At least 150 workers at CSR’s Viridian glass-making factories in western Sydney confront the closure of their plants and the destruction of their jobs, in the latest of the swathe of job cuts sweeping through the manufacturing sector ...
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The 11.8m Euro pan-European project NEWLED (‘Nanostructured Efficient White LEDs based on short-period superlattices and quantum dots’) is aiming to develop a new generation of 50-60% energy-efficient white light-emitting LED ...
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North Lanarkshire Council in Scotland is taking the plunge by investing in a retrofit project of its street lighting in order to help the council slash more than £228,000 annually from its electricity bill. MacLean Electrical Group ...
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The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) is intending to dispose of 15.3% shares in its motor insurance startup, to boost its capital base ahead of regulators’ deadline. Representing nearly 229.4 million shares, the share sale will be ...
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British Olympic silver medallist Michael Jamieson has become Speedo’s newest ambassador after agreeing a two year partnership with the world’s leading swimwear brand. Through the agreement, Michael will continue to wear his ...
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Burberry announces that it will be moving its menswear show to London after more than ten years of showing in Milan. Following the return of the Burberry womenswear show to London in 2009, the menswear collection will be shown as part of ...
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The Weir Group PLC announced the appointment of Charles Berry to the Board as a Non-Executive Director, with effect from 1 March 2013. He will become a member of both the Audit and Remuneration Committees from the date of his appointment. ...
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), the banking group that owns NatWest, has suffered another embarrassing outage when its computer systems crashed last night, leaving its 7.5 million customers unable to withdraw cash, access their current ...
2 Sisters Food, a UK-based chicken meat processing company, has entered into an agreement to acquire Dutch food firm Vion's red meat and poultry activities for an undisclosed sum. Under the terms of the deal, 2 Sisters Food will acquire ...
The Vion red meat and poultry businesses acquired by 2 Sisters Food Group (2SFG) can expect some “major cost savings” by their new owner Ranjit Boparan, according to a leading City analyst. 2 Sisters has acquired 11 of ...
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The 2 Sisters Food Group has bought Vion’s UK poultry and red meat businesses for an undisclosed sum. 2 Sisters has acquired Vion UK's red meat and poultry businesses The company said the acquisition will help to meet growing ...
Alyss Toys has appointed a team of sales representatives across the UK. Five team members have been appointed with responsibilities for territories listed below: Kirsty Baxter – The Midlands Steve Baker – London & South ...
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The business’s Branded Packaging division is to target the possibilities of the new press, which is 17 units long, at the premium spirits, fine confectionery and personal care markets. It has been installed at Chesapeake’s ...
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Müller Wiseman Dairies plans to increase the direct supply of milk to the company from new suppliers as well as from existing non-aligned Müller Wiseman Milk Group (MWMG) members. The UK-based company has identified milk fields ...
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Finsbury Food Group has sold its free-from business to Genius Foods for Pound 21M to focus on its core bread and cake business and reduce debt. Genius Foods has a 50% share of the UK gluten-free bread market The free-from business ...
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