The State Of Our Industry

Our industry is about to enter the toughest 5 year period of the last 20. We are about to have legislation stuff down our throats until it makes some of us sick.

BT Free Flights Hits Hoover Trouble

It’s official BT Free Flight Offer hits trouble. The offer started back in May, by misjudgement or bad luck the same time as the BBC documentary went out. Simularities being drawn from both offers.” Hoover Flight Fiasco, how’s that for timing, part of the Trouble at The Top series produced by Ang…

Merloni Elettrodomestici, Growth To August 8.7 PCT Up On 2003

This August’s figure compared to last year shows for Merloni Elettrodemestici, a growth of 8.7 pct. Thus said, in the course of a convention on “Ethics and Economy”, the company chairman, Merloni, also stated that average growth in income for July and August 2004 has been 5.6 pct over the same tw…

Waste stockpile fears rubbished

Experts have moved to ease fears that Scotland could be facing a repeat of the problems which left the country with a fridge mountain. New laws on electronic waste will make producers responsible for dealing with equipment when it reaches the end of its useful life.

Union loses bargaining fees case

Employers and the federal government have scored an historic victory after the High Court ruled a union could not levy bargaining fees on non-union workers as part of their workplace agreement. The full bench’s six-one decision in the Electrolux case is a savage blow to the union movement’s effor…

Siemens Home Appliances Now Available in United States

Pure style with unsurpassed functionality. Precision engineering at the forefront of technological progress. Innovative thinking that meets the needs of today’s modern consumers. All of this is now available to American consumers, as Siemens launches its signature brand of home appliances through…