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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Somerset County Council's troubled outsourcing contract with Southwest One has stalled the authority's programme of cost cuts, according to a Conservative member of its cabinet. Southwest One, a shared services venture with IBM in which ...
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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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Hive Energy, one of the UK’s leading developers of solar parks, announced that it has successfully completed the pre-construction development of nine new solar parks with a total output of 60 Mega Watts (MW). Once operational the ...
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Discovered in the Kimberley diamond mines in South Africa in 1877, Tiffany's iconic yellow diamond mark its 175th anniversary. On this important occasion, Tiffany & Co. has unveiled a new platinum and diamond setting for the treasure, known ...
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Wyke Farms has increased the price it pays farmers for milk by 5ppl and issued a stark warning to the rest of the industry that if they fail to follow suit the UK could be facing milk shortages this winter. Wyke, the UK's largest ...
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Despite a downturn in the construction sector over the last two years, business at Taunton Fabrications over that period has increased by a massive 35% this was just one of the reasons that Taunton Fabrications was recently named as the ...
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UK-Nick Gray from London-based creative visual design practice Renegade designed lighting for several London Fashion Week SS13 shows and events,including the main British Fashion Council(BFC)Courtyard space at Somerset House,Rocksander at ...
The British Fashion Council(BFC)announces 14 of London's brightest emerging talents will be receiving NEWGEN support,sponsored by TOPSHOP,to show at London Fashion Week in February 2013. NEWGEN recipients for London Fashion Week ...
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Somerset House, the spectacular neo-classical building in the heart of London, is hosting "Valentino: Master of Couture at Somerset House" – a new exhibition celebrating the life and work of Valentino through 130 exquisite haute ...
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The 3rd quarter's sales for Curtains Made Simple have been its best yet.There have been many reasons for this;a much expanded range of fabrics,increased range of products that can be ordered online and the increase in the price for ...
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One of the South West's greenest companies has won the 2012 region's Green Energy Installer of the Year Award. North Somerset-based Solarsense beat stiff competition to take the top award at a ceremony last night (20 Nov) hosted by the ...
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To promote the growing number of brands and designers selling mainline or resort collections during this period, The British Fashion Council (BFC) announced plans for London Collections: Women commencing 18th June. Last year the British ...
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UK cheese maker Wyke Farms has announced plans to increase the price it pays farmers for milk. The dairy group said it will raise its milk price by a further 0.75ppl from 1 November. The move follows an increase of 0.5ppl implemented in ...
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Barnet Council will cut 70%of staff from the back-office functions it is outsourcing to Capita in a controversial deal to automate council services. The London borough's Cabinet is expected to approve the deal in a vote this evening,that ...
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