Partner Of Race Online 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/armaghelectrical.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/officialpartner_300px_0-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1080\" title=\"officialpartner_300px_0 (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/armaghelectrical.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/officialpartner_300px_0-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dalzells are an Official Race Online 2012 Partner\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Race Online 2012 is a government backed initiative whose sole aim is to <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\">inspire, encourage and support <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\">millions more people to get online by the end of the Olympic year 2012 through partnership with <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\">government, industry, charities<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\"> and individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Why Is Getting Online So Important?<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">As an Electrical Appliance Retailer Dalzells know better than most as to why technology and the internet are so important. \u00a0Today technology links us together like never before, email, digital television and surfing the web opens up ever greater opportunities on a near daily basis.\u00a0 The UK currently has 40 million adult internet users, with 30 million people using the web every day for work and pleasure. <\/span><span style=\"color: #888888;\">There are however more than 10\u00a0million adults in the UK who have never used the internet. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Four million of those are among the most disadvantaged in our society <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #888888;\">39% are over 65<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #888888;\">38% are unemployed<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #888888;\">19% are families with children.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">As government services and business moves increasingly Online it&#8217;s become ever more important for us to do likewise. Independent research conducted for Race Online 2012 has shown that for a single person the annual financial savings of being Online is a whooping \u00a3560 a year, even for the poorest families in the UK the annual saving is believed to be close to \u00a3270 a year. \u00a0Apart from this there is a tangible level of social exclusion from not being Online.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Our Race Online 2012 Partner Pledge<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">As a Race Online 2012 Partner Dalzell&#8217;s of Markethill has undertook a commitment to ensure all our staff are fully internet literate by 2012 to a level that benefits their private life and productivity at work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\">We also plan to run a series of training sessions for those customers purchasing internet enabled TVs who are unfamiliar with email, internet browsing and accessing local services Online. \u00a0These customers will be invited for a free tutorial with one of our highly trained staff in-store to address these three basic components of internet use.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\">It&#8217;s our hope that this pledge, along with hundreds of others across the UK will help achieve the goals of Race Online 2012. To learn more about Race Online 2012 and the importance of achieving a n online society watch our video below.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/RKZBCzMwpdo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/RKZBCzMwpdo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/armaghelectrical.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/officialpartner_300px_0-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1080\" title=\"officialpartner_300px_0 (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/armaghelectrical.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/officialpartner_300px_0-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dalzells are an Official Race Online 2012 Partner\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Race Online 2012 is a government backed initiative whose sole aim is to <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\">inspire, encourage and support <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\">millions more people to get online by the end of the Olympic year 2012 through partnership with <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\">government, industry, charities<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\"> and individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Why Is Getting Online So Important?<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">As an Electrical Appliance Retailer Dalzells know better than most as to why technology and the internet are so important. \u00a0Today technology links us together like never before, email, digital television and surfing the web opens up ever greater opportunities on a near daily basis.\u00a0 The UK currently has 40 million adult internet users, with 30 million people using the web every day for work and pleasure. <\/span><span style=\"color: #888888;\">There are however more than 10\u00a0million adults in the UK who have never used the internet. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Four million of those are among the most disadvantaged in our society <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #888888;\">39% are over 65<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #888888;\">38% are unemployed<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #888888;\">19% are families with children.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">As government services and business moves increasingly Online it&#8217;s become ever more important for us to do likewise. 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