The G-Cloud looks set to become the future model for the way government buys its IT – with a new framework in the pipeline that will include secure email services for the NHS – and calls for it to become a blueprint for all new ...
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Kraft Foods Group has announced plans to invest $25m to install new packaging technology and increase production of its Capri Sun beverages at its facility in Frederick County, Maryland, US. Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell said he ...
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Ernest the Bear Toys signs a major retail deal for the bike accessory. Smyths is now selling Turbospoke in all 61 of its UK and Ireland superstores. The deal was secured by Turbospoke's UK and Ireland distributor, Ernest the Bear Toys. ...
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Former deputy chief information officer(CIO)Liam Maxwell has been appointed as the government's first ever chief technology officer(CTO)in a Whitehall IT shake-up. Maxwell will now report to Mike Bracken,executive director of the ...
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Government IT reformers have criticised the Cabinet Office's plans to give chief procurement officer Bill Crothers a more prominent position within the IT leadership team. Sources told Computer Weekly they were concerned the move could ...
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Kraft Foods has booked an increase in first-half profits, despite recording a fall in sales, thanks to productivity and price gains. In the six months to the end of June, net profit increased 4.2% to US$1.85bn. Operating profit in the ...
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Eight of the UK's major grocers have agreed to sign up to a set of "principles" on special offers and promotions on food and drink products. Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and The Co-operative Group are among retailers to have agreed to ...
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Attendees will be able to preview a new cloud-based online business management solution that lets members check accounts payable and receivable, manage sales and transactions, inventory and more - all from their mobile devices. ...
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XL Group's Political Risk and Trade Credit (PRTC) unit has received an approval from Lloyd's to write political and trade credit risks using the Lloyd's platform. XL Group global head and PRTC chief underwriting officer Richard Maxwell ...
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Vanderbilt University has entered into a collaboration agreement to license Parker Hannifin's exoskeleton that incorporates a rehabilitation technology called functional electrical stimulation. The wearable device, which incorporates a ...
The government's IT leadership team is to undergo a major organisational reshuffle,according to a notice from Cabinet Office chief operating officer Stephen Kelly seen by Computer Weekly. Under the shake-up Andy Nelson will remain ...
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American food company Kraft Foods has announced that its board of directors have approved the spin-off of its North American grocery business. The spin-off is scheduled to be completed on 1 October 2012. The split will result in the ...
UK’s Office of the Fair Trading (OFT) has directed the Competition Commission to probe the private motor insurance market in the country over allegations of unfair activities being carried out by insurers on motorists. Referring to ...
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The one per cent of GDP spent on IT needs to be reduced, according to deputy government CIO Liam Maxwell, during a keynote speech at the Business Cloud Summit in central London today. "One per cent of GDP is spent on IT, and that's much ...
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US-based food company Kraft Foods is seeking to sell its Breakstone's sour cream and cottage cheese products unit,which is estimated to be worth$400m. Mexico-based Dairy firm Grupo Lala is planning to acquire Breakstone's ...
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