Kokova Magazine

With over 900,000 young people, aged 16 -24, unemployed in the UK, Fodder, the Yorkshire Agricultural Society's flagship food hall, is urging young people to consider butchery as a promising and viable career path. A survey released earlier this year to mark National Butchers' Week revealed that around two out of three butchers are facing succession difficulties, meaning that without younger generations learning the ropes of this career, they are at risk of disappearing.

With the countdown to the festive season just days away, London-based Swedish ex-pat Mia Karlsson has devised a truly charming and innovative new Advent Calendar app for smart phones - 'Swedish Christmas'. After living in the UK for five years, Mia, who is a professional soprano singer when she's not pioneering new phone apps, realized how much she missed Sweden during the big holidays and how difficult it can be to hold on to the much-loved traditions.

Last year we were left in the lurch when one of our competition sponsors went into liquidation, leaving a couple of our winners without their prizes. For the last year we have searched to find the perfect company to not only replace the missing prizes but also replace them with a similar style of product. Today, we would like to say a very big THANK YOU to the fabulous Gourmet Gadgetry, who have stepped in to the rescue.

The world's first interactive global flavour map app has been launched to pin and share food and flavours from across the world, with the aim of becoming the 'TripAdvisor for Taste'. The free iPhone, iPad, Android, Facebook and web app allows users to pin and share global flavour finds through Google Street View and aims to create the world's most comprehensive collection of taste and flavour recommendations.

A National Book Token is a ticket for a wonderful voyage of discovery, which begins amongst the shelves in a favourite bookshop. Who knows where it could go from there? Perfect for book lovers of all ages and tastes this Christmas, National Book Tokens can be used in bookshops across the UK and Ireland, including all major chains and good independents.

Shopping for a Secret Santa gift? Well, for the lady that has everything, you can give her a fantastic surprise this Christmas by buying her a Shewee Extreme & Shewee 'X' Front Pants! At just £14.99 this is one present that should be on everyone's list...