... technical people,” he told SM. “There is a move to get more commercial and business acumen spreading through purchasing and to other departments to make the company’s supply chain more competitive.” Heal went through 14 interviews, the first in the UK ...

... "decentralising power as regional confederations are given more power to buy medical supplies based on local demand". Ken Anderson, ... Accelerating the devolutionary process by giving more power to regional confederations made a lot of sense, said Anderson. He ...

... in a good light. But with people working longer hours, more and more people tend to meet potential partners at work – one in four of us meet ...

... on the obligation to freeze terrorist-related assets and more information on best practice relating to the flow of terrorist funds ... eight will now be added and implemented worldwide. More information on the group’s activities can be found at ...

... up to 20 per cent, and surcharges of up to £12/tonne (even more in mainland Europe) are being accepted. A recent report in industry ... prices may mean that we'll be paying as much as 50 per cent more for our steel this summer compared with the same time last year. Steel ...

... services sector also increased for the first time in more than a year. Building societies and fund managers created the most jobs in ... months of 2003 and these sectors remain the strongest for more job creation. Ian McCafferty, CBI chief economist, said: "Rising share ...

... principles • Boardroom attitudes to the potentially more expensive new culture must be positive • Businesses must try to ... times of extra pressure, sickness or holiday periods when a more lax approach to procedures may be a temptation • With advances in ...

... Research found that the actual cost of wasted time is more than bosses estimate. 78 per cent of bosses admitted to having no-one ... to managing energy usage and almost half admitted to being more energy conscious at home than at work. Neil Gould, SME Manager at ...

According to the study, more than five million people in the UK work more than one hour in unpaid overtime every week. The survey also found that ...

... definitions: 1 Rejected items mean that you must produce more items than you want to sell or keep in stock 2. Wastage means that you must buy more raw material than is actually required by production 3. Opening stock ...