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This year, Children in Need asked top designers to give our beloved Pudsey a makeover.

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The bears are currently on display at Liberty in London and will all be sold to raise money for the Children in Need telethon on November 18th. They are being auctioned on Ebay with a reserve of 200 but the bids on some bears are already into the thousands.

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Henry Holland was in total agreement: "Pudsey was great to work with and not as much of a dive as I had thought!"

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Companies Lend a Helping Hand to Those in Need

Several trade show companies lent a helping hand to those in need during the holiday season, giving away warm coats to kids, donating funds, iPads and iTunes gift cards to a school for special education and giving funds to a program for people with intellectual disabilities and a shelter for homeless and abused women and children.

Dallas-based Hanley Wood Exhibitions set a goal of collecting as many warm coats as possible for kids in its local community through the Winter Coats for Kids Donation Drive.

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"This was really fun for our office and the staff really got into it," said Tom Cindric, who oversees World of Concrete.

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Global Experience Specialists also got into the holiday giving spirit and not only gave away iPads and iTunes gift cards to the John F. Miller School for Special Education, but also, with the help of the Iverson Foundation, raised $15,000 for the school at this year's Humanity Rocks event held during the 2011 International Association of Exhibitions and Events' annual meeting.

GES selected the school as its holiday project, and a team of 40 employees transformed the multi-purpose room into a winter wonderland and created a video, link here.

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"The GES team is honored to support the John F. Miller School for Special Education by donating 10 iPads and 10 $50 iTunes cards on behalf of our clients," said Steve Moster, GES' president.

He added, "Research continues to show the positive impact iPads are having for those with special needs, and we look forward to donating additional iPads and iTunes cards as video views continue through the end of December."

Following the launch of IMEX America in October in Las Vegas, the IMEX Group, along with The Estoril Congress Center of Portugal, recently donated $6,000 to two Las Vegas-based charities - Opportunity Village and The Shade Tree.

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The Shade Tree provides more than 80,000 nights of shelter per year, as well as employment and housing services to homeless and abused women and children - making it the largest shelter of its kind in the state of Nevada.

"This will make a huge difference in supporting our activities," said Rachel Allen, Opportunity Village's Sales Account Executive.

She added, "We will be able to purchase supplies for our Art Enrichment Program where the special individuals that we serve can do what they love … creating art."

Carina Bauer, CEO of the IMEX Group, said of the donations, "Especially in today's challenging economic times, it is so important that we come together as business people around the world to assist those in need. Opportunity Village and The Shade Tree do amazing work and we - along with Estoril - are thrilled to be able to lend a helping hand through education, access, greater awareness and through donation."

Late dash to shops spells buoyant trading

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Last week's late rush to the shops by cash-strapped consumers has spilt over into the post-Christmas sales, bringing the UK's struggling retailers some delayed festive cheer after weeks of subdued trading.

Heavy discounting tempted bargain hunters back to the high street and out-of-town shopping centres, continuing the dash to the shops seen in the days leading up to Christmas.

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"From experience, any shopping that happens in a couple of days before and after Christmas is more likely to be the focused shopper," said Anita Manan, a retail analyst for Experian Footfall.

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Drawn out by mild weather and the lure of margin-squeezing discounts, consumers thronged to popular shopping locations such as London's West End on Boxing day and the bank holiday Tuesday.

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"We closed Boxing day with record sales both in stores and online, and accessories and high value jewellery pieces driving sales," said Meave Wall, Selfridges' store director.

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"It has been another incredibly busy day at the centre, as shoppers make the most of the post-Christmas sales," said Ryan Manson, general manager of Union Square shopping centre in Aberdeen.

"Big ticket items such as laptops and 3D TVs have been flying off the shelves."

Bluewater, the out-of-town shopping centre in Kent, said that more than 180,000 customers passed through its doors on Tuesday, with almost 1m customers expected to visit the shopping centre during the post-Christmas week.

Jace Tyrrell, spokesman for New West End Company, which represents 600 retailers in Bond Street, Oxford Street and Regent Street in London's West End, described Boxing day trading as "very robust", with retailers reporting sales up 5 to 10 per cent compared with 2009.

Comparisons with 2010 were difficult because Boxing day fell on a Sunday, which restricted trade to six hours at larger stores.

Consumers also appeared not to have been deterred by Monday's Tube strike in London, which affected most underground lines.

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West End trading was disrupted by the fatal stabbing of an 18-year old man on Oxford Street at 1.45pm on Boxing day. Police are holding 11 people over the incident.

Online sales were buoyant among UK retailers, with John Lewis, which started its Clearance online at 5pm on December 24, receiving more than 1.5m visits to its website on Christmas Eve and Christmas day, a 51 per cent increase on last year.

Experian, the marketing group, reported 96m internet visits to retail websites on Boxing day, 40 per cent more than in 2010.

Swimmers clad only in Santa hats go for icy swim

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