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Mick Jagger Secret Gig Set List to Auction
Mick Jagger's draft set list for a secret gig in Melbourne in 1988 will sell at PFC Auctions this month. - September 27, 2012 - PFC Auctions
Intuit Launches QuickBooks Accountant Edition in the U.K.
In response to growing demand from accounting professionals in the U.K., Intuit is launching QuickBooks Accountant Edition 2013, the first time it has offered the Accountant Edition of its popular QuickBooks software in the U.K. - September 27, 2012 - Intuit UK
Flagship Institute for Advanced Manufacturing Unveiled
Atlas Composites were one of a select few SME's to see first hand Nottingham University unveil their world class Institute for Advanced Engineering at an East Midlands opening ceremony last week. - September 27, 2012 - Atlas Composites
Argos in Cappadocia Revamps Its SEKI Restaurant and Adds Wine Cellar
Great Hotels of the World (http://www.ghotw.com) is delighted to announce that its member hotel, Argos in Cappadocia (http://www.ghotw.com/argos-cappadocia-hotel), has entirely revamped its SEKI Restaurant by extending its capacity, and changing its menu and beverage offerings with the introduction of a wine cellar. - September 27, 2012 - Great Hotels of the World
Track Surveys Report on Barclay's New Bonus Scheme
Track Surveys, a leading designer and developer of bespoke 360 Degree Feedback and performance management programmes, comment on Barclay’s new bonus scheme. Earlier this year, Barclays were fined £290 million when they attempted to manipulate the key Libor rate which influences the... - September 27, 2012 - Track Surveys
Learning Light Helps Companies Capitalise on the Changing Demand for e-Learning
Many commentators and analysts agree that, increasingly over the last few years, the training industry has been changing. Among other things, organisations are turning to blended learning – a mixture of instructor-delivered and technology-delivered learning - to make training solutions more... - September 27, 2012 - Learning Light
Localphone.com Gives Customers Free Calls to Israel
International calling giant, Localphone.com is rewarding customers with a week of free calls to Israel. - September 27, 2012 - Localphone
Haroon Atchia from Quality First International Examines the Regulatory Framework That is at the Core of One of the Biggest Current International Health Scandals
The European Union continues to deal with a scandal about breast implants made and placed on the market with the CE mark of conformity by the French company Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP). Thousands of women have undergone difficult and potentially risky explant procedures based on physician... - September 27, 2012 - Quality First International
Panasonic Viewers Now Able to Access a Wide Range of Videos via Woomi
MT Digital Media has released their new woomi app into the UK and Europe allowing viewers to watch a wide range of videos covering sports, news, short and feature films and music via Panasonic’s VIERA Connect portal on their Smart VIERA TVs. - September 26, 2012 - Woomi
"Industrial, Bulk and Transport Packaging Market Will Total $208.4bn in 2012" Says Visiongain Report
Visiongain’s analysis indicates that the global industrial, bulk and transport market will reach a value of $208.4bn in 2012. The market is expected to be mainly driven by Europe, Asia and North America. Paper and Board will remain the leading sub market over the period 2012-2022. - September 26, 2012 - visiongain
ANS Group Europe Installs Living Wall at Kent University
ANS Group Europe, leading designers of indoor and outdoor living walls, has installed a living wall at Kent University with great success and acclaim. - September 26, 2012 - ANS Group (Europe)
Free Tools from InvestorBee Guide for Investors to Choose the Best Plan
Taking smart decisions to invest hard-earned money is no more difficult. InvestorBee tools suggest the best type of investment. - September 26, 2012 - Investor Bee
ISPreview Study Finds Most UK People Require at Least a 10Mbps Minimum Broadband Speed
A new ISPreview survey has reported that 81.5 Per Cent of UK internet users claim to currently require a minimum real-world broadband speed of 10Mbps (Megabits per second) or more, yet only 34% reported being able to receive their desired speed. The results could spell trouble for the government's target to offer a minimum download speed of at least 2Mbps to everybody by 2015. - September 26, 2012 - ISPreview.co.uk
Vocal Wins Another Prestigious Emergency Planning Award; the "Most Innovative Product of the Year 2012"
Vocal are delighted to be celebrating yet another achievement. Incident Log; the latest addition to the award winning iModus suite has been officially recognised by the Emergency Planning Society as the "Most Innovative Product of the Year." This is the second Emergency Planning Award that Vocal has won in the past three years, underlining their position as an industry leader and their commitment to innovation within the sector. - September 26, 2012 - Vocal Ltd
People Insight Research Shows Leaders Struggling to Stay in Touch
People Insight, a leading provider of employee engagement and employee survey services, recently researched staff views on the qualities of leaders in their organisations. One high-level finding, covering all major UK sectors, is that less than half of employees believe their organisations are... - September 26, 2012 - People Insight Ltd
Capita's Housing Benefit in Scotland - Wednesday 5th December 2012, Edinburgh
Keynote: John Giblin, Housing Delivery Division, Department for Work and Pensions. The introduction of Universal Credit and direct payments from October 2013 will be the biggest change to the welfare system in over 60 years. Capita's 2nd National Housing Benefit in Scotland Conference comes at a crucial time to provide guidance on mitigating the risks of impending reform. - September 26, 2012 - Capita Conferences
Capita's School Admissions Conference - Monday 10th December 2012, Central London
Keynote: Dr Elizabeth Passmore OBE, Chief Schools Adjudicator, Office of the Schools Adjudicator. With more schools becoming their own admission authorities, Capita’s 7th National School Admissions Conference provides an opportunity to examine the impact of the changes to the School Admissions Code. - September 26, 2012 - Capita Conferences
Roberson Wine Named London’s Best Wine Merchant at Decanter World Wine Awards
Roberson Wine has been named London Wine Merchant of the Year 2012 at the prestigious Decanter World Wine Awards. In front of a packed audience at the Royal Opera House on Wednesday September 5th, Roberson beat finalists The Sampler, Philglas & Swiggot, Vagabond Wines, Bottle Apostle and Lea & Sandeman to the prestigious title. - September 26, 2012 - Roberson Wine
Douglas Stafford Relocates to New Larger Offices
Douglas Stafford, a leading provider of performance improvement services, including mystery shopping and customer satisfaction surveys, is expanding and has moved to new larger offices within its existing location. - September 26, 2012 - Douglas Stafford Limited
Crisis Leadership Course - London November 28th
Crisis Solutions, Europe’s leading specialist in crisis management, is proud to be rolling out Crisis Academy training courses. The next Crisis Leadership course takes place in London on November 28th. - September 26, 2012 - Crisis Solutions
"Sahara, Life On The Edge" Picks Up Top Award at Green Screen
DoP and Series Director Richard Kirby and Producer Bill Markham received the Best Film of Festival award at Green Screen Wildlife Film Festival 2012 for "Sahara, Life on the Edge," an episode of "Wildest Africa" series produced for Discovery Channel. - September 25, 2012 - timeframehd.com
Pilgrim Jewellery Sale at Online Jewellery Shop Gembid
A huge sale of Pilgrim jewellery at online jewellery shop and auction Gembid. Pay less for your favourite jewellery. - September 25, 2012 - Gembid.co.uk
Prison Space "Wasted" on the Non-Violent, Claims Campaign
The non-profit organization for victims of violent crime, justice4victims.org, has launched a campaign to call for a “radical redefinition of the purpose of the prison system,” having published recent figures of violent crime and prison populations on its website. The website claims... - September 25, 2012 - Matt McAvoy
Highest Performance Digital Giant Screen Cinema to Premiere in Peoria with Global Immersion
GSX™ will bring Unrestricted Programming, Highest Resolution, Highest Brightness, 3D Digital Giant Screen Cinema to Peoria Riverfront Museum in October 2012. - September 24, 2012 - Global Immersion
UK SEO Agency Resells Leotards for Girls
Revax Media has released its latest service; Leotards for Girls - September 24, 2012 - Revax Media Limited
3D Lockers Adds New FAQ Section to Website
3D Lockers, a website specialising in supplying lockers, shelving, racking and assorted storage and organisational equipment. - September 24, 2012 - 3D Lockers
Children's Charity Barnardo's Appoints Barber Design to Create New Store Concept
Barber Design, a leading contemporary retail interior design agency, recently developed a new charity retail store design concept for renowned children’s charity Barnardo’s. As an experienced retail interior and branding design company, Barber Design were chosen to design and create... - September 24, 2012 - Barber Design
University Crime Stats Spark a Rise in Burglar Alarm Installations in Leeds
Recently published university crime stats have led to an increase in burglar alarm installations according to a Leeds security company - September 24, 2012 - EDT Security Solutions Ltd
International Coaching News Has a Spot for You
International Coaching News works with journalists or writers—staffers and freelancers alike—who have written for newspapers or magazine editors and who have demonstrated basic reporting, technical writing, and writing skills, including the ability to identify the most important elements of an article, acknowledging sources and people, and most especially coaching. - September 23, 2012 - International Coaching News
Slices of Royal Wedding Cakes to Auction
Slices of cake from the Royal Weddings of Prince William & Kate Middleton and Princess Diana & Prince Charles will sell at PFC Auctions this month. - September 23, 2012 - PFC Auctions
Saints Fans Treated to Free Event
Hattons Solicitors Gold Membership recently treated its members to a free evening of entertainment at Saints, providing a free pie and pint for fans followed by interviews with three first team players. - September 23, 2012 - Hattons Solicitors
Dynamax Releases Digital Signage Glossary
Dynamax Technologies has just launched its first digital signage glossary, meant to give its readers an understanding of software, hardware, content and installation- related terminology. The material is available for download, free of charge, from the company’s website. - September 23, 2012 - Dynamax Technologies Ltd
Bridgestone Global Partners Opens Five New Branches
Bridgestone Global Partners Europe has opened five more branches in the last half of 2012: Burgundy, Finnmark, Northumbria, Samos, Vaud. - September 23, 2012 - Bridgestone Global Partners
SEO Agency Moves Into Novelty Gifts Market
Not the match you'd instantly make, but one UK agency has moved into a different industry altogether. - September 22, 2012 - Revax Media Limited
Bridgestone Global Partners Executives attend Pacific Rim Bankers Program
Two senior executives of the Bridgestone Global Partners are attending the 35th Annual Session of the Pacific Rim Bankers Program (PRBP) in the University of Washington in Seattle, a two-week intensive program that prepares bank executives in managing the challenges of an increasingly global economy. - September 22, 2012 - Bridgestone Global Partners
San Pellegrino Utilise the Systech Illinois 8700 Oxygen Permeation Analyser to Test the Oxygen Permeation of Their Plastic Bottles
San Pellegrino in Italy have been producing mineral water since the nineteenth century and use the 8700 analyser to test the oxygen permeation of their plastic bottles in the production of their mineral water. - September 22, 2012 - Systech Illinois
Taking Virtualization to the Next Level – Huw Price to Speak at the SOA, Cloud + Service Technology Symposium
Huw Price, Managing Director of Grid-Tools Limited, the leading vendor of test data management, test data generation and data masking software and solutions, will unveil how integrating service virtualization tools with test data management can not only eliminate the constraints of cross-system... - September 22, 2012 - Grid-Tools Ltd
New Programme on Racism & Football Slams Interference in the Beautiful Game
New programme on football and racism sheds fresh light on demands that football should "clean up its act." - September 22, 2012 - WorldWrite
Nigel Mansell Crashed F1 Car Part to Auction
The rear section of Nigel Mansell’s Formula 1 racing car from the 1986 Adelaide Grand Prix will sell at PFC Auctions on September 27 2012. The last of 16 races in the 1986 Formula One season, competition was fierce between Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet, both racing for the Williams-Honda... - September 22, 2012 - PFC Auctions
Riots Programme Suggests Orthodox Views Are Way Off the Mark
New programme looks at causes and ramifications of the riots from diminished parental authority to the patronising nature of youth provision. - September 22, 2012 - WorldWrite
Datascape - A Ground-Breaking Application for 3D Data Visualisation
Analysts now have the ability to explore and make sense of their data in 3D with the launch of Datascape – a 3D data visualisation application – by immersive environments specialists Daden Limited. Data visualisation is a powerful method for analysing and presenting large quantities of... - September 22, 2012 - Daden Limited
DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability Joins the Energy & Utilities Alliance
DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability has joined the Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA), which provides a leading industry voice to help shape future policy direction within the UK energy and utilities sector. The Energy and Utilities Alliance, formerly SBGI, recently rebranded to reflect its... - September 22, 2012 - DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability
Freelance SEO Essex Launches New Website
The team at search consultancy firm Freelance SEO Essex are proud to announce the launch of their brand new website. - September 22, 2012 - Freelance SEO Essex
"Cloud-Based Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Market Will be $11.2bn in 2012," Says Latest Report
Virtual desktops have been on the radar of enterprise IT since the 1990s, but only recently has technology reached a point where they can be expedient and cost-effective enough to warrant serious discussion and consideration. - September 21, 2012 - visiongain
"The ballast water treatment system market to be worth $240m in 2012," says Visiongain report
Visiongain’s analysis indicates that the ballast water treatment system market will reach a value of $240m in 2012. As the IMO and the USCG regulations come closer, ship owners are taking more interest in the technologies and vendors available to meet the ballast water treatment requirements. The ballast water treatment system market is therefore forecast by Visiongain to record a unique forecast with considerable potential over the next decade. - September 21, 2012 - visiongain
Hinging and Locking Products from FDB for the Railed Vehicle Industry
FDB Panel Fittings introduce specific hinging and locking products for the railed vehicle industry such as screw-on hinges, compression latches and quarter-turn lock with slotted insert. - September 21, 2012 - FDB Panel Fittings
Panda Security Launches "PandaIT_SOS: Confessions of an IT Professional" Contest
Share funny or utterly bizarre IT support requests for a chance to win the new iPad. Enter via http://www.pandasos.com or Twitter with the hashtag #PandaIT_SOS. - September 21, 2012 - Panda Security
Elesa – New Retracted Rest Spring Plungers Offer Safety and Security in One
New Retracted Rest Spring Plungers from Elesa UK offer safety and security in one, and are ideal for the location of machinery equipment in manufacturing, security locking in furniture and the component positioning of in-house service equipment. - September 21, 2012 - ELESA (UK) Ltd
Eric Spencer Launches New Range of Barbour Jackets
Ilkley country wear store Eric Spencer has just taken stock of the latest Barbour autumn/winter 2012 range of coats and jackets. - September 21, 2012 - Eric Spencer Ltd
Pharma Anti- Counterfeiting 2012 by Virtue Insight Ltd on 18th October 2012, UK
Virtue Insight Ltd is pleased to announce “Pharma Anti- Counterfeiting 2012 – Competences to Combat Counterfeits in EU & USA” on 18th October 2012 at Marriott Marble Arch Hotel, London, UK. Visit: http://www.virtueinsight.com/pharma/Pharma-Anti-Counterfeiting-2012/ This... - September 21, 2012 - Virtue Insight