British companies are more likely than their continental counterparts to benchmark purchasing ... 43 per cent. Only in Germany and the Netherlands were there more companies reporting materials management directors than procurement ...

... on new wagon designs. Railfreight traffic, now serving more than 1,000 locations, grew by 12 per cent last year, and a similar ... in prospect for 1999. Mid-range forecasts predict traffic of more than 60 billion tonne kilometres by 2007, a level not seen since the ...

... prisons have also opened workshops in 2004, with five more expected in the new year. The objective is to replace all of Aramark’s ... at 98 per cent. The PWI has also provided employment for more than 100 prisoners and has, according to the governor of HM Prison ...

... company hoped implementing the Living Wage would allow “more people to come and work with us… in the future”, the Oliver Bonas ... distribution centre in Chessington, Surrey. • For more about Oliver Bonas, see October’s Recruiter . ...

... with Finnish author and consultant Tomi Ahonen, who took a more optimistic view of what greater use of mobile technology can offer. ... do mobile advertising well, your customers will ask you for more.” Subjects:  Your recruitment business ...

... of business opportunities in emerging markets need to be more flexible both in their pay structure and organisational models. The ... Pacek explained. There was a move for firms to give more responsibility to the people on the ground and become less centralised. ...

... three employers said they had received “significantly” more applications from graduates and many had already filled all their ... education, particularly in years to come when there will be more highly skilled jobs, not less. “But we recognise that graduates are ...

... to the CV database, which holds the professional details of more than 1m candidates. Other enhancements comprise a guaranteed response ... else, tell us about it and we'll better it." l For more on Reed and reed.co.uk, see p32. ...

... The massive increase in multiple claims, which tend to be more volatile as they can be made up of a high number of claims against a ... said Gilchrist.     “Our advice is to be far more careful when it comes to dealing with employee issues, and if in doubt, to ...

... the profession, yet the government is introducing even more changes to nursing education. The apprenticeship scheme that is now being ... Fletchers Solicitors (Campbell previously worked for more than 20 years in the NHS) Image:  ...