The cloud played a pivotal role in separating insurance group Direct Line from parent company the Royal Bank of Scotland(RBS)to launch on the stock market. Direct Line had less than 6 months to re-engineer its HR process to prepare for an ...
Tags: Cloud HR, share offering, RBS, Peoplesoft system
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will dedicate £80m of its billion-pound-plus IT budget to eliminate problems caused by its IT infrastructure being made up of mainframes patched together following multiple corporate acquisitions. Over ...
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Acquisition of Hawick-based cashmere firm Barrie Knitwear by French fashion house Chanel is now official. Announcing the acquisition, Chanel’s Fashion President Bruno Pavlovsky said the acquisition is a reiteration of their ...
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Bank of Scotland, part of the Lloyds Banking Group, has been fined £4.2m by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for failing to keep accurate records of the mortgage payments of 250,000 Halifax customers. The blunder, which ...
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Bank of Scotland,part of the Lloyds Banking Group,has been finedGBP4.2m by the Financial Services Authority(FSA)for failing to keep accurate records of the mortgage payments of 250,000 Halifax customers. The blunder,which persisted from ...
Tags: Bank of Scotland, Financial Services Authority, mortgage records system
The recycling processes of contaminated textiles, extracted from landfills and co-mingled kerbside collections, are not environmentally and economically viable, according to two UK recycling firms, I & G Cohen Limited and Axion Consulting, ...
John Lewis unveils its sixth exclusive collection with contemporary menswear designer Joe Casely-Hayford influenced by counter culture of the 1950s such as early English Rock and Roll,the Ace Caféand The 59 Club,the collection takes ...
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A second-hand laptop purchased on auction site eBay has been found to contain over 5GB of confidential information relating to global telecoms company Alcatel-Lucent. The files,shown exclusively to Computing,include service,fault and ...
"Inspirational","thought provoking"and"eye opening"were just some of the superlatives used by industry and press delegates to describe the recent Association of Suppliers to the British Clothing Industry(ASBCI)industry conference'Made in ...
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The Johnstons of Elgin womenswear collection for SS13 offers superbly cut, modern design classics. The Scottish brand is renowned for its expertise in design, cashmere and fine woollens. This is the first time the brand has unveiled such a ...
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Kopin subsidiary Forth Dimension Displays expects to begin shipping the 2048x1536 pixel device in early 2013. QXGA-R9 Forth Dimension Displays (FDD), the near-to-eye microdisplay specialist ...
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The winning design was unveiled Friday during Homecoming week in the office of Washington State University(WSU)President Elson S.Floyd.Students from the Department of Apparel,Merchandising,Design and Textiles(AMDT),department faculty chair ...
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On Sunday November 6th 1887 eight men gathered in the meeting hall of St Mary's Church in the East End of Glasgow,and Celtic Football Club was born. 125 years later,Celtic and Nike celebrate this landmark anniversary with a special ...
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UK-In a summer to remember,Lucozade's YES!Arena played host to many exciting moments.For the YES!Arena festival tour,Lucozade teamed up with five of the biggest music festivals in the UK-to provide high energy music,fun in the sun,and an ...
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Dubai Group is in talks to sell its 45 percent stake in a joint venture firm with cement maker Lafarge, two sources familiar with the matter said, as the state investment vehicle sells assets to repay its $10 billion debt pile. Lafarge ...
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