The Cabinet Office must show strong leadership if it is to make shared services work, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has warned. The comments follow a PAC report, which echoes the National Audit Office’s findings in March that ...
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Banking giant RBS Group claims that the "technical failure" of its computer systems, which has been causing severe problems for customers since at least last Wednesday, has now been fixed. But it admits that knock-on problems will ...
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Consumer goods giant Unilever is looking at how it can optimise its global operations using SAP’s HANA in-memory database. The company has been consolidating its SAP systems over the past 20 years and now runs 4 regional systems. ...
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The European Commission (EC) has launched a public consultation on cyber security that will run until 12 October 2012. The EC is seeking the views of governments, businesses and citizens about their experiences and possible EU responses ...
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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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Packaging company Robinson said it wrote off Scotlast investment of euro500,000, as it had not been successful in achieving its business plans. Scotplast was hit by reduced revenues and margins, owing to higher raw material prices. ...
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RIA Novosti reported that the state owned China Development Bank will provide USD 1.8 billion loan to finance a gas pipeline project in Kazakhstan. The KazTransGas Company said that the loan will be allocated to Beineu Shymkent Gas ...
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FBL Financial has appointed James (Jim) Brannen to the position of chief executive officer, after serving as interim chief executive officer for two months at the company. The current vice president of finance Donald (Don) Seibel has been ...
Northland Resources SA announced that it’s wholly owned subsidiary Northland Resources AB has signed a term sheet for a USD 20 million bond loan. The bond has a 12.25% interest coupon and matures February 26th 2016. The present ...
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Offering technology solutions for the beer,wine and spirits industry,Brixiom's platform gives access to real-time data and provides a competitive edge. ATLANTA,GA,September 03,2012/24-7PressRelease/--Brixiom is proud to announce a new ...
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FreeAgent has been listed among the UK's top business apps by a leading industry reviewer. Comparison website GetApp,which reviews and compares thousands of the world's best cloud apps for small businesses,has included FreeAgent in the ...
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UK retailer Morrisons today (13 December) announced it would promote Trevor Strain to replace Richard Pennycook as finance director. Strain, who has worked in senior financial roles at Morrisons for three years, will succeed Pennycook, ...
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Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Thomas R. Nides visited Iraq from December 10-11, 2012, and met with President Jalal Talabani, Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari, and Minister ...
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Sina Finance quoted Mr Zhu Jimin chairman of China Iron & Steel Association as saying that China offshore iron ore equities will rise to 150 million tonnes in 2015 from currently 60 million tonnes, reported on December 8th. According ...
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Smart-energy-focused research firm says that 95%of the municipalities in the US that have installed SSL street lights are satisfied with the results. Northeast Group has published a study entitled"United States smart infrastructure:LED ...
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