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With fewer people on the streets, cars on the roads, businesses closed and flights grounded, the daily noise that fills our lives has reduced. Will the world be quieter after the pandemic?

BBC Good Food surveyed over 1,000 households to find out what dishwashers people currently own, why they chose them, what features they find most useful and whether they would buy them again. 16% said they looked for the Quiet Mark, making it one of the Top 10 buying decision factors.

The MeacoDry ‘ABC’ 20L Dehumidifier becomes the eighth Meaco product to have achieved the Quiet Mark accreditation.

On 6th August 2020, Dualit ran a Twitter Poll. Given options of Speed, Quiet, Capacity and Repairability, Quiet came top with 50% of the vote!

According to Water UK, 85% of the public are worried about the impact of plastic pollution. In the UK 7.7 billion plastic water bottles and 2.5 billion single-use cups are used each year. Many are discarded and end up polluting our rivers and seas. Staggeringly if just 1 in 10 Brits refilled just once a week, we’d save around 340 million plastic bottles a year.

The Dyson Pure Cool Me™ Purifying Fan was featured on QVC with the presenter highlighting the Quiet Mark certification: “And it does have that Quiet Mark accreditation which is an international award programs for low noise technology. It's super quiet. It's not going to interrupt your sleep or anything like that. It's very quiet. You can hardly tell it's on.”

Summer’s here! A time of strawberries & cream, picnics in the park and BBQs in the backyard. A prime time for keeping food cool and fresh. And with work from home, for many, becoming part of the #NewNormal our kitchens are doubling up as our offices, so a quiet fridge is all the more a necessity.

Premium appliance brand, Falmec has become the first and only specialist extraction appliance company in the UK & Ireland to be officially awarded the prestigious 'Quiet Mark' status.

London-based start-up, GeoSmartPro, launched their Quiet Mark awarded AirGo Smart Fan with a nationwide UK digital billboard campaign in May 2020.

With many of us still stuck working at home because of the coronavirus crisis and some employers saying it could be months before they reopen offices, it is time to start seriously thinking about your home set-up and whether it could be more comfortable and efficient.

WFH may have become part of the #NewNormal, but how productive can we be, when not employed in our usual offices and work spaces, and with friends, family and neighbours all working alongside us in lockdown?

​​​​​​​Noise pollution is an often-overlooked issue in the building and construction sector. PBM speaks with Poppy Szkiler, Founder and CEO of Quiet Mark to find out how merchants can do their bit to reduce the noise.

Stuff asked Quiet Mark to recommend its Top 4 home appliances, ‘that won’t leave your head in a spin'. Founder/ CEO, Poppy Szkiler, put forward awarded products from Fisher & Paykel, Dyson, LG and Magimix.

10 quiet fans, air circulators and purifiers, to suit a range of room sizes and desktops to stay cool, improve air quality and reduce allergens, but in a way that doesn’t disrupt our work focus or interfere with our mood.

Glass Times's coverage of the Acoustics Academy launch event highlights the effects of noise as an 'unseen' threat to wellbeing in modern buildings.

Quiet Mark featured in Cottage Life's editorial about to find quiet tools and appliances at home and at the cottage to help keep the peace.

Quiet Mark appeared on BBC Watchdog where Brian Blessed and Poppy Szkiler investigated the issues with product noise.

Quiet Mark is featured on You & Yours, BBC Radio 4's consumer affairs programme about 'How the Noise Abatement Society is celebrating its 60th birthday - quietly!'

With Father’s Day just over a month away, June 21st, here are Quiet Mark’s Top 10 gift tips for the Dad who needs a bit of peace! Every gift has been awarded the Quiet Mark, which means it’s one of the quietest available on the market; reducing noise in your home, increasing well-being and helping to create a calmer sanctuary.

Din busters! Families opt for quieter gadgets in a fight against noisy technology from juicers that are louder than planes to washing machines that make more racket than busy traffic.

Consumers are trading in noisy kitchen gadgets for their quieter alternatives.

Poppy Szkiler joins Dr. Holly Lucille to discuss Quiet Mark’s solution to 2020's Biggest Public Health Crisis: Noise Pollution.