Workers at SABIC's Geleen petrochemicals site in the Netherlands are proceeding to strike after failing to reach a new labor agreement with the management, company and union sources said Tuesday. SABIC has around 1,850 staff at Geleen, ...
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Toyota Australia has begun exporting its new locally built four-cylinder engines to Thailand and Malaysia. This is the first time Toyota Australia has sold standalone engines to these major Asian markets. About 18,000 engines ...
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B&H Photo Video Offers JPEGmini for Mac Customers of B&H Photo Video, photo, video and pro audio reseller, can reduce the file size of their photos and free up precious computer hard drive space when they purchase JPEGmini ...
Unite the union has urged Asda to reinstate its contract with Welsh Country Foods (WCF). The plea comes after WCF’s owner Vion UK warned that losing the contract could force the closure of the Anglesey site with the loss of up to 350 ...
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PepsiCo is considering replacing 87 staff with modern packaging machines at its Walkers crisps factory in Lincoln. Walkers is installing new machinery that has put 87 jobs under threat In a statement issued to FoodManufacture.co.uk, ...
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NXP Semiconductors is planning to cut 700 to 900 jobs as part of a reorganization to reduce costs of support services, the company said on Monday. "The job cuts are part of a larger reorganization," said Guido Dierick, country manager of ...
Play.com has had to finally admit defeat in the face of last year's Jersey VAT loophole closure and announce the end of its direct product retail service. Founded in 1998 as the dotcom and e-commerce boom took hold, Play.com's waning ...
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Technology solution provider unveils fourth annual tech trends to watch study, reveals key topics on the minds of technology professionals. When CIOs and CTOs turn to social networks, what are they tech-talking about? Logicalis, an ...
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Finland-based meat group HKScan has said its plans to cut up to 295 jobs as part of efforts to streamline its subsidiaries in its home country will not affect production. The firm this morning (7 January) said it will begin labour ...
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Finland-based meat group HKScan plans to cut up to 295 jobs as part of efforts to streamline its subsidiaries in its home country under a cost savings programme announced last week. The company last week revealed its HK Ruokatalo Oy ...
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Ruukki is to initiate employer-employee negotiations concerning temporary layoffs and redundancies for financial and production-related reasons in Kalajoki,Helsinki,Peräseinäjoki and Tampere in Finland.These negotiations affect ...
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IDG News Service - Sony Mobile is laying off 1,000 employees and will also move its global HQ to Tokyo, as the company tries to turn around its dwindling fortunes in the smartphone space. The reorganization comes about six months after ...
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Barnet council has recommended Capita as its preferred bidder for a £32m-a-year contract to run its back-office services. The 10-year deal would see the outsourcing company operate London Borough of Barnet's new support and customer ...
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The University of Exeter is using IT to replace a manual system of processing overseas students to comply with UK Border Authority rules. The university is a Highly Trusted Sponsor (HTS) and must ensure that the 2,000 overseas students it ...
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New Zealand Aluminium Smelters has confirmed it has completed its plan to reduce the size of its organization by 100 roles but it is still losing money and further cuts are expected. A spokesman for Pacific Aluminium said that the Rio ...
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