Black Friday is here, and Wisetek Market EU is offering some of the best deals on refurbished tech, combining savings with sustainability.

Until 6th December, tech lovers can find incredible discounts on a variety of refurbished gadgets, just in time for the holiday season.

While Black Friday is known for its deep discounts on everything from laptops to phones, the growing problem of e-waste makes eco-friendly choices essential. Wisetek Market EU provides sustainable options with its selection of refurbished laptops, phones, tablets, and more for the EU market.

Why choose refurbished tech? Let’s explore what it really means.

Choosing refurbished tech is a smart, sustainable way to nab premium performance and reliability without the premium price tag. Each product at Wisetek Market EU undergoes thorough inspection, cleaning and restoration (when needed) to ensure it functions like new. With nearly 15 years of expertise in recycling and reusing IT equipment, Wisetek Market delivers high-quality refurbished devices that are as dependable as their brand-new counterparts. Backed by a complimentary 12-month warranty and options for extended coverage, you can shop with confidence knowing your device is built to last. It makes the finest of top-shelf tech products both more accessible and affordable.

Serviced apartments are a great choice for business travellers and their employers because they balance cost and employee well-being. The majority of large organisations use serviced apartments for business travel for longer periods but exactly why are they preferred over a hotel, for example?

For anyone who has never booked or stayed in a serviced apartment let’s take a look at three of the main benefits.

Safety and comfort are assured

Whether you’re away from home temporarily or relocating more permanently for work, or moving around the world for assignments and projects, or managing business travel for important meetings and events, safety is paramount for business travellers staying in unfamiliar locations.

For stays from just one night to a month or even a year, it’s a priority that business travellers feel safe and comfortable in their accommodation.

Serviced apartments are closely vetted to comply with local legislation and best practices, as well as for the standard and quality of the furniture and equipment. Standards are closely monitored in a way they might not be with casual rental bookings.

Service accommodation owners and booking agents also consider more qualitative factors makes a real difference to the people staying in an apartment while away from home on business. Factors such as shower pressure, nearby road noise, comfortable pillows and quality of towels and bed linen.

Serviced apartments are self-contained units where guests can come and go as they please or even work from the apartment with a desk and good wi-fi as standard. People can live in home-from-home comfort reassured of comfort and the latest security compliance. Yet they also have the benefits of regular cleaning and maintenance (for long term stays). This means serviced apartments are the perfect option for all types of corporate guest including those with a disability or mobility issues.

Cheaper but also better than hotels

Serviced apartments are cheaper than hotels so are more cost-effective for business travel, but also provide more home-away-from-home comforts than hotels for the traveller. Firstly, they have full kitchen facilities and cooking equipment in every apartment so people are less reliant on takeaways and dining out during their stay.

Guests can maintain healthy eating habits and reduce expenses while staying in a serviced apartment. They often have private laundry facilities or free communal laundry rooms so guests don’t need to pay inflated hotel prices for laundry during their stay.

Serviced apartments also have more space compared to hotels with living and dining areas as well as the kitchen and bedroom(s). Plus, generous storage space so guests can take all the things they need for a pleasant stay when away long-term.

Even in some locations where serviced apartment nightly rates are similar to hotel rates, overall trip expenses can be reduced on things like food and laundry, while giving the traveller a better experience, especially on longer trips when hotel rooms can start to become claustrophobic and people start to tire of restaurant food.

In the UK there is also a financial benefit from longer stays in service accommodation in the form of VAT reductions for stays longer than 28 days.

A more sustainable choice

Compared to hotels, serviced apartments are a more sustainable accommodation option. Serviced apartments consume less energy than hotels which have excessive energy use from frequent laundry, and large common areas that require heating and lighting throughout the day and night.

In serviced apartments guest can choose to have less frequent cleaning and linen changes, recycle their food and other waste, and continue with the sort of sustainable approach they follow in their own home. This can help minimise how much business travel impacts the environment. It’s not a perfect solution but, when business travel is essential, as it sometimes is, then it is reassuring to know that the environmental impact can be reduced as much as possible.

Engineer Roger Clegg has called time on an incredible 73-year career – including more than a quarter of a century at waste management specialist CSG.

Roger (88) has worked on major engineering projects around the world including in Egypt, Poland and Romania.

For the last 26 years he has worked at CSG’s Cadishead base as an engineering consultant, during which time he oversaw the construction of processing plants in Glasgow, Bromborough, Plymouth and Middlesbrough.

Reflecting on his retirement, Roger – who is a member of the Institute of Chemical Engineers, Institute of Mechanical Engineers and a senior member of The Welding Institute –  said: “I have had a great career and I’ve enjoyed almost all of it.

“My time at CSG – or Lanstar Holdings as it was when I started before the buy-out – has been brilliant. I have project managed some very interesting projects and every job has been different.

“CSG has really looked after me over the years. I’ve been allowed to use my expertise without micromanagement, but they’ve always stepped in when I’ve needed help.

“I’m dreading retirement to be honest. I think I’ll sleep for a week then continue with my multiple duties in the church and go to visit my son in Bulgaria.”

Roger’s engineering odyssey began as an apprentice at Metropolitan-Vickers in 1951.

Roger’s National Service was deferred until he was 23 as he was engaged in an apprenticeship and night school, but eventually the red letter did drop through his door and he joined the Merchant Navy, stationed in Liverpool.

“I can’t say I was looking forward to National Service so I joined the Merchant Navy and that turned out to be a good experience serving on ships around the Caribbean, Peru, El Salvador and the Mediterranean,” said Roger. “I was actually in Havana in Cuba when Fidel Castro took control, which was an experience.”

After his stint in the Merchant Navy, Roger worked for Pilkington Brothers Ltd in St Helens, during which time he was briefly prime suspect in an FBI investigation into leaked design plans due to his recent spells in Cuba and Yugoslavia.

He moved to Petrocarbon Limited in Manchester, during a period when the company was involved in the design of the Carrington chemical plant, and later worked for Matthew Hall Engineering, BiWater and Huntsman before making his final move to CSG.

Neil Richards, managing director of CSG, said: “Roger has been an incredible member of the team, bringing extraordinary knowledge and leadership over 26 years.

“CSG has always been built around people like Roger, who knows the industry inside out. He will be missed by us all and we wish him well as he begins his retirement.”

CSG employs more than 650 people nationally, supporting a national network of waste treatment and recovery centres.