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College Principal’s New Role on National Improvement Body

The Principal of a Shropshire College has been elected to the national Council of the Learning and Skills Improvement Service. The organisation (known as LSIS) is the sector-led improvement body for further education and skills. It is overseen by a Council of 30 members representing stakeholders from across the sector. - October 06, 2011 - North Shropshire College

John Craven OBE Opens Caradoc Halls of Residence at Walford Campus

John Craven and the BBC were at the Walford campus of Walford and North Shropshire College on Friday (23rd Sep) filming a piece for the extremely popular Countryfile programme. The programme, which is due to be broadcast on October 9th on BBC1, will include a piece about Hill Farming, rising land prices and how this is affecting students and their studies. - October 06, 2011 - North Shropshire College

Residents Have the Winter Information They Need Online Thanks to North Lanarkshire’s Planning and GOSS Interactive

Case Study illustrating how North Lanarkshire Council provided its residents with winter information. - October 05, 2011 - GOSS Interactive

Mumpreneur Celebrates Her Third Year of Trading

The Mumpreneur, Christianne James, Celebrates Her Third Year of Trading with her online nursery furniture and baby bedding retailer, 4little1s.com - October 05, 2011 - 4little1s.com

Curry and a Baby Asks 4little1s.com

4little1s.com recently ran an online survey asking mums if they tried having a curry as they approached their due date to "encourage" baby along? - October 05, 2011 - 4little1s.com

4little1s.com Featured in Red Magazine

The owner of the hugely successful baby gifts business 4little1s.com, shares her experiences of starting up the business and how to save money in the Credit Crunch. - October 05, 2011 - 4little1s.com

Foregenix Details Benefits of E2EE in White Paper

Foregenix publishes white paper on benefits of protecting Magnetic Stripe Card Transactions with CreditCall’s End-to-End Encryption Solution. - October 05, 2011 - CreditCall Ltd.

Student Cash Point Hits 50,000 Registered User Mark

Student Cash Point celebrates its latest milestone with over 50,000 people now registered to access the site. - October 05, 2011 - Student Cash Point

Altius Assured Vendor Award Presented to ISG Technology

ISG technology is delighted to announce the Company has met all requirements to become an Altius Assures Vendor. The Company also meets the criteria for Safety Schemes in Procurement Forum. ISG technology sailed through the rigorous assessment process that included detailed reviews of the... - October 05, 2011 - ISG technology

Jane Thomas Announces the US Launch of Her New Book "Ways Women Orgasm" Now Available on Amazon (in Both US & UK)

The book "Ways Women Orgasm" (ISBN 978-0-9568947-0-0) is now available to buy on Amazon in the US as well as the UK. - October 05, 2011 - WaysWomenOrgasm.org

Welding Equipment and Consumables: Emphasis on Preventive Maintenance Increases Investments, Finds Frost & Sullivan

Global welding market for repairs and maintenance to accelerate post 2011, generating over $3 billion by 2017. - October 05, 2011 - Frost & Sullivan

Tate Online Selects Axis12 Limited for Major Drupal Project

The Tate Museum Group, who recently announced a major shift in their approach to their online presence by a move to the Drupal CMS, have selected London based Axis12 Limited to deliver the technical architecture for the platform, to deliver a SOLR based unified search solution that will cover a... - October 05, 2011 - Axis12 Limited

Creative Print Publishing October 2011 - Unpublished Authors Print Ready Competition

Creative Print Publishing Ltd have launched their October 2011 Humorous and Comical Writer's competition for Unpublished authors by offering each monthly winner a contract and their book in print. - October 04, 2011 - Creative Print Publishing Ltd

London Commercial Property Agency MERJS Appointed as Sole Agency for W1 Garden Floor Office Suite

MERJS has been appointed as the sole property agent for a newly available W1 garden floor office space in Mandeville Place. - October 03, 2011 - Merjs Charted Surveyors

Leading Used Van Retailer Anchor Vans Reports Increase in Sales of Long Wheel Base Courier Vans in Lead Up to Festive Season

Anchor Vans has reported an upsurge in sales of used long wheel base vans used by couriers and delivery companies in the lead up to the festive season’s peak delivery period. - October 03, 2011 - Anchor Vans

Bakery Production Jobs

A number of Consultants from the Focus Management team were recently asked by a key client to work on a recruitment restructure for one of their most important business units. On the 22nd September 2011, Dominic Cooke and two other consultants visited the site for a factory tour, where a real... - October 02, 2011 - Focus Management Ltd

Symphony Environmental at Interplas

"Oxo-biodegradable plastic will not only survive competition from other plastics, including bio-based plastics, but looks set to increase its worldwide market share dramatically," according to Michael Stephen, Deputy Chairman of the Symphony Environmental Technologies Group, giving a special presentation at the national plastics exhibition “Interplas” at the NEC in Birmingham this week. - October 02, 2011 - Symphony Environmental Technologies PLC

GlobalGrasshopper.com Announces a Collection of Ten of the Very Best Budget Hotels in London

The funky travel blog GlobalGrasshopper.com has spent weeks compiling a list of 10 of the very best budget hotels London can offer. In the economic downturn people aren't willing to give up travel but would like to do it a bit cheaper. The list solves the problem of where to find good budget hotels in an otherwise expensive city. - October 02, 2011 - GlobalGrasshopper.com

Capita’s School Admissions Conference - Tuesday 6th December 2011, Central London & School Admissions Appeal Workshop – Wednesday 7th December 2011, Central London

Capita’s 6th National School Admissions Conference is taking place on Tuesday 6th December 2011 in Central London, followed by the half-day School Admissions Appeals Workshop on Wednesday, 7th December 2011 Capita’s 6th National School Admissions Conference is timed to give you... - October 02, 2011 - Capita Conferences

Market-Leading Recruitment Software by 2ls.com

Market-leading recruitment software company 2LS has recently released a pair of invaluable (and free) recruitment tools. The business, which focuses purely on the design and development of recruitment specific product GRIP, has made available a free online calculator, as well as the 23-page... - October 02, 2011 - 2LS Limited

Capita Announces Details of Its 2nd Electronic Health Records Conference – Thursday 8th December 2011, Central London

Capita’s 2nd Electronic Health Records Conference is taking place on Thursday 8th December 2011 in Central London Chair: Stephen Elgar, Information Governance Manager, London Programme for IT, NHS London Speakers include: Dawn Monaghan, Group Manager, Public Services Strategic Liaison,... - October 02, 2011 - Capita Conferences

Content Delivery Specialist CD Team Announces Special Offer on Rimage CD and DVD Publishing Equipment for Home Offices

CD Team has agreed to a special offer for its customers with Rimage, offering several disc printing and copying products at a discounted price for a limited time. - October 02, 2011 - CD Team

ISG technology’s Annual Go-Karting Event Provided Another Year of Excitement

The event was held at the Buckmore Park Circuit in Kent. The 17 teams had the chance to prove their driving skills on the same kart circuit where current British F1 drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button learnt their craft. - October 02, 2011 - ISG technology

Leading Private Tuition Provider Tutors International Brings All Present and Previous Private Tutors Together for London Soiree

For the first time since the private tuition company was founded twelve years ago, all of the present and previous tutors employed by Tutors International, along with their partners, were brought together for an evening in London. - October 02, 2011 - Tutors International

MotivatEd Launches New National Curriculum-Linked Rugby Website with Premiership Rugby and The Rugby Football Union

Cambridge based e-Learning specialist MotivatEd has partnered with Premiership Rugby and the Rugby Football Union (RFU) to create Rugby World Cup 2011 learning resources for The Rugbee Ground – a new rugby-themed website for teachers and pupils. - October 01, 2011 - MotivatEd

Ceram Launches Sustainability Services

Ceram, the international materials technology consultancy, is pleased to announce that it has now formalised its offering around sustainability with the setting up of a dedicated Sustainability Team and the launch of a range of Sustainability Services. - October 01, 2011 - Lucideon

"Design Guru Gives "Stamp" of Approval to Philatelic Exhibition

Author and cultural commentator Stephen Bayley lends his support to an exhibition highlighting black achievement as part of Black History Month UK. - October 01, 2011 - The Stanley Gibbons Group plc

Race to the Finish; movemanSKG Wins Another Contract

movemanSKG has provided a wheelchair lift to Newmarket Racecourses, which is a regular customer of Otis, movemanSKG's parent company. - October 01, 2011 - movemanSKG

Hoeft & Wessel Introducing NFC Capability Into Its Ticketing Product Range Using CreditCall’s Contactless.LIB EMV Kernel

As of October, Hoeft & Wessel will provide NFC (Near Field Communication) enabled contactless payment functionality across its ITSO ticketing equipment and terminals through the integration of Contactless.LIB, CreditCall’s Contactless Kernel. - October 01, 2011 - CreditCall Ltd.

New German Translation of the Systech Illinois Gas Analysis Instrumentation Website is Released at www.systechillinois.com/de

Systech Illinois has released the new German translation of its core website as part of plans to roll out versions of the site in multiple languages. - October 01, 2011 - Systech Illinois

UK Recruitment Drive to Boost Region Fast

Hosting provider to double staff in 18 months. - October 01, 2011 - UKFast

Family Law Solicitors Report Rise in the Number of Women Requesting Prenups

Family law solicitors in the UK have seen a rise in the number of women initiating requests for prenuptial agreements, according to a recent survey by find-a-solicitor service, Contact Law. - October 01, 2011 - Contact Law

MDs Warned "Don't Ignore Art of Social Media"

A panel of experts at a UKFast round table debate has warned MDs not to ignore the blend of science and art in social media. - October 01, 2011 - UKFast

Shirtlab Launches Facebook Page with Competition to Win a Personalised T-Shirt for All Who "Like" the Page

Leading online t-shirt design website Shirtlab has launched a Facebook page with a prize draw to win a personalised t-shirt. - October 01, 2011 - Shirtlab

Egress Switch Shortlisted for Security Innovation of the Year Award 2011

On-demand email & file encryption software voted finalist for "Security Innovation of the Year" by BCS & Computing UK IT Industry Awards. - October 01, 2011 - Egress Software Technologies Ltd

Slow Forms and Security Top Poll of eCommerce Gripes

New Postcode Anywhere survey focuses on causes of cart abandonment. - October 01, 2011 - PCA Predict

TheOfficeSuppliesSupermarket.com - Fastest Growing Office Supplies Provider in the UK After Another Record Sales Month

With sales growth of 200% built on great customer service, fast delivery and the best range of products all at discounted prices theOfficeSuppliesSupermarket.com is becoming the obvious choice for business supplies across the UK. - September 30, 2011 - TheOfficeSuppliesSupermarket.com

OpenIndiana, the Open Source Project Sponsored by Managed Hosting Provider EveryCity, Launches Its Next Development Release, oi_151a

EveryCity is supporting OpenIndiana, an open source enterprise operating system derived from OpenSolaris. - September 30, 2011 - EveryCity Ltd

4dots Software Releases New Document Organizer Freeware Software Application

4dots Software released a new freeware software application that organizes documents and webpages in a tree structure which can then be navigated to instantly. - September 30, 2011 - 4dots Software

4dots Software Releases New Freeware Software Application for Creating Interactive Imagemaps for Webpages

4dots Software released a new freeware software application for creating interactive html imagemaps for webpages with preview feature and wizard. - September 30, 2011 - 4dots Software

CouponCodes.com.au Brings Big Bargains for Australians

A new Coupon Code and Discount website has recently launched in Australia, bringing together deals and bargains from top Australian and overseas retailers. - September 30, 2011 - Markco Media Ltd

Sunderland Gets a Magnificent Seventh

A brand new and exciting world of taste has finally come to Sunderland. EuroFoods announce the opening of their seventh Masala Bazaar store in the UK, situated in Sunderland. - September 30, 2011 - EuroFoods Group

eMerchantPay Registers with the UK’s FSA as a Payment Institution

International Payment Processor eMerchantPay.com has announced their registration as a Payment Institution by the UK’s Financial Services Authority, giving them the authorization to carry out payment services under the Payment Services Regulations 2009 (PSRs). - September 30, 2011 - eMerchantPay Limited