pounds 1.8m grant lifts factory job fears ; INDUSTRY: Government steps in to keep tool-making firm from movingabroad Byline: Stephen Hallmark Edition: City Final Section: News MORE than 260 jobs have been saved after the government gave nearly pounds 2million to help keep a manufacturing firm in
The federal government should be more creative in program design; be more accountable in measuring the impact of civil rights compliance for people with disabilities; and provide greater cross-agency coordination in managing disability programs, the National Council on Disability says in its annual
Source: Mental Health Law Report
Posted: 2006-01-28
WASHINGTON--The National Supplier Clearinghouse has done an insufficient job of preventing fraud among suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies, according to a new Government Accountability Office report. NSC, the Medicare contractor in charge of making sure
Source: Home Care Magazine (Online Exclusive)
Posted: 2006-01-28
Byline: SCOTT VAN VOORHIS Staff departures from the Boston Redevelopment Authority have dealt a major blow to the city agency just as the Hub enters a crucial phase in its next stage of growth. A parade of key officials has bolted the BRA in recent months, including former top lawyer Rebecca Lee,
A FORMER textiles factory boss is helping people find homes after setting up a letting agency. Father-of-three Ashok Sirpal emigrated from India more than 40 years ago and owned a textiles factory in Smethwick for 30 years before moving into the letting trade. He opened up a branch of popular
Source: Birmingham Mail (England)
Posted: 2006-01-28
Byline: Anneli Knight Jan 10, 2006 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Opportunities exist for Australia to benefit from the global trend toward offshore outsourcing, says Gary Johnston. The executive manager of Federal Government agency Axiss Australia argues the third wave of
Source: Australasian Business Intelligence
Posted: 2006-01-28
Large concrete pours create several logistic challenges. A successful pour requires that every detail--from the mix design to the floor finish requirements--be accurate. Critical equipment must be available when needed and a strict schedule requires careful planning prior to proceeding with the
[Key words: stress, burnout, nursing staff, geriatric, long-term care] The purpose of this study was to examine the stress and burnout experience of nursing staff working with geriatric clients in long-term care. The study was conducted at a 252-bed nursing home in southeastern United States.
Source: Journal of Nursing Scholarship
Posted: 2006-01-28
AS A CULTURE, WE HAVE become obsessed with converting actions into numbers so that watching the numbers can become our only reality. Corporations listed on the New York Stock Exchange live or die by their quarterly numbers. In health care, we are confronted with public reporting of our quality data
Jobs go as Asgard pair fail Edition: FIRST Section: Business Seventy six jobs have been lost at two Midlands motor dealerships linked to an entrepreneur with a multi-million pound fortune. Asgard (Midlands) and Asgard (Wednesbury), which employed 133 people, crashed into administration last week.
Among the business and political leaders who gather here for the World Economic Forum each year, there has long been broad agreement that globalization is good.But this year there is a growing doubt not in the validity of the message, but in whether it is losing believers among the broad populace
Source: International Herald Tribune
Posted: 2006-01-28
Byline: Heather Landy Jan. 24--FORT WORTH -- The North Texas grocery business is on the verge of another shake-up, with Albertsons Inc. announcing that it will switch hands this summer to a consortium of owners who will try to stem market-share losses to Wal-Mart Supercenters and find a more
Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-28
331 LOSE JOBS AT MOCA PLANT. Lifestyle Footwear in Moca has left 331 workers jobless because it lost a contract with the U.S. Defense Dept. to manufacture combat boots, said general manager Roger Schulz, reports El Nuevo Dia (Jan. 13, 2006). Another 180 workers remain at the plant, producing
Byline: Tim Chitwood Jan. 27--One worker privately likened it to a bloodbath. Another said coping with the fallout will be like fighting a wildfire in a 40-mph wind. Neither wanted to speak publicly, fearing an inflammatory remark now might only increase the chances of being among those driven from
Byline: By Peter Swingler TWENTY workers who were kept in the dark about losing their jobs at a Shirley engineering firm have been awarded a total of nearly pounds 70,000. Brauer Coley Limited, of Radway Road, failed to consult its 40 employees or the Transport & General Workers Union before it
Source: Birmingham Mail (England)
Posted: 2006-01-28
Dateline: OVERLAND PARK, Kan. Sprint Nextel Corp. is cutting about 75 mainly sales and marketing jobs from a unit that provides network equipment to other telecommunications companies. David Gunasegaram, a Sprint spokesman, said Thursday that the cuts come as the company seeks to serve some
Byline: Michael Ellis Jan. 27--General Motors Corp. warned of more cutbacks after the company capped a disastrous 2005 by reporting on Thursday an $8.6-billion loss for the year, the second-largest loss in the history of Detroit automakers. The larger-than-expected loss raised more concerns among
Source: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-28
Seventy six jobs have been lost at two Midlands motor dealerships linked to an entrepreneur with a multi-million pound fortune. Asgard (Midlands) and Asgard (Wednesbury), which employed 133 people, crashed into administration last week. The two operations are among the interests of Resham Lally who
Source: The Birmingham Post (England)
Posted: 2006-01-28
Banking group Alliance & Leicester warned yesterday that a reduction in paperwork at its back-office operation would cost 350 jobs this year. The posts will be lost through voluntary redundancies at Bootle on Merseyside, where the group employs 2,000 people out of an 8,500-strong workforce.
Source: The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Posted: 2006-01-28
Banking group Alliance & Leicester warned yesterday that a reduction in paperwork at its back-office operation would cost 350 jobs this year. The posts will be lost through voluntary redundancies at Bootle on Merseyside, where the group employs 2,000 people out of an 8,500-strong workforce.
Source: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
Posted: 2006-01-28
DOZENS of new jobs could be on the way to the Black Country with the development of a pounds 1 million restaurant. AMEC, developers of the giant Castle Gate retail, leisure and office park at Dudley, has sold a third restaurant investment in a year on the 47-acre site to an overseas investor for
Source: Birmingham Mail (England)
Posted: 2006-01-28
Jobs hope as Healey sports legend is reborn Byline: John Revill Business Staff Edition: FIRST Section: Business Nearly 400 jobs could be created in the Midlands as part of the plans to revive the famous Healey sports car name. A deal has been agreed to build a modern version of the classic Austin
Byline: Sheryl Jean Jan. 27--St. Paul Travelers Cos. on Thursday told more than 100 technology employees, including fewer than 50 people in St. Paul, that they would lose their jobs to contractors in India in the next two to six months. More outsourcing is planned -- affecting perhaps another 500
Source: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minnesota) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-28
Union and company representatives were today continuing to work towards minimising the impact of a planned 50pc shutdown of a chemical company. The TGWU and Amicus are trying to minimise job cuts at Elementis Chromium, based near Eaglescliffe, where the company plans to close one of its two kilns -
Byline: Mike Zapler Jan. 27--Santa Clara County prosecutor Ed Fernandez, who was charged last month with possessing a small amount of marijuana, is coming back to work Monday and has been assigned to handle restitution cases. Chief Assistant District Attorney Karyn Sinunu called the position part
Source: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-28
Byline: Gloria Irwin Jan. 27--About 160 employees who work at the former Bank One auto collection center in downtown Akron will lose their jobs within the next few months as the center is consolidated with others owned by new parent JPMorgan Chase. About 55 employees will receive official notice on
RL: Six Aussies in line for Dragons job Six Australians have made the short list for the vacant head coach job at English Super League newcomers the Catalans Dragons. But Dragons chief executive GRANT MAYER says the French club is in no hurry to name a replacement coach despite the season kicking
* Affiliate Healthcare to direct its prescription business to Assured Pharmacy * New service to add second revenue stream IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Assured Pharmacy, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: APHY) , announced today that it has developed an arrangement with Affiliate Healthcare