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ZE PowerGroup Inc. Appoints Ian Gordon as Director of Business Development, European Markets
ZE PowerGroup Inc. (ZE) the developers of ZEMA Product SuiteTM, is proud to announce the addition of Ian Gordon as Director of Business Development, European Markets. Ian's role is to initiate ZE's expansion plans into the UK and Europe further establishing the ZEMA Suite as the global industry... - June 05, 2009 - ZE PowerGroup
Dani Homes and Spice It Up Interiors Retain Intuitive Concepts for Feng Shui at Parade of Homes
Dani Homes owner, Nilay Bhatt, has brought in Diana Garber, Feng Shui expert and President of Intuitive Concepts, to consult on his project during this year's Parade of Homes in Dublin, Ohio. - June 05, 2009 - Intuitive Concepts, Inc.
Intertek’s Vancouver, BC Laboratory Announces CBTL Accreditation Under Category HOUS
Accreditation offers manufacturers complete package for North American and Global Certification - June 05, 2009 - Intertek
Intertek Granted Accreditation from the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) to Certify Manufactured/Modular Housing and RVs in Canada
Manufacturers now have a choice in certification and testing partner for faster market access - June 05, 2009 - Intertek
Intertek and SEI Partner for Testing and Certification of Fall Protection Equipment
Added capabilities for the evaluation of fall protection equipment offer manufacturers a faster, more efficient alternative for testing and certification - June 05, 2009 - Intertek
Audubon Environmental Expands European Operations
Miles M. (Bud) Smart, Ph.D., president of Audubon Environmental (www.audubonenv.com), a sustainability consulting firm that works with landowners, developers and government entities to protect and sustain land, water, wildlife and natural resources, has announced that the firm has expanded its... - June 05, 2009 - Audubon Environmental
Steelhenge Consulting is Re-Awarded Three Year Business Continuity Consulting, Training and Exercising Contract for MOD London Buildings
Following the completion of a three-year contract for business continuity exercising, Steelhenge has successfully won a competitive tender for a second three year business continuity consulting, training and exercising contract until 2011. - June 05, 2009 - Steelhenge Consulting Limited
Seth Kahan's Fast Co Blog Entries Achieve Top Ten Status
Seth Kahan, expert in Change Leadership, has written two blog posts this year that have been read by an exceptional number of people, landing him in Fast Company’s “Top Ten Expert Blogs” twice. - June 04, 2009 - Performance Development Group
Marathon Consulting Announces Release of m|Solutions Line of Managed Services Products
Marathon helps small business owners stay focused on keeping their business efficient and profitable. Marathon Consulting, leader in IT solutions and consulting, announced today the availability of the m|Solutions set of agile managed services. The m | Solution release adds a host of new features... - June 04, 2009 - Marathon Consulting LLC
LTS Releases Updated Version of Its' Cornerstone Skills Development Book
Learn to Succeed: Power Core Skills for business, now in paperback. This book is a ground breaking mix of impeccable career guidance and interactive advice. - June 04, 2009 - LTS Advisors, LLC
IPA’s Managing Director Recognized as Honored Member of Stanford Who’s Who
IPA’s Managing Director, John R. Burgess, has been recognized as an honored member of The Stanford Who’s Who Black Book. Inclusion to The Stanford Who’s Who Black Book is limited to those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding leadership or achievement in their occupation,... - June 04, 2009 - IPA
IPA Ranked #143 by Crain’s Chicago Business
IPA has been ranked the 143rd largest privately held business in Chicago by Crain’s Chicago Business. Crain’s exclusive ranking of the largest privately held companies in Chicago is based on revenue, and was published April 20, 2009. Crain’s Chicago Business, a Crain... - June 04, 2009 - IPA
Wendy Losper Will be Able to Strike a Perfect Life/Work Balance Through Her Role as an ActionCOACH
Wendy Losper will be able to enjoy business ownership and the flexibility to schedule her own hours – while helping small businesses succeed. - June 04, 2009 - ActionCOACH
The ActionCOACH Opportunity Will Help Angela Whalley Work Around a Flexible Schedule
Angela Whalley is excited about the opportunity to teach and coach people to improve their lives. - June 04, 2009 - ActionCOACH
Bruno Le Coz Will Provide a New Level of Service to Business Owners in the French Capital
Qualified and experienced business professional Joins Brad Sugars’ ActionCOACH franchise in France. - June 04, 2009 - ActionCOACH
Daniel Gampl Decided to Become Part of the ActionCOACH Systems Instead of Going Out on His Own
Relieved to find what he was looking for without having to reinvent the wheel, Daniel Gampl decided to acquire his own ActionCOACH franchise. - June 04, 2009 - ActionCOACH
The ActionCOACH Franchise is a Great Opportunity for Corporate People Looking for Business Ownership
Charlie Haddon considers ActionCOACH to be a professional, competent organization with an impressive array of tools and techniques to draw upon. - June 04, 2009 - ActionCOACH
Marcy Cowan Invests in an ActionCOACH Business Coaching Firm in Atlanta
With a strong desire to serve others, Marcy Cowan knows the ActionCOACH business model will help her meet this goal. - June 04, 2009 - ActionCOACH
Newest ActionCOACH in the UK Wishes He Had Come Across an ActionCOACH in His Own Business
Rob Carter loves the idea of helping fellow business owners succeed – while also building his own business. - June 04, 2009 - ActionCOACH
Past Corporate Executive Denis Buckley is the Newest ActionCOACH in Ireland
Entrepreneurial dreams and a desire for a more balanced lifestyle prompted Denis Buckley to join ActionCOACH. - June 04, 2009 - ActionCOACH
Successful Business Owner Joins ActionCOACH in Florida
Having moved back to the U.S. recently, Jacqueline Palmer has joined ActionCOACH as a Business Coach. - June 04, 2009 - ActionCOACH
Wood Fiber Costs Are Rising for Wood Pellets Manufacturers in Europe Because the Industry is Expanding Rapidly, Reports the Wood Resource Quarterly
The expanding wood pellet industry in Europe is increasingly relying on pulpwood and wood chips for its raw-material needs, as the supply of lower-cost sawdust cannot meet the fast rise in demand for wood fiber. The biomass sector is now competing with both the wood-based panel manufacturers and pulpmills for wood residues and logs, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. - June 03, 2009 - Wood Resources International LLC
Kathleen Heuer Joins McConnell International – Capabilities Align with President’s Healthcare Agenda
Kathleen Heuer joins McConnell International as an Executive Consultant, strengthening the firm’s capabilities around healthcare management. - June 03, 2009 - Clinton Rubin LLC
PathGuide’s Latitude User Conference Attendees Tackle Economic Downturn by Addressing Performance Metrics
PathGuide Technologies, a leading provider of warehouse management systems (WMS) for wholesale and industrial distributors, today highlighted distributors’ need to focus on warehouse performance metrics as illustrated by lively discussions at PathGuide’s recent Latitude User Conference. - June 03, 2009 - PathGuide Technologies
Birds of a Feather Tweet Together
ActionCOACH founder and CEO Brad Sugars built a following of 1095 people in less than three weeks on Twitter - a Social Media micro blogging website. - June 03, 2009 - ActionCOACH
ActionCOACH Stays Ahead of the Game with Social Media
With an in-house social media specialist on staff, the ActionCOACH social media presence is unmatched by any business coaching company in the world. - June 03, 2009 - ActionCOACH
Jill Fearn is the Newest ActionCOACH in New Zealand
Fearn joined ActionCOACH looking for an opportunity that would provide unlimited earnings as well as a balanced lifestyle. - June 03, 2009 - ActionCOACH
From Passivity to Passion
Pursuing Dreams and Turning Them Into Reality. - June 03, 2009 - John Lee Books and Seminars
CP Environmental Group, Inc. Named to Pennsylvania’s Top Business List for the Third Consecutive Year
In recognition of the economic power of privately held businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations’ leading business-to-business internet site, recently named CP Environmental Group as one of the top businesses in the United States. - June 03, 2009 - CP Environmental Group
Consultants Unlimited Adds Three States for Environmental Professional Engineering Services
Consultants Unlimited announced today that they have licensed PE’s in three additional States (Texas, Florida & Louisiana) thus expanding their service abilities to thirty-six (36) States and the District of Columbia. Consultants Unlimited offer licensed & certified PE services in the... - June 03, 2009 - Consultants Unlimited
Passion, Intimacy and Communication in Greensboro
During this fast-paced evening lecture, John Lee asks participants, “How well are you loving?” instead of, “How well are you being loved?” Lee will provide insights into having a more passionate and intimate relationship. - June 03, 2009 - John Lee Books and Seminars
Proof that the Emotionally Available Man Exists
Through emotional sobriety, emotional intelligence and emotional literacy, men can positively impact, correct and perhaps even save relationships to lovers, spouses, family, friends and even employees and bosses. - June 03, 2009 - John Lee Books and Seminars
Questar Enhances Its On-Demand Reporting
Decision-makers can now more easily use their Employee Survey results to gain valuable strategic insights. Questar's Organizational Insights Group (OIG) is excited to announce this new on-demand analytic reporting capability, as the newest member of Questar’s suite of survey system tools. This improvement allows users to interactively slice and dice data in an almost unlimited number of ways in real time in order to get specific information very quickly. - June 03, 2009 - Questar Data Systems
Registration Opens for Business Women's Workshop: Seraphim Sphere
Karen Kleinwort, a Holistic Life Coach as well as CranioSacral Practitioner and Reiki Master, has a unique solution for business women – a powerful and empowering group coaching workshop. Kleinwort says registration opens June 1 for the group coaching series called Seraphim Sphere. - June 02, 2009 - Therapy in Transition LLC
UTRS Announces Award as 2009 SBA Regional Prime Contractor of the Year (Region II)
UTRS received the 2009 Small Business Administration award as Regional Prime Contractor of the Year for Region II. - June 02, 2009 - Universal Technical Resource Services, Inc.
The Brooks Group Selected to Provide Services for Development of Top University Programs
Michigan State University Officially Adopts IMPACT Selling® & TriMetrix® Assessment Systems - June 02, 2009 - The Brooks Group
Lionheart Assurance Solutions: D-FW Businesses Seek to Minimize Liability for Identity Theft
Businesses are increasingly finding themselves more liable for securing non-public information belonging to their customers, employees, vendors and suppliers. Lionheart Assurance Solutions (www.LionheartAssuranceSolutions.com) has Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialists (CITRMS) trained to help businesses mitigate their risk associated with data breaches and identity theft. - June 02, 2009 - Lionheart Assurance Solutions, LP
Companies in Need of Innovative Thinking Are Turning to SmartStorming®
Two marketing communications professionals from New York City are giving the traditional brainstorm a much-needed overhaul, with a totally new approach to brainstorming they call SmartStorming: Advanced Training in Innovative Thinking. - June 02, 2009 - SmartStorming
The Economic Downturn Spells Opportunity for Lionheart Assurance Solutions
The economic downturn provides the perfect storm of opportunity for Lionheart Assurance Solutions. Identity theft is at an all time high, there is a larger than usual pool of potential sales Agents in the market and the FTC has new "identity theft laws" going into effect, which have businesses scrambling to get with Lionheart Assurance Agents for help in establishing the "culture of compliance" mandated by these new laws. - June 01, 2009 - Lionheart Assurance Solutions, LP
Jennifer Dunleavy to Speak at Cisco Career Day
The Accuro Group, a professional services organization that provides strategic staffing, consulting and talent placement services to leading local, national and global corporations, has announced that Jennifer Dunleavy, founder and president of the company, will be speaking at Cisco System’s... - May 31, 2009 - The Accuro Group
Heather Ficquette Joins Technology Associates
Eric Hobbs, president of Technology Associates (www.technologyassociates.net), a full-service technology solutions and support firm, has announced that the firm has hired Heather Ficquette as the new office manager. In this position, Ficquette will oversee the daily operations of the firm and serve... - May 31, 2009 - Technology Associates
CGN & Associates Enables Federal Interoperability for State of Illinois, National Scale Spring Ahead Demonstration Validates Interoperability
The State of Illinois recently participated in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Office of National Capital Region Coordination (NCRC)’s, Spring Ahead, a Federal and Mutual Aid multi-jurisdictional electronic validation demonstration leveraging Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201-compliant and FIPS 201-interoperable credentials. CGN & Associates, Inc., a business performance consulting firm, provided program management for the State of Illinois. - May 30, 2009 - CGN & Associates
ActionCOACH Named Finalist for Stevie American Business Awards’ Best Overall Company
ActionCOACH recognized as a Finalist for Best Overall Company by Stevie American Business Awards. - May 30, 2009 - ActionCOACH
ActionCOACH Founder and CEO Brad Sugars Named Finalist for Stevie’s Chairman of the Year Award
Brad Sugars has been recognized as a finalist for Stevie American Business Awards’ coveted “Chairman of the Year” award. - May 30, 2009 - ActionCOACH
MASSAGE Magazine Debuts Digital Subscription
MASSAGE Magazine digital subscription is now available. This new digital flip book was designed by the company to provide massage therapy professionals with instant access to the publication. - May 30, 2009 - The Doyle Group
Business Advisor Joins the ActionCOACH Franchise to Access Its World-Class Tools and Systems
Jay McDowell became a business advisor about three years ago and realized he needed a proven tool kit to become successful; it is for this reason that he joined ActionCOACH. - May 30, 2009 - ActionCOACH
Sharply Declining Wood Costs for Pulpmills Worldwide in the 1Q 2009, According to Wood Resource Quarterly
Wood costs, the largest cost component when producing wood pulp, have fallen substantially in all regions of the world the past nine months. The biggest reductions have occurred in western North America, Oceania, Latin America and the Nordic countries, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. - May 29, 2009 - Wood Resources International LLC
Local Carrollton Executive Establishes Professional Services Firm
Dennis M. Eldridge is pleased to announce the formation of a professional services firm, The Operative Solution Consulting, LLC to provide trusted management advisory services to owners of small and medium-sized independent businesses in the Carrollton, Lewisville and greater Dallas/Fort Worth... - May 29, 2009 - The Operative Solution Consulting, LLC
Store Opening Solutions Goes the Extra Mile
Bill Rudolph, Vice President for Store Opening Solutions recently completed the 113th Annual Boston Marathon. - May 29, 2009 - Store Opening Solutions LLC
Fuentek Receives 2009 Raleigh Chamber Pinnacle Business Award
Laura A. Schoppe, president of Fuentek, LLC (www.fuentek.com), has announced that the firm received a 2009 Pinnacle Business award in the entrepreneurial 10-25 employee category from the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. The firm was honored at the Chamber’s annual Pinnacle Business Awards... - May 29, 2009 - Fuentek, LLC