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Swinton Saves 600 Jobs And 90 High Street Shops In £50m Acquisition

In its 51st year of trading Swinton Insurance Group announces that it has acquired a leading insurance broker. 600 high street jobs will be secured as a major UK bank steps in to secure the deal. Swinton’s CEO, Patrick Smith, asserts that now is not the time for the UK’s financial services sector to abandon the high street. The deal is part of a £175m funding facility with Lloyds TSB, one of the biggest deals the bank has done in this difficult year Swinton now manages over three million individual car, home and life insurance policies making it the third largest insurance retailer in the UK and the largest in Northern Ireland. It is the only broker to have a truly nationwide network of branches on the high street. Swinton has three UK call centres in Manchester, Halifax and Norwich and will now employ nearly 5000 people spread across the country.

Mountain High

Mountain High
Walk by the light of the nocturnal fish moon until you lose your legs and go under. You’re a trout now—cold-blooded and swayed by the touch of things.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

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Walmart pleased with high court ruling

Walmart pleased with high court ruling
WASHINGTON, June 20 (UPI) — Reaction was predictably mixed to the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision Monday to break up the class action of 1.5 million women against Walmart.

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IPitomy Announces a New Line of Enterprise High Definition IP Phones

IPitomy Announces a New Line of Enterprise High Definition IP Phones
Next-generation IP phone features wideband HD audio along with IPitomy’s legendary ease of use and auto provisioning bring high quality VoIP systems to small and midsized business, education and government institutions

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Mid-Continent Instruments Flies High With Toshiba’s Strata CIX IP Business Telephone System

Mid-Continent Instruments Flies High With Toshiba’s Strata CIX IP Business Telephone System
IRVINE, CA–(Marketwire – 03/29/11) – Toshiba America Information Systems Inc., Telecommunication Systems Division (Toshiba — www.telecom.toshiba.com ) has helped Mid-Continent Instruments meet its goal of connectivity between its Kansas and California facilities while reducing telecommunication costs. Based in Wichita, Kan., Mid-Continent Instruments is a leader in …

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Fort tech expo offers program for high school students

Fort tech expo offers program for high school students
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Data Foundry’s Texas 1 Data Center Designed to Support High Performance Computing Environments

Data Foundry’s Texas 1 Data Center Designed to Support High Performance Computing Environments
AUSTIN, TX–(Marketwire – 03/15/11) – Data Foundry , a leading provider of data center outsourcing and colocation services, announces that its master-planned Texas 1 facility, opening June 2011, will fully support High Performance Computing (HPC) requirements. This next-generation data center includes the design, staff and facility infrastructure to meet the complex needs of HPC customers …

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