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16 February 2012

• Keeping up with demand

  Cutting costs is always a top priority for any business, but in recent times hauliers have been forced to explore previously unchartered territory in an effort to reduce waste and maximise productivity.

• Taking fuel control

  Andrew Hargreaves, director of fuel storage equipment manufacturer Fuel Proof Ltd, discusses the benefits of storing and managing fuel in-house.

• H.E. Services digs deep with significant fleet investment

  The UK’s largest specialist excavator hire company has taken delivery of three new 32 tonne DAF CF85 8x2 rigids, mounted with Andover Trailers plant bodies.

• Advanced management solution for greater energy efficiency in data centres

  data centres can account for half the power consumption of a company and on average 37 percent of this is used for cooling.

• Jenway pH electrode range covers routine to research applications

  The extensive range of Jenway pH electrodes includes general purpose, application-specific and advanced performance electrodes, complementing Jenway’s versatile portfolio of portable and bench pH meters.

• The Next Generation – Atlas Medical Pendant

  HCA’s Portland and London Bridge Hospital’s have equipped their brand new PICU and ICU with Brandon Medical’s next generation Atlas Medical Pendants.

13 February 2012

• It all hinges on EMKA

  EMKA offer enclosure and cabinet hinges specifically to suit the electrical and electronic industries requirements for protective housings.

• Ship-shape and Bristol fashion thanks to Ultracrete

  Ultracrete’s BBA/HAPAS Approved Manhole Reinstatement system is being put to the test at one of the UK’s fastest growing ports.

• Vulnerable Workers

  Vulnerable Workers considers the growth of job insecurity, the prevalence of flexible or temporary work, and the emergence of precarious forms of self-employment. It looks at new market economies, where economic development may occur at the expense of workers' lives and health, and the plight of migrant, transient and 'invisible' workers. The contributors also propose responses to the challenges they highlight. The role of employee representatives is examined, together with the potential to enh

• Father-Daughter Succession in Family Business

  Using case studies from many different cultures and continents Father–Daughter Succession in Family Business looks at the cultural and other changes which have led to daughters gaining influence in more and more family businesses and the tensions this can produce between old notions of how men and women should behave and the new style of leadership that often comes about when a woman takes the helm.