Somerdale set to close?
09 Feb 2010 11:26
Reports are circulating that Cadbury’s new owner Kraft is set to mothball the Dairy Milk maker’s Somerdale factory in Bristol with the loss of 400 jobs.
Mandelson checks out Deutsche Neurung
08 Feb 2010 14:37
Lord Mandelson visited Berlin on Friday to learn how the UK can take tips from the success of Germany’s innovation network.
UK job cuts at GSK
08 Feb 2010 11:54
British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline – the second largest pharmaceutical company in the world by revenue – is to cut hundreds of research and development jobs in the UK.
Of sustainability and profit
08 Feb 2010 11:48
Busineses report that the link between sustainability and profits remains unclear in the short term despite the recognition of long term gains.
UK Toyota recall
08 Feb 2010 11:30
Toyota has announced it is to recall over 180,000 cars in the UK as the crisis over faulty accelerator pedals continues.
200 apprenticeships at BAE
06 Feb 2010 23:18
BAE Systems, the UK’s biggest manufacturer, has launched its new apprentice recruitment campaign, which aims to place 200 apprentices across the UK.
Schaeffler UK wins quality
05 Feb 2010 17:56
BAE fined landmark £280m
05 Feb 2010 16:57
Jobs blow at Bernard Matthews
05 Feb 2010 15:26
Toyota shows the world how not to get out of a hole!
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Howard Wheeldon says Toyota must now employ what it hasn't so far: "nothing less than humility,...
What lean is not and never will be
08 Feb 2010 11:11
Jon Miller of Gemba Research says Toyota's production system isn't necessarily Toyota Production...
A ‘Lean and Green’ approach
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