Near field communications (NFC) technology has brought a new wave of techniques to the retail industry, enabling bricks and mortar stores to attract and interact with customers in innovative ways. Analysts see these tools as a money maker ...
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Five local authorities have saved£31m by moving to shared services arrangements,according to a report. The study,commissioned by public sector lobby group the Local Government Association,and produced by consultancy Drummond ...
A succession of 'top-down' initiatives to improve public services have been general, time consuming and unnecessarily expensive and disruptive according to Colin Coulson-Thomas author of a new report Transforming Public Services on better ...
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BT today confirmed it would be running fibre broadband to a further 163 exchanges as part of its roll-out scheme across the UK. The Openreach division of the company has committed £2.5bn to fund the deployment, which BT claims will ...
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Five shared services arrangements have amassed £30m in savings through a variety of measures such as the integration of IT systems, a report from the Local Government Association (LGA) has found. The report, entitled Services ...
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Cambridgeshire students have designed a 'tear and share' seasonal sausage that may appear on Waitrose shelves next year. var ...
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Cambridgeshire County Council will save pound 1m per year with the launch of its public services network (PSN). The pound 20m seven-year network contract with Virgin is expected to halve costs by connecting more than 400 schools, ...
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Hain Celestial has today (22 August) been announced as the buyer of Premier Foods plc's spreads assets, including brands such as Hartley's jam and Sun-Pat peanut butter. The US food group had been linked to Premier's spreads business, ...
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Hain Celestial, a US-based natural and organic food products company, has completed the acquisition of some of the packaged grocery brands of UK-based Premier Foods in a £200m cash-and-stock deal. The consideration consisted of cash ...
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The government has been given the green light by the European Union to roll out GBP530m in broadband funding, intended to bring superfast broadband to 90% of homes, and a minimum speed of 2Mbps elsewhere. The investment had been pending ...
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The UK's first Code Level 4 Self Build Show Home - built by leading self-build specialists, Kingspan Potton - has been fitted with lighting and wiring accessory products from the Scolmore Group. The brand new "Wickhambrook" Show Barn at ...
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UK-Television,live events and show production rental specialist,ELP have invested in 48 Chroma-Q Studio Force D 12 and Studio Force V 12 white LED lighting fixtures for their rental stock. Based in Cambridgeshire,ELP offer a vast hire ...
In a recent contract,window,door and conservatory fabricator,frameXpress has supplied all the products for a bespoke project in Cambridgeshire.Valued in the region of£12,000 the company supplied a variety of windows and composite ...
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Tesco will start full-scale LED lighting deployment in its Express supermarkets this week, a move the company said will cut 30% energy consumption compared with similar stores. All external signs at the Loughborough store, as well as ...
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Hain Celestial,a US-based natural and organic products company,has entered into an agreement to acquire leading packaged grocery brands from UK-based Premier Foods in a£200m cash and stock deal. Under the agreement,Hain will ...
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