Archive for February, 2010
Norwich-based Kettle Foods crisp firm sold for £402.3m
(BBC) - Norfolk-based firm Kettle Foods, which makes Kettle Chips crisps, has been sold for £402.3m ($615m).
UK production of the food was set up in Bowthorpe, Norwich, in 1992. The site now employs 407 people.
A number of companies bid for the firm, previously owned by a private equity company Lion Capital, [...]
Pay rise for Skipton boss Cutter fuels outrage over broken pledge
(MAIL ONLINE) - He might not be in the same multi-million pound pay league as Lloyds Bank’s Eric Daniels or Royal Bank of Scotland’s Stephen Hester, but David Cutter, controversial boss of Skipton Building Society, is certainly enjoying a lucrative recession.
Last week, mutual Skipton revealed profits for 2009 of £57.6 million, [...]
House price slide could be start of longer downturn
(TIMESONLINE) - The UK’s largest building society said a second downturn in house prices may be on its way, after it recorded the first fall in average values for 10 months.
The average house price fell 1% to £161,320 in January, according to the Nationwide building society house prices index [...]
Search Engine Strategies (SES) Amsterdam 2010 Conference & Expo
Incisive Media & BBP Announce Details Of This Year’s Event Which Returns To Amsterdam For The 2nd Year Running
(PRWEB) February 28, 2010 — Incisive Media & BBP today announced that the Search Engine Strategies (SES) Conference and Expo is returning to Amsterdam for the second consecutive year in 2010. The SES Conference and Expo [...]
Plumbworld Provide a Guide to Choosing a Smart New Wash Basin for the Bathroom
Plumbworld the UK’s largest online specialist retailer of bathrooms has today released a guide to choosing a smart new Wash Basin for the bathroom. www.Plumbworld.co.uk
(PRWEB) February 28, 2010 — Plumbworld the UK’s largest online specialist retailer of bathrooms has today released a guide to choosing a smart new Wash Basin for your bathroom.
Plumbworld specialise in [...]
Sheer Fashion In The Home From Curtains Wizard
Curtains Wizard announce the hot fabric for this summer, the use of cool sheer either on its own or layered with other textured fabrics.
(PRWEB) February 28, 2010 — The hot fabric for this summer is the use of cool sheer either on its own or layered with other textured fabrics. It has taken the catwalk [...]
HSBC boss to take share bonus to mollify public
(THE INDEPENDENT) - Michael Geoghegan, HSBC’s chief executive, is believed to be ready to announce that he will take his bonus in shares rather than cash in an effort to assuage public anger over bonuses when the bank reports its full year results tomorrow.
And Peter Sands, the chief executive of Standard [...]
FTSE 100 ends choppy week on a high note, Rightmove soars to all-time high
(GUARDIAN) - The FTSE 100 ended the week on a high note after rebounds for miners and rises for banks while among the midcaps property website Rightmove soared to an all-time high on record results.
The FTSE 100 finished up 76.3 points, or 1.5%, at 5354.5 after a volatile week which left it [...]
How to beat the big bank squeeze
(TIMESONLINE) - The state-backed banks are squeezing retail customers to help ease their path to recovery.
Royal Bank of Scotland, 84%-owned by the taxpayer, has been accused of leaning on mortgage customers through higher margins on lending, while Lloyds has boosted returns from current accounts with higher charges.
Announcing its annual [...]
Globoforce Challenges Managers to Make a “Recognition Resolution” on National Employee Appreciation Day
Company to offer and seek employee recognition tips and inspiring stories, highlighted by “stories of recognition” and “Globoforce recognition tip of the day”
Southborough, Mass and Dublin, Ireland (Vocus) February 25, 2010 — Globoforce, the world’s leading provider of global, strategic on-demand employee recognition solutions, today called upon managers and employees to make a “recognition [...]
