Simply Automate the leading UK Smart Home distributor offers a wide and varied range of home management solutions and has announced the dates for its latest home automation training programme in March.

From a basic introduction in Smart Home technology, to the more sophisticated applications of fully integrated Smart Home systems, the experts at Simply Automate will guide you through the maze of products and applications available.

A variety of courses are offered, each with a different slant on this exciting new technology; they combine both practical and theory modules; the courses are 1-2 days long and are held regularly throughout the year; the March programme includes the following:

X10 Training Course, 19th March 07 - Installation and configuration of X10 devices for automating lighting and appliances, installation and set up of the Harmony whole-house control system, configuration of Philips Pronto remote controls to control X10 equipment and other devices (£299.99 ex VAT).

Smart Home Technologies Training, 20th March 07 - taking your home automation one step further - Specification, installation and commissioning of additional Smart Home products to complement the basics of lighting and appliance automation. Topics covered include digital CCTV and whole house audio video systems (£199.99 ex VAT).

Don’t miss this chance to become au-fait with smart home technology!

For further details on the courses or to book your space, visit the website at:

Web:  http://www.simplyautomate.co.uk
Tel:  (08450) 644 3330

How would you like to visit a chocolate factory, and learn to make luxury chocolate?

Well now you can, and you won’t even need a golden ticket! Rococo Chocolates, makers of fine and organic chocolate are opening their factory doors and putting on some one-day courses in the art of chocolate making.

Each day will start with a brief introduction and a tour of the factory. There will then be demonstrations from Chantal Coady and her team, followed by practical sessions in teams of two.

After a light lunch there will be a chocolate tasting and slide-show. You can then finish the work you started in the morning, and return home with a goody bag! No more than 10 people will attend each course.

There are three one-day modules to choose from:

• Making the Perfect Truffle
• Making Chocolate Behave (tempering and moulding)
• Indulgent Chocolate Cakes and Puddings

Further information and dates can be found on the Rococo Chocolates website, under ‘Rococo School of Chocolate’.

Courses begin in January 2006, and cost £175 for a full day.

web: http://www.rococochocolates.com
tel: (020) 7352 5857