Hardly a day goes by without a story about the UK banking community messing up in some way or other. Some of the highest profile stories of the year have been around banks side-stepping regulation and fixing the markets for their own ...
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Brewer Heineken is using videoconferencing from Polycom to improve communications between its London and Edinburgh offices and reduce travel. The Polycom RealPresence video collaboration product is being used to increase communication ...
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FreeAgent has been listed among the UK's top business apps by a leading industry reviewer. Comparison website GetApp,which reviews and compares thousands of the world's best cloud apps for small businesses,has included FreeAgent in the ...
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Nestle executive Stuart Irvine is to become CEO of Australian dairy-to-beer group Lion next year. Irvine will replace Rob Murray in January. Lion announced in February that Murray, himself a former Nestle executive, would leave the Pura ...
Boeing lands$16M laser weapon follow-up 08 Oct 2012 Defense contractor agrees follow-on contract with US Army Space and Missile Command for 10kW solid-state system. Boeing is to develop a truck-mounted 10kW laser weapon for the US Army. ...
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UK retailer Nisa has booked an increase in full-year profit driven by cost savings, the signing of a distribution deal and development of the retailer's symbol operations. Nisa reported a profit before tax of GBP3.8m (US$5.9m) in the ...
The FSA in Scotland has published a report identifying key knowledge gaps and recommending areas for future research on enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC). The recommendations are a result of an international workshop held in ...
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Crowdsourced funding website Kickstarter,which lists projects that are seeking financial backing,has expanded to the UK. The site,which operates on a 5%commission on each successful pledge,has raised more than$340m in the US,where it was ...
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The latest results from independent tests at leading Notified Body IFT Rosenheim confirm Pilkington Spacia™achieves a U-value of 1.1W/m2K.At just 6.5mm thick,this means it offers the best energy efficiency performance by far in a ...
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Figures released from leading international,multi-channel brand Debenhams for the 52 weeks to 1 September 2012 showed another strong set of results with highlights including total sales up 2.6%,like-for-like sales up 2.3%inc vat,online ...
The CIO of professional services firm PwC UK,Dominique Moreau,has hit back at remarks made by his Groupama Insurances counterpart Jem Eskenazi that the CIO role is set to disappear in the next 15 to 20 years,by declaring that"the CIO role ...
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After a tumultuous few months the wool market is returning to stability with prices on the rise again at the last two British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) auction sales of British wool. Speaking at last week's BWMB annual conference in ...
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LoveWool UK (LWUK) looks set for another fantastic year with the wool lovers of the United Kingdom snapping up the chance to collectively celebrate 'real' wool. The free-style event, which will run during the Campaign for Wool's Wool ...
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Edinburgh Airport's new owner is attempting to grow the business,with a multi-million pound IT outsourcing deal the first of many investments planned. The airport will spend 3m pounds over five years with service provider Onyx to provide ...
EE has confirmed the launch date for its 4G services as 30 October 2012,which will make it the first operator to offer the faster mobile connectivity in the UK. The announcement was made by the company's CEO,Olaf Swantee,who called the ...
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