GALESBURG, Ill. The Knox County board has approved a motion that allows the state’s attorney to seek a settlement from Maytag to recoup property tax breaks. State’s Attorney Paul Mangieri had requested that the board approve a lawsuit that seeks one-point-one (m) million dollars. But the board ye…
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WhisperGen – something to shout about
The victory party’s over and it is the morning after the night before at Christchurch’s Whisper Tech after winning a $300 million deal to supply products to Britain. Colleen Simpson reports. Bill Highet’s phone has been running red-hot since news broke that Whisper Tech had netted a deal worth at…
Fuel Prices Set To Soar
Widely reported in the media today is that UK fuel prices are set to soar by some considerable margin which may make more energy efficient appliances a benefit to many consumers.
UK Consumers ”fed up with bad service”
The Independent Electrical Retailer dropped through the door thsi morning with an interesting little article on consumer service in the UK. Apparently a new survey out shows that 80% of UK consumers “are prepared to change service providers after just one negative experience”
Centrica: plumbing new heights
Energy suppliers’ moves into the home services domain was put firmly back into the spotlight last week as Centrica [CNA.L] was tipped to bid for Dyno-Rod and Powergen announced its tie up with Domestic and General. Bolstered by its successful sell-off of the AA, Centrica is in a good position to …
Recycling costs loom
Firms once again face the prospect of paying a recycling fee on electronic hardware, as the UK government decides how best to implement an EU directive on waste. The Department of Trade and Industry last week missed the EU deadline for implementing the Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (W…
Customer Holds Servis Engineer Hostage!
It has been reported in “Woman’s Own” magazine that a Servis customer, Therese O’Dell of Whetton in Derbyshire, held an engineer hostage as she had to wait six weeks to a resolution to her problem with a broken washing machine bought from Currys. Whilst not a terribly unusual story these days f…
Elextrolux moves out AC plant to China
Electrolux India, the manufacturers of home appliances would be shifting the manufacturing of 1.5 tonne split air-conditioners from its plant in Uttaranchal to China to take advantage of low raw material costs, Ashish Bhatnagar, product head, Airconditioners, Electrolux India has said.
50 years’ association between Candy and V. Demajo & Bros
Loyalty to the Candy brand and the professional after-sales service are among the main reasons for the success achieved locally in the white goods sector by V. Demajo & Bros of Paola. This is how Salvatore Pepe, export area manager of Candy SpA, described the 50-year relationship between Cand…
Husband killed by washing machine
A RETIRED naval officer was killed as he tried to repair his wife’s washing machine, an inquest heard. Lieutenant-Commander John Lister, 67, a retired Royal Navy officer, died at his home in St Andrew’s Road, Knodishall, near Leiston, on August 4.