CORGI Group, the UK’s gas safety watchdog, is to install a Siebel Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system to help its field inspectors, track compliance and manage its membership. Working on behalf of the Health and Safety Executive, CORGI is hoping the solution will improve communications …
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Remploy: ”recycling firms should focus on companies”
During a conference in London speaking social enterprise Remploy said that most domestic waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) was not fit for re-use. Remploy claims that the business electronics is the biggest single opportunity for re-use was from industrial sources.
ServicePower Posts Wider Financial Year Pretax Loss
ServicePower Technologies PLC posted a wider full-year pretax loss due to contract delays and higher administrative expenses but said it expects its Software as a Service (SaaS) and Outsourcing businesses to trade profitably for the first quarter of 2007.
Britons spend £5.7bn on home appliances
Britons are spending more than £5.7 billion on household appliances every year, according to new research. Data from Halifax Credit Cards indicates the UK spent that figure in 2005 ““ a dramatic upturn from the £4.4 billion spent in 1995.
Fagorelectrodomesticos Group announces €12 million profit
At its annual press conference in Bilbao, Spain, Fagorelectrodomesticos Group (the parent company of UK subsidiary, FagorBrandt UK) presented its financial results for 2006, announcing profits of €12 million.
Dixons group hit by French fraud
Electrical retailer DSG International today revealed it has been hit by a “significant” fraud at its Fotovista warehouse in Paris.
”Moving” washing machine developed
A washing machine designed to work faster than any other model on the current market has been developed by a Japanese company. The Moving Drum appliance utilises the technical differences between washing and drying clothes to perform each task in what the manufacturer claims is half the tradition…
Maytag Washing Machines Recalled Due To Fire Hazard
From the Detroit Free Press: “The federal government announced a recall of 250,000 Maytag-brand front loading washing machines, due to the possibility of water leaking onto electrical connections and posing a fire hazard. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a release that also said…
Govt launches voucher scheme for R&D
In another clue that the great pre-election giveaway is well underway, the government has launched a voucher scheme for firms to “become more innovative”.
Washing-machine firms want EU support
Europe’s leading domestic appliance-makers are demanding fiscal incentives to persuade consumers to switch to more energy-efficient dish-washers and fridge-freezers and help the EU meet its ambitious targets for cutting carbon emissions. Bosch, Beko, Electrolux, Indesit, Philips and other manufac…