Beijer Electronics expands in emerging markets

December 1st, Beijer Electronics opened an office in Pune, India, further expanding its geographic coverage to drive organic growth and strengthen local support of customers around the world. The entry into India follows the establishment of a new subsidiary in Brazil in September 2011.“The industrial growth and infrastructure expansion in both countries offer interesting business opportunities within industrial automation and industrial data communication. Our establishment in these growing economies is a natural step in our geographical expansion strategy to ensure growth and improve

A Crash Course in Christmas Shopping on Regent Street, London W1

Regent Street, London W1, presents a crash course in Christmas shopping so novices can get into the festive mood while indulging their senses with a variety of one off shopping experiences.Shopping advisers will be on hand at the majority of Regent Street shops over the Christmas period. Liberty, Anthropologie, Armani Exchange, Austin Reed, Banana Republic, Coast, COS, Gant, Hackett, Hoss, Jaeger, Kirk Originals, Mamas and Papas, Reiss, Swarovski Crystallized, Penhaligon’s and Massimo Dutti offer a personal shopping service throughout the year. At Hamleys, the largest toy store in the world,

Wine Novices and Enthusiasts Cheer to Taylor Fladgate’s New Website

(December 5, 2011 New York, NY) - Choosing which Port to have during the festive holiday season has just become much easier with the timely launch of a new web site from Taylor Fladgate Port , one of the oldest and most revered producers of premium Port. The site features an extensive list of descriptions and tasting notes for 50 of the Taylor Fladgate Ports, advice on matching the best port with food, how, when and if to decant and which style of glass to use. The new website aims to be the point of reference for Port novices and seasoned enthusiasts alike.

SurePayroll Introduces New Officer-Only Payroll for S-Corporations

Subscription-based program will help Officer-Only S-Corps avoid costly 2210 finesGlenview, Ill. — December 5, 2011 — SurePayroll , the online alternative in payroll services , today announced the launch of Officer-Only Payroll for S-Corporations. Officer-Only Payroll will help S-Corporations with no employees manage complex tax and reporting requirements and avoid potentially hefty fines. “Small businesses should be able to focus on their area of expertise and not on the ever-changing tax and wage regulations,

Media Invitation: Carbon Descent launch ‘BluePrint’ Energy Auditing Software

You are invited to the launch of Carbon Descent's energy auditing tool on the 13th December 2011. Join us for an introduction and demonstration of our BluePrint software.  This is a great opportunity to see for yourself what our energy auditing tool can do. Drinks and refreshments will be available.Venue: Dreamstake Club Workspace, Leathermarket building, 11-13 Weston Street, London SE1 3ERDate: Tuesday 13th Dec 2011Time: 5:30 - 8:00pm RSVP via software@carbondescent.org.uk (software@carbondescent.org.uk?subject=RSVP:%20BluePrint%20Software%20Launch)  Carbon Descent's BluePrint

Sandwell Futures Limited, working with Cambridge Education, named Local Education Partnership of the Year

Sandwell Futures Limited has won the Local Education Partnership of the Year at the Education Investor Awards for 2011 held at The Grosvenor House Hotel in London. Cambridge Education, the specialist education consultancy arm of Mott MacDonald, has been a central part of this partnership throughout. As one of eight finalists in a fiercely contested category, Sandwell Futures Ltd was assessed by a panel of eleven judges, including the former Education Secretary Charles Clarke, Tim Byles, former CEO of PFS as well as other eminent leaders. Mott MacDonald is a shareholding partner in

iWatchz Announces New Elemetal Stainless Steel nano Watch Band Collection & Giveaway

With the launch of new stainless steel nano watch band Collection, Elemetal, iWatchz is offering fans a chance to win one of the new stainless steel bands in a giveaway!December 5, 2011 - iWatchz is pleased to announce the official release of their Elemetal Stainless Steel Collection, stainless steel iPod nano watch bands, on iWatchz.com. To celebrate the launch, iWatchz will be giving away two free Elemetal stainless steel nano watch bands via the iWatchz blog. The Elemetal release complements the eight unique iWatchz iPod watch  band Collections already

Baylor Receives $12 Million Pledge To Benefit Geriatric Patients

December 2011 – Dallas – Baylor Health Care System Foundation is proud to announce that the Deerbrook Charitable Trust has pledged more than $12.4 million over the next three years to improve care for geriatric patients. “As the first baby boomers begin turning 65 this year, there is an increased need to enhance care for the rapidly growing elderly population,” said Joel Allison, president and chief executive officer of Baylor Health Care System. “This transformational grant will allow us to develop best practices that will leave a lasting mark on geriatric healthcare for years to come.”

IAR Systems Offers Express Logic’s ThreadX® RTOS with IAR Embedded Workbench® IDE

Best-in-class tools and RTOS tightly integrated to create blended embedded development solution from a single source provider San Diego, CA and Uppsala, Sweden, December 5, 2011―Express Logic, Inc., the worldwide leader in royalty-free, real-time operating systems (RTOS), and IAR Systems®, the leading independent provider of software development tools for embedded systems, today announced that IAR Systems will sell and support Express Logic’s ThreadX® RTOS, integrated with IAR Embedded Workbench®, for development of real-time embedded systems. By becoming a single-source, total

Global consumer products company automates sales order process through agreement with ReadSoft worth over 460,000 USD

The organization has selected ReadSoft’s next generation solution, PROCESS DIRECTOR, to automate its sales order process inside SAP and allow for faster, less expensive processing and improved control. The agreement is worth over 460,000 USD and was signed during the fourth quarter of 2011.With electronic, emailed and faxed sales orders to process, the company experienced slow, time-consuming setbacks while manually processing emailed and faxed orders. Ultimately, the organization aimed to leverage automation technology to streamline its sales order process by eliminating costly processing

Opcon: Saxlund wins Waste-to-Energy order in Stuttgart

Saxlund International GmbH, a fully-owned subsidiary of Opcon AB, the energy and environmental technology Group, has won a high profile, 15 m SEK order from the City of Stuttgart for delivering handling equipment for the expansion of the Waste-to-Energy solution at the waste water treatment plant Stuttgart Mühlhausen. The order is for a turn-key expansion that will allow Stuttgart’s waste water treatment plant to increase its capacity to take care of sewage sludge from other waste water treatment plants in the vicinity. The sludge will be dried and used as biofuel for the production of

Camfil’s low energy air filter wins ‘Energy Efficient Product of the Year’ at 2011 Energy Awards

Camfil Farr  is a global manufacturer of air filtration equipment and associated services and the world leader in the production and development of air filters.   They recently became the first manufacturing company in the UK to be awarded international Energy Management Standard ISO 50001 and the Energy Reduction Verification (ERV) Kitemark. Camfil won two prestigious industry awards at the Emap Energy Awards 2011The Energy Awards is the only event that recognises achievement across the entire energy industry whether it's managing its use and reducing it

Scott Group backs campaign to promote timber

Agency Jobs for Theatre Nurses at Mayfair

Nursing agency Mayfair Specialist Nurses  is recruiting Theatre nurses. Amongst the leading UK nursing agencies, Mayfair specialises in a wide range of nurses jobs including ITU, HDU, CCU Coronary Care Unit/ Cardiac, Cardiothoracic, ODP, Paediatrics, PICU, SCBU, NICU, Renal/Dialysis, A&E, Acute Medical, Surgical, Midwives and Dental staffing.Currently Mayfair runs a range of annual training courses for its registered agency nurses at prices from just £10 for on-line web learning. Nurses training includes: Basic Life Support, Manual Handling, Fire Safety,

KRAFT FOODS ANNOUNCES TOP LEADERSHIP OF FUTURE INDEPENDENT COMPANIES

Irene Rosenfeld to Lead Global Snacks Company as Chairman and CEO Tony Vernon Named CEO, John Cahill Named Chairman of North American GroceryNORTHFIELD, Ill. – Dec. 5, 2011 – In the next step toward launching two world-class public companies, the Kraft Foods Inc. Board of Directors today announced the appointments of the Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers of the future global snacks and North American grocery companies. As previously announced, the company expects to complete the spin-off by the end of 2012. When the new companies launch: · Irene B. Rosenfeld, 58, currently

London professionals say job title is unimportant

Job title holds relatively little importance for London workers when rating a position, a new survey has found.Some 44% of respondents are not fussed about a job’s title when it comes to choosing a role. Only one in five Londoners in employment rate job title as “very important”, while just 35% rate it as “fairly important”. The more important factors for job enjoyment among London’s professional community, rated as either “very” or “fairly important”, are enjoyment of job (98%), salary (97%) and location (95%). These three were cited as the three most important factors when choosing a

Hunter Elite TD receives prestigious award

Insurance Fraud Bureau and City of London case collapses

BCR Legal Group, a London based insurance intermediary specialising in after the event legal expenses, has been vindicated after a fraud trial against some fourteen defendants, including doctors and solicitors collapsed in disarray. The case, originating from 2008, involved a joint investigation codenamed Operation Triassic, was conducted by the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) and the City of London Police (COLP) into alleged organised insurance fraud in relation to personal injury litigation by professionals. The CPS failed to present any evidence of any wrong-doing and though having been

Auction ring is the best place for highest premium lamb prices

Livestock auction marts are beating deadweight prices for premium quality lamb, according to sheep producers and livestock auctioneers.“Premium lambs of all breeds and weights, sold through the auction system are consistently achieving prices of between 30 and 40p/kg above the market average,” says the Livestock Auctioneers' Association's Chris Dodds. Wigton, Cumbria-based auctioneer David Bowman agreed that the best lambs need to be sold through the market. “There are plenty of Beltex selling at in excess of £2.45/kgLW and killing out at about £4.90/kgDW. But if the best lambs go dead

BRITAIN’S ‘GREEN PREMIUM’ REVEALED

Britons are willing to spend an extra £7 billion on homes that are close to public parks or open spaces.New figures reveal an emerging ‘green premium’ in Britain’s cities, where public space is becoming scarcer thanks to increased development and the pressure on local authorities to sell off public space.2 The research, from ING Direct , questioned chartered surveyors and homeowners in Britain’s ten biggest cities, revealing that homes within walking distance of public parks now command as much as £10,000 above the typical house price, or £21,000 if in London.

Healthy Success For ISG At The University Of Bradford

ISG has successfully concluded a striking £5.5 million development for the University of Bradford, enabling the School of Health Studies to relocate to the University’s main city campus. The project, which included both new build and refurbishment elements, represents the latest phase of investment by the University of Bradford into teaching and research facilities, and some 2,000 staff and students will now be based in the new building. Officially opened by Paralympic athlete Baronness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE, the new School of Health Studies occupies a prominent location at the gateway

Big Give Initiative to double donations to Military PTSD Charity

The Big Give - a national scheme to encourage charitable giving at Christmas - will double the value of donations made to armed forces’ charity PTSD Resolution during the week commencing Monday December 5th 2011. To make a donation, the Big Give web site is at:- www.ptsdgive.co.ukPTSD Resolution  (reg. charity No. 1133188) provides free treatment to resolve military trauma. Symptoms include flashbacks, nightmares and depression. Without appropriate help the result can be family breakdown, homelessness, criminality and even suicide. PTSD Resolution 

New survey highlights growth fears among Moray businesses

Ministers urged to act on transport, red tape and business taxes5 December 2011 Moray businesses expect a better year ahead, but many still face an uncertain future, with almost one in five expecting a weaker performance in 2012, a new business survey has revealed. And the results send a clear message to Ministers at Holyrood and Westminster that they must do more to support business growth, according to Moray Chamber of Commerce chief executive Lesley Ann Parker. Moray Chamber commissioned the survey ahead of a major business summit in Forres today. The ‘Ambitions for 2012’

Insiders’ trade of options in SimCorp A/S

In pursuance of the Danish Securities Trading Act's section 28a, please find below a statement of transactions under securities identification code DK0016026164 - SimCorp A/S. The announcement is based on the reports, which SimCorp A/S has received from the company’s senior staff 30 November 2011. The shares are traded at NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen. Options:  Name Position Transaction Transaktion Number Price (DKK) date type of optionsGeorg Chief 30.11.2011 Exercise of 600