Diageo to build new Dublin brewery
Diageo is to make its largest ever capital investment – totalling £514.7 million (650 million euros, $1 billion) – in its Irish beer business. more...
Longbridge to resume production
The automotive manufacturing plant in Longbridge, which had been closed down in April 2005 following the collapse of MG Rover, is to resume operations thanks to Chinese owners Nanjing. more...
Bombardier invests £70 million in Belfast
Bombardier Aerospace is to make a massive £70 million investment in its Belfast aircraft manufacturing facility. more...
Strong currency sees profit rise for BAT
British American Tobacco (BAT) has beaten first quarter profit expectations thanks to strong currency exchange rates and improved pricing. more...
BAE chairman calls for SFO inquiry review
BAE Systems is pushing for a review of the Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) abandoned investigation into allegations that the company entered into a fraudulent arms deal with Saudi Arabia. more...
The Lean Accounting Journey
Addressing the needs of companies at a variety of stages in the lean journey. This is a rare opportunity to learn first hand from an expert who has successfully accomplished everything that will be presented and has been widely applauded and rewarded for it. Atlanta + Chicago - January & March 2008
The Internet grows up: What Web 2.0 means to business
The new-and-improved Web 2.0 means more than connectivity to consumers: it means profit to business, find the experts at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. more...
HR: The Gen-X friendly workplace
A few days ago we reported on
This keenly entitled bunch doesn't like to get its hands dirty. But its teenaged siblings, called Generation X, are even more entitled and less patient. Author Deanne DeMarco explains why. more...
EU Services
Pushing the envelope
EU Services’ Tom Loudon tells Jenn Monroe how the company is pressing forward with digital technology more...
Endicott Interconnect Technologies
Rising star
Endicott Interconnect Technologies, a leading electronic interconnect solutions and electro/mechanical equipment supplier, focuses on diversifying and growing its business by relying on quality and reliability. Linda Seid Frembes finds out more more...
The G8 plans for industry
It’s been called a “paper tiger,” but the US tends to keep its resolves. So what does the...…
Tiny perfection
Nanotechnology is poised to revolutionize energy transfer, mechanics, optics, and data...…
Continuous flow at its best
Don’t stop till your customer says “Bravo.” For Signicast, John Harney learns, that...…
Do you really want to retain this guy?
Staff retention maintains a company’s institutional knowledge, but it can also be...…
Mobile computing sets workers free
“Not in the office” does not mean non-productive in a wireless world, finds Matt Bolch…
Manufacturing in a Service-Oriented Enterprise
A service-oriented transformation starts with IT, but it should shape the enterprise as...…
Turbocharging equipment with new intelligence
It’s tempting to upgrade older equipment, finds John Harney, but Coca-Cola Amatil saved $1...…
States race to capture lead in alternative energy
But Pamela H. Derringer finds that the cost are often high; a little federal R&D money...…