Trail Appliances’ second-generation owner Mike Broderick on growing a family …

| January 3, 2012

In 1980, armed with an education degree and some retail and customer-service experience, Mike Broderick moved to BC and opened the first BC Trail Appliances store along with his brother, Peter. The pair did everything from sales and moving appliances to delivery and cleaning the appliances. Years later, in 2011, Trail Appliances employs 800 people, [...]

Charlie Brooker’s satirical new drama

| January 3, 2012

Charlie Brookers satirical new drama Dec 2 2011 by Roz Laws, Sunday Mercury BROADCASTER and writer Charlie Brooker, the man who brought us dramas like Nathan Barley and Dead Set, now has another satirical swipe at modern culture. His three darkly comic stand-alone dramas about the way technology has transformed our lives begin with The [...]