Amanda O’Brien. A groundbreaking and inspiring event will be taking place that challenges gender diversity and calls for an end to workplace bias by de-genderising industries and employment. Many countries worldwide, including ...
Tags: Women, Employment, Equality
Functional printing will be a big focus at global printing trade fair drupa in May. The European Specialist Printing Manufacturers Association will host a pavilion dedicated to functional and industrial printing, with member companies ...
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The BFM is part of an industry consortium that manages Working Tri21, an EU-funded project which aims to enhance the social inclusion of people suffering from disabilities by integrating them into the job market, specifically in the ...
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 ...
The convenience store and petrol chain group 7-Eleven Australia appointed a replacement for its former Chief Executive Officer Warren Wilmot who left the chain in 2015. He left at a time of the chian facing widespread allegations of ...
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The Foam Company, one of the UK’s leading experts in foam products, is celebrating a gold award for its outstanding commitment to the workplace health, safety and welfare of its employees. After having a full risk assessment, the ...
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Employee-owned Packaging Group, Kite Packaging, has been named by London Stock Exchange Group as one of the top ‘1000 companies to inspire Britain in 2016’. 2016 heralds the 3rd edition of London Stock Exchange Groups’ ...
Nestle Vietnam has begun construction of a new nutrition manufacturing facility with an investment of $70m at the Thang Long Industrial Park II in Hung Yen province. The new plant, which is being constructed on a 10 hectare area, will ...
Tags: Nestle Vietnam, New nutrition manufacturing facility, Investment
Superfeet welcomed Linda Balfour as its new global director of marketing. This hire comes in conjunction with the brand launching a number of new products. Most recently, Superfeet launched insoles designed for hunting and lifestyle ...
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Denmark-based dairy company Arla Foods is planning to close fresh milk processing production facility at Hatfield Peverel dairy in Essex in the UK, by the end of July this year, which is likely to result in 200-plus redundancies. ...
South Africa has renewed imports of US chicken, beef and pork products, bringing an end to a 15-year trade dispute with the country. The South African government concluded months of discussions over 'the three meats' with the US, under ...
Tags: South Africa, AGOA, US Poultry Imports
The Australian Federal Government's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) is allowing China's Moon Lake Investments to acquire Australia's largest dairy producer, Van Diemen's Land Company (VDL). The purchase price is AUD$280 million for ...
The world's stock markets are spiralling downwards. The U.S. equity market fell 10 percent last month. Investor terminology calls this a "correction" not a crash. But prospects don't look good. Big investors, banks and financial ...
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China saw a record number of firms established in 2015 despite the slowing economy, official data showed. Chinese set up a total of 4.44 million companies last year, up 21.6 percent from a year ago, which means 12,000 new companies every ...
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Myanmar authorities announced Wednesday that a consortium of six foreign group companies, led by China's CITIC, has won the bid for implementing two projects of the country's newly planned special economic zone (SEZ) in Kyaukphyu, western ...
Tags: Six-Company, Implementing SEZ