The COSATU-affiliated Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (SACTWU) held its Annual National Bargaining Conference from 28th February to 3rd March 2013, in Cape Town. The Conference was attended by 200 delegates ...
Tags: SACTW Conference, Worker Living Wage, Clothing, Textile
German business process outsourcing (BPO) provider Arvato has been selected to operate the first independent shared service centre (ISSC1) on behalf of the government. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. London councils ...
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Victoria’s $1.6 billion Port Capacity Project has been given the go-ahead following a decision by Planning Minister Matthew Guy to provide the planning approval for works to commence at Melbourne’s Webb Dock. The planning ...
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The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has rolled out an ambitious plan to increase India’s apparel exports to US$ 30 billion in three years, AEPC chairman Dr. A Sakthivel has said. Speaking at a function to present awards ...
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The COSATU-affiliated Southern African Clothing & Textile Workers’ Union (SACTWU) launches its 2013 Living Wage Campaign with a National Bargaining Conference to be held later this coming week (28 Feb-3 March 2013), in Cape Town. ...
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Apparel Export Promotion Council organised Export Excellence Award and Lifetime Achievement Award, here on 22nd February evening. Shri Anand Sharma, Hon’ble Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles, Government of India was the ...
Tags: Apparel Export, Textiles, Apparel
Buried deep inside the all-new Volvo V40′s mind-bogglingly comprehensive list of active and passive safety systems is a feature called Road Sign Information. The potentially licence-saving technology uses a forward-looking camera to ...
Malvern's iconic buzzards are set to soar come rain or shine every day and night following a decision to illuminate them with energy efficient floodlights. Members of Malvern Town Council have voted to light up the statue, in Rosebank ...
Tags: LED lights, LED lighting, LED
With councils the nation over looking to slash operational costs and reduce energy bills wherever possible, it is no surprise that Derbyshire County Council has turned to LEDs in a bid to save money on lighting in its bus shelters. ...
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According to PAFA, the variable quality of recyclate has long acted as "a damper on the recycling sector in the UK". The association added that it will be working with other members of the recycling supply chain to ensure that action is ...
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After a five-year gap, the iconic Blackpool Tower has been illuminated to light up the sky. Indeed, on Tuesday (February 12th) the new LED light bulbs were switched on in celebratory fashion to mark that 10,000 old energy guzzling ...
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An £8.5 million investment programme will see state of the art LED street lights installed across Bromley over the next couple of years. It was announced that around half of the borough's 27,000 street lamps will be replaced to try ...
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A key issue for the UK's local authorities is housing tenancy, benefit and council tax fraud - a problem that costs them in excess of 1.3bn a year, according to the National Fraud Authority. Is 2e2 under investigation by the Serious ...
Philips and Arnold Schwarzenegger call for action to switch to LED lighting in cities Vienna, Austria – At the first international sustainable energy conference hosted by the “Regions of Climate Action”(R20), Philips and ...
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Research undertaken by the Lighting Research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Pennsylvania (Penn) State University has shown that drivers are safer when travelling on roads with LED lights, than not. Quality lighting, such as the ...
Tags: LED, Streetlights, Crash Ratio