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The man who once told us he loved us from the bottom of his pencil case, founder Beautiful South member Dave Hemingway returns with his new band Sunbirds playing Sheffield – Crescent on Thursday 3rd February, York – Crescent on Friday 4th February and Manchester – Deaf Institute on Saturday 5th February 2022.

To coincide with their February 2022 shows, Sunbirds release their 2nd single 'GENE KELLY' due for release on Friday 28th January. The song paints a picture of a rainy, wintery night in a working-class town, but our hero doesn't care, he's just positively enjoying the scene.

Having retired from the live scene at the back end of 2016, Dave has been keeping busy together with erstwhile South colleague, guitarist/songwriter Phil Barton, discovery singer/violinist Laura Wilcockson and drummer Marc Parnell.

'Cool To Be Kind' was released in November 2020, on the independent label Nectar Records signalling the arrival of Sunbirds with new songs and a new sound.

Although born and bred in England, the band's sound predominantly features the instrumentation of traditional American roots music combined with the occasional outburst of guitar-heavy melody more associated with Seattle in the late '80s/early '90s.

However, you can only sing about what you know.

"Although a lot of the songs have an Americana feel," says Dave "they're still about life in England. You're going to feel a bit daft singing about pick-up trucks and low down honky-tonks when you live in Yorkshire." 

Their debut album produced by cult producer Teo Miller captures truthful, open-hearted, funny and sometimes painfully honest songs, turning the page to a new chapter for Dave Hemingway and The Beautiful South story.

'Cool To Be Kind' is the result of a few transitional years in Dave and Phil's personal worlds. It tells tales that cover contemporary themes as well as age-old matters of the heart and soul - all viewed through the bottom of a recently drained pint glass. 

"Now we're Sunbirds we're free to dig a little deeper into ourselves", says Phil "having said that, there's no exact science here, we're just enjoying ourselves and expressing whatever we want whether it's about love, longing, depression or Gary Lineker's crisp adverts".

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With a vocational background in the technology sector, White decided to pivot his focus and embrace his love of writing. White is a believer and follower of Jesus Christ. His writing weaves vivid imagery with emotional authenticity thus producing myriad topics, feelings, phases of life that are relatable to even the casual fan of poetry.

Outside of writing White has interests in sports, music, culinary arts, volunteer work, health and nutrition.

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At one point it looked as if all was lost, but with a bit of help he turned it around and for the last five years he has been well and able to enjoy life. He has spent the last twenty years travelling the world, helping people to find more peace and happiness.

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A girl who feels nothing; a boy who sees shadows and hears what others cannot; a baby without a licence to be born; a deaf teenager and scientific savant; offensive people; a general who passed a law to hunt, imprison, and kill them all. 

Where do they hide when the sub-nations of the United States draw their lines in the ground that dictate which people get to be oppressed and who gets to be offended? 

The Salvo Cartel built the tunnels to help them escape, to aid those with mental ailments, those who question, those who refuse to conform, gays, Christians, artists, people with scruples, and other deviants. 

Do they flee to Salvo's underground cities, with eyes set on a grander safe place? 

Where do they go when Lady Liberty douses her light? 

Perhaps the same place she's been pointing her torch towards ever since she stepped atop her pedestal and realized at once that one day she, too, would be told to shut up.

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The Apprentice winner Joseph Valente on the push to electrifying transport networks and a focus on sustainability

The majority (70%) of small businesses in the UK are looking to make 2022 the year in which they put the focus firmly on going green and the same percentage are confident they will achieve their goals for the next 12 months, playing their part in helping the government reach its carbon emission targets.

With more than three quarters (77%) of SMEs saying resolving to develop a sustainable business model is a top goal for the next 12 months and almost two thirds (66%) also putting the emphasis on digitising their business, according to Mercedes-Benz Vans research, there is a real appetite to make changes at the start of a new year.

Indeed, 61% of small business owners plan to switch to electric vehicles this year, with more than half (54%) seeking to electrify their transport networks before the end of 2022.

The main drivers behind these resolutions for the year ahead are the many business opportunities it

provides (41%), how it will help change the negative impact businesses have on the environment (39%) and customer expectation for them to become more eco-friendly (39%).

However, SME owners say they need help with 37% believing there is not enough public funding to help adapt to a more sustainable business model. This makes 40% of them feel unsupported by the government, 35% feel at a disadvantage and leaves 26% frustrated.

Small businesses are concerned by how their sustainability is perceived with 15% saying they have already been questioned by customers about their eco credentials while 61% of owners would cease working with a partner or supplier if they were not true to their environmental promises and half are worried about the sustainability credentials of their partners / suppliers.

Joseph Valente, the 2015 winner of The Apprentice, is perfectly placed to answer SME owners’ questions and provide reassurance because since being helped in creating his business by Sir Alan Sugar he has been advising companies around the country how they can achieve their business objectives and therefore produce the results they need to flourish and grow.

With a new series of The Apprentice underway, Joseph can explain what you need to succeed and can cast his eye over the runners and riders entering Sir Alan’s boardroom this time around and who he thinks is most deserving of following in his footsteps.

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