Britain's food and drink manufacturers are bracing themselves for difficult Christmas trading,according to the Food and Drink Federation(FDF). Speaking after the FDF's latest business confidence survey,FDF's economic and commercial ...
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Upmarket UK retailer Waitrose achieved its biggest share of the country's grocery market in the last three months, according to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel. Waitrose accounted for 4.7% of UK grocery sales in the 12 weeks to 30 ...
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European regulations for the gambling sector,launching new products and driving revenue growth as a recently floated public company put enormous pressure on the IT team at Betfair. But chief technology officer(CTO)Tony McAlister,in post ...
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J Sainsbury announces second quarter trading statement for the 16 weeks to 29 September 2012. Highlights: •Total sales for second quarter up 4.3 per cent(4.4 per cent excluding fuel) •Like-for-like sales for second quarter ...
The Paralympic Games was the largest live broadcast undertaking for Channel 4, but also gave the IT team an equally complex project that presented a range of new challenges and had to be executed under very tight deadlines. To broadcast ...
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McDonald’s, which will be running the world's largest fast-food outlet at the Olympic park in Stratford, east London, will be using Novamont’s Mater-Bi bioplastic for its cups, cutlery, straws, lids and containers. “Many ...
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As a London 2012 Sustainability Partner and a Global Olympic 2012 sponsor,GE Lighting has worked alongside the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games(LOCOG)to deliver a series of lighting projects. GE Lighting Europe has ...
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•GE technology included in all official London 2012 Olympic Games competition venues and commercial buildings totaling more than$100 million in sales •Infrastructure solutions provided in Torino 2006,Beijing 2008,Vancouver ...
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About three-quarters of people in the UK are willing to take food safety risks while eating out,which puts them at increased risk of food poisoning,especially during the upcoming London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games,according to a new ...
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All Hallows Catholic School in Lancashire has won Cisco's STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) Challenge 10. The "A-team" were crowned the winners at Cisco House in Stratford recently, for planning an innovative local sporting ...
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UK-Laser displays on an epic scale lit up the seafront and promenade in Weymouth recently where,in eight weeks'time,the Olympic sailing events for London 2012 will be held. Highly visible and iconic,the'LightVeils'display is unique to ...
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Tower Bridge has gotten an LED makeover funded through a deal between the Mayor,City of London and London 2012 sponsors GE and EDF for London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Work began in November to fit the 1,800 special ...
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In preparation for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games,London's Tower Bridge has been fitted with an LED lighting system from GE. Tower Bridge,which crosses the river Thames in the center of London and is one of the world`s most ...
UK-London-based automation specialist Kinesys has announced June and July dates for its on-going product training programme,consisting of two day courses and workshops. The next two General Technical&Vector Control training courses ...
Tower Bridge, one of the world's most recognisable landmarks, has been transformed with a new world-class lighting system in time to mark the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The new state-of-the-art, energy-efficient lighting system will ...
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