Malcolm Whitehouse, programme director for the government's £2.2bn Cinitiative, has stepped down from the role. Whitehouse is to be replaced by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits director Hilary Reynolds and will ...
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Lockton Affinity has introduced a new insurance program, LATITUDE, designed to assist smaller government contractors with 20 to 100 employees working overseas. The program provides overseas coverage to government contractors' enagaged in ...
Endsleigh Insurance Services chose nearshore application development resources from a supplier when it was stretched during the busiest time of the year. The finance firm, which specialises on the student insurance market, outsourced ...
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Refrigerated display lighting (RDL) represents one of the more perfect applications for LEDs. Because fluorescent tubes can be replaced with LED strips and reduce energy usage by 60%, retailers are beginning to implement LED case lighting ...
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Qatar has become the most expensive construction market in the Gulf in terms of raw materials costs, says a new research report by business intelligence service MEED. In its "Third Quarter Construction Costs & Outlook Report", MEED reports ...
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CARIS announces the release of CARIS Easy View 4.0, a freeware data viewer for 2-D and 3-D data. CARIS Easy View allows users to view spatial data from a wide range of file formats without the need for specialized software. FREDERICTON, ...
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The U.S.Department of Labor has filed an action to enforce a subpoena issued to Los Angeles-based apparel retailer Forever 21 seeking documents related to the company's apparel contractors and manufacturers. A recent investigation by the ...
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BC's LightRecycle Now Includes All Lighting Products British Columbia now has Canada's first comprehensive program to recycle all lighting products at no charge. LightRecycle is a non-profit program to recycle lighting products in ...
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CSO-In Windows 8,Microsoft has greatly improved the operating system's ability to detect malware before it has a chance to run,experts say.Windows 8 should also make it more difficult for people to unknowingly install malware in the first ...
In keeping with its commitment to reducing waste, Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc. has announced that its California stores will serve as collection points for old and unwanted paints, regardless of brand. As part of the California ...
Panel saws cut boards into panels that are used for furniture, cabinetry, flooring, and other types of woodwork. Not surprisingly, an industrial panel saw can be found in the equipment arsenal of most woodworking companies, but they benefit ...
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Scolmore has launched what it is describing as the industry's most sophisticated integrated LED downlight to date-one that will provide contractors and installers with a high light output,high performance product that can be fitted into the ...
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The top 20 firms in the glazing and curtainwall industry experienced a total revenue decline in 2011, a $50.2 million reduction in market size from 2010, according to the latest report on the top 600 specialty contractors conducted by ...
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At the SteelOrbis Fall'11 Conference&65th IREPAS Meeting held in St.Petersburg on September 25-27,we found the opportunity to meet Ugur Dalbeler,the General Manager of Turkey-based Colakoglu Metalurji and IREPAS chairman and we discussed ...
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The cost of construction materials continues to surge from August through September, endangering contractors' workload, according to data gathered by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). Despite minimal price changes from ...
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