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Minimal Space and Waste, Maximum Functional Efficiency

San Jamar Venue Tabletop Napkin Dispenser from Foodservice Equipment Marketing increases sales and reduces wastageIncreasing sales and reducing waste are two key aims in any catering venue. One way of achieving this is with the San Jamar Venue Tabletop Napkin Dispenser from Foodservice Equipment Marketing (FEM). The napkin dispenser has a push plate that allows for precise, one-at-a-time dispensing to reduce waste by up to 30%. The dispensers combine this functional efficiency with visual appeal, featuring an insert slot that can be used to advertise promotions and increase sales. The

TWI welcomes funding award for a new higher-education engineering research centre

TWI Ltd welcomes the announcement by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills to support its plans to form a National Structural Integrity Research Centre (NSIRCTM). The latest round of the Government’s Regional Growth Funding awards will enable TWI and a consortium of leading academic and industrial partners to realise the establishment of the new postgraduate engineering facility at Granta Park, South Cambridgeshire. Photo caption: Resonance testing at TWI Built in new premises adjacent to TWI’s headquarters, NSIRC TM will be established and managed by structural

NEW UK SALES MANAGER AT SIEMENS MECHANICAL DRIVES

Jason Peel has joined Leeds-based Siemens Mechanical Drives as UK sales manager. He joins the Mechanical Drives business, having spent seven years working for Siemens Industry Automation & Drives Technologies, originally looking after the North West region, and latterly looking after key accounts such as United Utilities and Scottish Water. Jason’s experience will help develop the continuing integration of Mechanical Drives into the Siemens drive train offer in the UK. He will continue to work with all Siemens Industry products and systems, and all routes to market, along with Siemens

Teleperformance UK Announced as Finalist in UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2013

Teleperformance UK, part of the global Teleperformance Group, has been announced as Finalist in the "Quality Service Provider of the Year" category of the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2013 run by the Institute of Customer Service.The UK Customer Satisfaction Awards are the only customer service awards from the industry's professional body. They recognise organisations and individuals who have developed and implemented successful customer service strategies which result in sustainable, successful businesses. The Quality Service Provider category was open to any organisation that prides

Opcon: Completes sale of Engine Efficiency business area

Opcon, the energy and environmental technology Group, has today in accordance with the agreement signed on November 7 completed the sale of its subsidiary, SEM AB, and SEM’s subsidiary, SEM Technology Suzhou Co. Ltd in China, which together constitute the Engine Efficiency business area. Purchase price amounts to SEK 218,3 million on a debt free basis with a variable component depending on performance that may increase or decrease final purchase price by a maximum of SEK 10 million. The acquirer is the investment fund Perusa Partner Fund 2. Settlement has been made via the buyer

Metsäliitto Cooperative to issue EUR 175 million bond

Metsä Group Stock Exchange Release 22 November 2012 at 4.00 pm EETMetsä Group’s parent company Metsäliitto Cooperative will issue a EUR 175 million bond to institutional investors. The bond matures on 29 November 2017, and it carries a fixed coupon interest rate of 5.125 per cent per annum.The bond was significantly oversubscribed. An application will be made to list the bond on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.The proceeds from the bond offering will be used to repay existing debt. Nordea Markets and Pohjola Markets acted as joint arrangers and bookrunners for the transaction.METSÄLIITTO

CONSTRUCTION EXPERT PUBLISHES NEW BOOK WHICH CLAIMS TO HAVE SOLVED THE MYSTERY SURROUNDING HOW THE EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS WERE BUILT

A Derbyshire construction expert may have solved a mystery that has baffled the finest minds for thousands of years after publishing his own alternative theory on how the Pyramids were built.Chris Massey, managing director of Beresford’s Flooring, first saw the pyramids on a family holiday to Egypt. After hearing the traditional theory of how the giant blocks weighing several tonnes were hauled along by thousands of men to build the structure, he became convinced there was a simpler way. Frustrated with guidebooks and the response from his tour guide and wound up by put-downs from fellow

Major global oil and gas drilling company selects IFS Applications

IFS™, the global enterprise applications company, announces that a major North American offshore oil and gas drilling company has signed a contract to implement IFS Applications as its enterprise asset management (EAM) software system.The company will implement IFS Applications for Offshore Service to support maintenance operations. The solution will include projects, maintenance and material management. It also includes IFS Instant Replication, a unique solution for rapid replication of data between offshore rigs or vessels and onshore facilities. The customer operates jack-up rigs

Crafts Council selects 40 new makers for Hothouse scheme

The Crafts Council announces the 40 makers selected to start the Hothouse programme in 2013 which will be run in partnership across four regions. Hothouse selects the brightest new craft talent from across the UK and provides them with a tailor-made six-month programme of creative and business support. In a marketplace where the bespoke and handmade is being recognised and celebrated by global brands the skill and knowledge of the individual maker becomes ever more powerful. The Hothouse scheme is for makers within two years of setting up their business who already display a high

Fabege purchases part of Catena

Fabege AB (publ) purchased 3,469,342 shares in Catena AB (publ) on 22 November. Fabege’s holding in Catena AB thereafter amounts to 3,469,342 shares, equivalent to 29.99 per cent of the share capital and votes. ”We can see that the area around Arenastaden will become one of the most dynamic sub-markets in the Stockholm region, with excellent prospects for strong future growth. Catena’s development rights favourably complement Fabege’s portfolio of development properties in Solna,” comments Christian Hermelin, CEO of Fabege. Fabege AB (publ)

PostNord issues SEK 540m in bonds

Today PostNord AB has issued bonds totaling SEK 540m. The bonds have a maturity of 2.5 years and fall due on June 3, 2015. The fixed rate tranche of SEK 150m pays a fixed coupon of 2.0 % and the floating rate tranche of SEK 390m pays a floating coupon of three months Stibor + 70 basis points. The issue was made under the Medium Term Note program, established in June 2012 to provide the group with greater flexibility to finance conversions and further acquisitions. The program, with a limit of SEK 6 billion, allows for the issuance of bonds in the Swedish market. The Bookrunner

Revamp and recycle old picture frames with spray paint

If you have any old mismatched frames that no longer coordinate with your colour scheme, a can of spray paint can be a great investment. For less than £10 you can transform numerous frames – which works out much cheaper than replacing them, and much kinder on land-fill too! We used different shades of grey and blue on some frames that matched neither our artwork or the décor. (Rust-Oleum Painter’s Touch in Dark Grey, Navy Blue, Slate Blue and Winter Grey). Some small photo frames were given the spray paint treatment, and despite costing just a few pounds in a charity shop

Global crop protection market to reach $71.3 billion by 2018 says new report

Global crop protection products market will grow with a CAGR of 5.4% says new study from Reportbuyer.comAccording to the report "Crop Protection China News" ,China's pesticide industry has experienced rapid development in the past decade and now plays an important role in pesticide production in the world. Currently, it is the biggest pesticide production country and also a country with huge pesticide consumption due to its vast sustainable tillage area. China is one of the pesticide production

President's Award for academic paper

An academic paper by Harper Adams Senior Lecturer, Simon Marsh, was recognised at the British Cattle Veterinary Association Annual Congress, at the weekend. The event took place at the Telford International Centre where Principal, Dr David Llewellyn, accepted the President’s Award on behalf of Simon. Simon had presented the paper entitled ‘Suckled calf production – achieving top 1% performance’ at last year’s Congress. He said: “The paper was based on my work with a commercial suckled calf producer in Derbyshire, who achieves top 1% performance with total focus on the ‘Golden

Financial calendar 2013

The financial calendar 2013 for Panoro Energy ASA (“PEN”, OSE ticker code) is as follows: February 21, 2013Fourth quarter 2012 results May 15, 2013First quarter 2013 results and Annual General Meeting August 8, 2013Second quarter 2013 results November 7, 2013Third quarter 2013 results Please note that the financial calendar is subject to change. The Company holds presentations open to the public every quarter, and the presentations will also be available through webcast. The information presented quarterly as well as other presentations are published at our website

NOVEL PAINTINGS

Exhibition of Beryl Bainbridge’s art at Museum of LiverpoolThis December, the Museum of Liverpool will be opening a special exhibition dedicated to the works of celebrated and award-winning novelist, Dame Beryl Bainbridge. Opening on 7 December until 28 April 2013, Beryl Bainbridge, painter is a unique collection of 15 paintings by Liverpool-born Bainbridge, displayed together for the first time in her home town. Success and critical acclaim in the world of literature eclipsed Bainbridge’s lifelong passion as an artist. Visitors to the exhibition can expect to get a rare glimpse into

Lights, Camera, Action at The Old Palace!

News Release 22nd November 2012A TV producer and his team from Manchester-based Nine Lives Media stayed at The Old Palace hotel  in Lincoln recently while filming an episode of the drama documentary series Nightmare in Suburbia. The series, which is shown on the Crime & Investigation Network®, looks into shocking and unexpected crimes which have happened on the supposedly peaceful streets of suburban Britain. The team was filming episode six of series four which follows the real-life successful police investigation into the murder of Shaun Rossington who

Green Light for Better Broadband in Lincolnshire

News release 22nd November 2012The European Union has approved plans to invest public money in better broadband Internet for Lincolnshire – and that’s great news for the region’s businesses, according to the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership . Ursula Lidbetter MBE, Chair of the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership, says the EU’s announcement of ‘state aid approval’ means Lincolnshire can now press ahead with improving broadband coverage, which is one of the LEP’s key priorities. “This is great news as it means

GETAC RUGGED DEVICES: BUILT FOR ANY EMERGENCY ENVIRONMENT

22 November 2012Getac is exhibiting a range of fully rugged, next generation technology at the Emergency Services Show in Stoneleigh, Coventry on 21st - 22nd November 2012.  Featured on the stand this year is the performance-enhanced V200, the ultrafast X500 mobile server and Getac’s fully rugged Android tablet, the Z710. Visitors to stand 55, in Hall 2, can check out the V200 convertible notebook which offers a 12.1” sunlight-readable screen for the display of routes and schematics with optimum clarity, even in direct sunlight.  The device comes with full-size mechanical keyboard as

Tax and Trust: The Fiscal Crisis in Greece

They say that the only things certain in life are death and taxes. But in Greece, it seems, only the former is a certainty for many of its citizens.Tax and Trust: The Fiscal Crisis in GreeceThey say that the only things certain in life are death and taxes. But in Greece, it seems, only the former is a certainty for many of its citizens. The result is a sovereign-debt crisis that has both reflected and contributed to the current instability in the Eurozone. View the article in more detail now . http://www.tandfonline.

October contract wins for O’Brien worth £1.8million

Midlands groundworks and civil engineering company O’Brien Contractors secured £1.8 million worth of contracts in October. The latest contract wins for Midlands based O’Brien Contractors  have been announced which include the construction of a new leisure facility with Britannia Construction, the construction of new healthcare facilities with A&H Construction and a double contract win in the education sector with Interserve. O’Brien Contractors have been appointed by Britannia Construction to construct a new leisure facility in St Neots,

Doors or drawers increase design flexibility on True’s TUC undercounter fridges and freezers

Tried and tested – it’s TrueTrue fridges and freezers are built to last. Every fridge manufactured is run tested before leaving the factory, ensuring reliability as well as peace of mind. And True goes one step further offering an industry leading, three years parts and labour, and five year compressor warranty at no additional charge. True undercounter units combine this high quality build with a superior finish to produce an attractive, durable unit that delivers energy-efficient refrigeration. Designed to compliment a modern open plan commercial kitchen, they have tough stainless

ERIKS helps young engineer from Prince’s Trust to awards night

ERIKS  has taken on a young employee through The Prince’s Trust  who has proved to be such a success that he has been nominated for an award.  Jordan Hopcraft, who joined ERIKS in Stoke-on-Trent during May 2012, has so impressed The Prince’s Trust that it has appointed him Area Representative. He has also been nominated for an achievement award, which is to be presented at Aston Villa football ground, Villa Park, in November.The Prince’s Trust, founded by Prince Charles, provides mentoring support to build the confidence and

SOUTH EAST WATER AWARDS CONTRACT FOR UP TO 120,000 BOUNDARY BOXES TO ELSTER

Modular and scaleable design offers multiple options for lid and surface box arrangements to one of the leading operators of water services in the UKLUTON, England, November 22, 2012 — Elster announced today that South East Water has selected Elster to supply up to 120,000 Ajusta™ boundary boxes in the UK over the next three years. This follows South East Water’s selection of Elster in September 2010 to supply up to 250,000 volumetric water meters with wireless automatic meter reading (AMR) systems to support South East Water’s metering programme. South East Water supplies high

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