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Cadbury employees are waking up this morning wondering what will happen to their jobs after their board of directors approved Kraft’s takeover proposal. It’s certain there will be job losses, how many and exactly where, is yet to be announced. Kraft will already be working on the who and where but as yet, all that remains read more of Cadbury employees fear the ‘Kraft-knife’ Here in the UK we’ve been experiencing some unseasonably cold weather for a couple of weeks. A century ago, ships set sail from this Wharf, delivering their cargo to all points of the globe. As you can see the dock has frozen-over. This image is a metaphor for business conversations we’ve experienced over the last week. Things read more of Frozen In an unusual display of cooperation the major cellphone manufacturers have reached agreement on a standard charger interface. This is great news for customers; it means we can charge our mobiles without the need for brand or model specific devices. A sensible and rare example of competitor co-operation. Let’s keep this momentum going! A great example of integrated and aligned on-line and off-line offering. The need: keep the office cool and productive. read more of Integrated and aligned Imagine the frustration, you visit the store to find the item out of stock. The item in question, a grass cutting spool. You ask an employee, “no idea when new stock is due!” Taking charge, I ask to order the item, one week delivery is quoted and deemed acceptable (begrudgingly). A week later the shelf is read more of Lost sales |
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