Mattel 01628 500 000 Mattel had two of the top five family games last year, according to NPD December 2011 data, and Uno was the number one card game. This season it has a number of fresh products, including Chameleon Crunch, which ...
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The Treasury Committee requested that RBS chief executive Stephen Hester provide a detailed explanation of what went wrong at the bank to cause its ongoing IT issues. In a letter to the bank, Andrew Tyrie, chairman of the Treasury ...
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An international research team based in Bristol, UK has reportedly developed a new quantum chip that could enable the creation of ultra-fast computers and unhackable mobile phones, according to a report in the Financial Times. The report ...
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NHS Scotland has started the roll out of a single shared services platform for finance across its 22 health boards. The first wave of seven health boards are now on the single, multi-company Advanced Business Solutions financial ...
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Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and NatWest customers are still facing technical issues as an IT failure continues to cause havoc for the banking group. Bank customers first found their RBS and NatWest services were unavailable at lunchtime ...
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Fu Zhou Chan Kee Traditional Fresh Fish Balls have been withdrawn from sale in Scotland as they have been produced in unapproved premises under unsatisfactory hygiene conditions, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA). Although the ...
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Microsoft is inspiring teachers, through the use of a forum, to find out new and interesting ways in which technology can be used within lessons. The software giant’s Partners in Learning (PiL) programme was designed to get teachers ...
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Some Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and NatWest Bank customers cannot access online services as the banking group experiences a computer problem. RBS and NatWest are part of the same group and they share many systems. According to Sky ...
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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will have access to cloud-based supercomputers to run complex engineering simulations, under a euro 16m project backed by the European Commission (EC). The project, part of the EC’s Factory ...
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The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Foundation has announced the addition of ten new countries to its international ‘Litter Less' education campaign led by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE).This addition brings the number of ...
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Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Natwest customers are still having issues with their bank accounts, as the technical problems causing havoc at the banking group enter their fifth day. In a statement last night, RBS admitted it had only ...
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Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Anthony Albanese and Minister for Finance and Deregulation Senator Penny Wong have announced the establishment of the Moorebank Intermodal Company and the appointment of the chair and directors to ...
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Vion has finalised a deal for an MBO of its UK pork arm, which is among a series of assets in the country the Dutch food group is looking to sell. The company today (13 December) confirmed UK private-equity firm Endless would back a ...
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At an average of 91.88cm (just over 36”), the biggest male waistlines in the UK belong to folk from the West Midlands, according to new data from virtual fitting room company Fits.me. Following close behind are Wales (with an average ...
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GeoPlace has published a guidance document aimed at local authorities in England and Wales who wish to create and maintain Basic Land and Property Unit(BLPU)polygons.The guidance is also aimed at those that want to understand the reasons ...