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IMS - Eastern region

“Outstanding Service Carrier of the Year”

PD Ports, the operator of North East port, Teesport, has been crowned as the 'Most Outstanding Service Carrier of the Year' in 2009 by leading UK retailer, ASDA at its annual National Carrier of the Year awards ceremony. The award was won by PD Ports for its Logical Link service - a coastal [...]...

U.S. Productivity Rises in 2009, Despite the Recession

Jan. 20, 2010 U.S. productivity weathered the recession well, growing 2.5 percent (in per hour terms) in 2009, The Conference Board reported today. This blip in the prevailing downward trend in U.S. productivity was largely explained by dramatically reduced working hours that offset output decline (employment fell by 3.6 percent in 2009; hours worked [...]...

Toyota Plan Quality Management Review

Akio Toyoda, the grandson of Toyota's founder and the most powerful man in the car industry, defended the Japanese manufacturer's handling of a widespread fault with its accelerator pedals but admitted: "We are facing a crisis." More than 8m Toyota cars are being recalled worldwide, including 180,000 in the UK, with the company also under investigation [...]...

China Poised To Become Top World Exporter

China and its population of 1.3 billion has overtaken Germany, population 82 million, as the world's top exporter, trade figures from the German national statistics office showed on Friday. From January to November, Chinese exports were worth 1.07 trillion dollars, while German data showed that exports from Europe's biggest economy amounted to 734.6 billion euros, or [...]...

Energy Efficiency

In order to become more energy efficient and reduce its carbon emissions, Sainsbury's worked with the Carbon Trust to highlight initiatives that would reduce carbon emissions for Sainsbury's. Energy efficiency projects alone, including a combination of voltage reduction, refrigeration system recommissioning and lighting improvements, have contributed to an 11 per cent decrease in carbon emissions. [...]...