Tampa-based World of Beer has signed a franchise agreement with Cong Yin and his partners to open its first overseas tavern in Shanghai. The tavern will commence its operations in the second quarter of this year. The franchise partners ...
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An election promise made by Premier Mike Baird, the container deposit scheme will reward the public with 10c each container they return and recycle. Similar programs were established in South Australia and the Northern Territory in the ...
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Google has expanded the availability of the new taxi app tab within Google Maps, so iOS users can now join in on the fun. Just last week the feature, which enables users to summon locally available rides and receive time and fare ...
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Bed manufacturer Silentnight welcomed its local MP to the Lancashire site during National Apprenticeship Week (14-18th March), following the ongoing success of its award-winning apprenticeship scheme. Andrew Stephenson, Conservative MP ...
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Lectra recently announced the appointment of Jason Adams as President, Lectra North America. He will report directly to Lectra CEO Daniel Harari. Adams’ main objective will be to develop Lectra’s presence in the United States, ...
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Covering more than 150 acres and serving an area of 725 square miles, the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant (AWTP) in Washington DC is the largest advanced wastewater treatment plant in the world. A quick check of its ...
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Jeremy Morton, partner at Harbottle & Lewis, takes a look at the new updated EU trademark legislation regarding counterfeits in transit, and it what it means for IP owners. Good news for intellectual property has arrived in the form of ...
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Bed manufacturer Silentnight, a company that has been investing in apprentices for more than 10 years, believes the new shift in the demands on the public sector could lead to cause for concern. As 2015 drew to a close and the targets for ...
NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, USA (a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of hybrid photonic integrated optoelectronic modules and subsystems for high-speed communications networks) has announced initial sample availability ...
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Virtual reality is the major tech craze of 2016, and it seems everyone wants a slice of the pie. Sky has announced a dedicated virtual reality studio that’s committed to developing 360-degree content. The Sky VR Studio will ...
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REI reported sales reached a record $2.4 billion in 2015 after a second consecutive year of nearly double-digit growth. Sales increased 9.3 percent from $2.2 billion in 2014, or 11 percent when adjusting for an extra 53-week of sales ...
John Lewis has continued to outperform the market in uncertain trading conditions, with gross sales up 2.8% to £4.56bn (4.4% on a 52 week basis). To ensure that customers can shop whenever and however they want, John Lewis has ...
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Nampak Plastics, the UK based producer of plastic milk bottles, is planning to set up a new plant in Stirling, Scotland, to manufacture a range of plastic milk bottles. As part of this effort, the firm has signed a lease deal on 20,000 ...
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"We will create an investment environment that is fairer, more transparent and more predictable. China must always be a land that attracts foreign investments," said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on March 5, in his 2016 government work report ...
Ford Motor Company has filed a patent for “Autonomous Vehicle Entertainment System,” which will enable the company in turning its autonomous vehicles into mobile movie theaters equipped with screens and projectors that vanish ...
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