In response to requests from a number of companies and members, the Institute of Sales & Marketing Management (ISMM) has launched the 'marketplace', an online directory of goods and services for sales professionals. The categories covered include business services, events, sales consultancy, sales support, sales training and telemarketing. Companies with suitable products or services are invited to apply for a free listing by visiting the site http://www.ismm.co.uk/marketplace.php and completing the simple online form. Listing is free and is the first stage in ...

In one of the toughest economic environments in decades, characterized by businesses cutting costs and closing stores, the notion of seven consecutive years of success is merely a pipe dream for struggling companies. For North Carolina-based East Coast Wings & Grill, however, that dream is a prosperous reality. Since taking over the concept in 2000, East Coast Wings & Grill CEO Sam Ballas is proving his chicken wing concept still has legs. Leading the company to 28 consecutive quarters of positive, double-digit same store sales increases, Ballas has grown the concept ...

iDUS Controls Ltd., is pleased to announce the release of its next generation Garden Conservepump , one of the smartest irrigation systems available in today's market. Ideal for vegetable or flower gardens, living roofs and greenhouses, the Garden Conservepump uses daylight and soil-moisture sensors to ensure that it waters only when needed and never over waters. "The next generation Conservepump builds on the success we had with the original Garden Conservepump ," says Ron Hartman, CEO of iDUS Controls. "We have upgraded our controls to be even more user friendly, ...

Green Bank was in attendance yesterday, when Dynamo Stadium, LLC closed on their advancing term loan to finance construction for Houston's first Major League Soccer facility. Green Bank beat out nearly ten other financial institutions to join a small contingent of banks funding the construction loan. The stadium construction costs are expected to total $77 million, which will be financed in part by equity from the Houston Dynamo's ownership group, a Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone jointly funded by the City of Houston and Harris County, and Texas Southern University. ...

GTECH G2 has just signed a multi-year licensing agreement with CBS Consumer Products to develop online casino games based on the popular American television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami and CSI: New York. The first CSI casino game will become available to GTECH G2 licensees in approved jurisdictions by the end of the year. "Everybody loves a great mystery complete with fingerprints, DNA traces and characters with shady alibis. No wonder CSI is an international sensation," said Dominic Mansour, Vice President, Gaming Products, GTECH G2. "Thanks to ...

A unique web portal for visualizing and managing major construction projects, built with Visual Fusion software, is the subject of a new case study. The study details how ENGlobal Corporation, a provider of engineering and project management services, created a solution that lets users instantly grasp the status of each project. ENGlobal created the portal with Visual Fusion business intelligence software from IDV Solutions. Visual Fusion unites data sources in a visual, interactive context for better insight and understanding. The portal provides ENGlobal's project ...

With the launch of a brand new website, Evidence IT aims to foster its online presence with existing client portfolios and to reach the target audience who are seeking for critical digital forensics solutions. This user-friendly website can guide browsers to explore a comprehensive line of electronic forensics services, including Computer Forensics, First Responder Service, Security Audits, Network Security, Email Recovery, Forensic Accounting, Computer Misuse, Internet Analysis and Forensic Investigation. As Lord Justice Jackson addressed: "The costs and scale ...

Breensmith Advertising jumped up and surprised most of the larger ad agencies in Atlanta by winning 10 awards (2 Gold, 5 Silver, and 3 Bronze) at the Atlanta ADDY Awards - the advertising industry's largest competition, recognizing and rewarding creative excellence in the art of advertising. The six-person independent ad agency finished 4th among all entrants, behind only much larger agencies, BBDO Atlanta, Fitzgerald + Co, and Brunner. Work for The Weather Channel led the way with 5 total honors, including 2 Gold and 3 Silver. In all, breensmith won 5 ADDYs in ...

WiseStamp Email Apps Platform makes it easy to create an individual e-mail signature that opens up the opportunity to link to selected Internet platforms. The user can integrate his social media profiles and link it with his online shop sites. XinXii.com is included in the drop down list of choices alongside market giants like Amazon and eBay. The link can be displayed as an icon only or an icon with descriptive text. "We're really pleased that WiseStamp has also opted for the integration of XinXii.com alongside internationally established platforms like Facebook, Foursquare, ...

Chiroflow was founded 15 years ago and has a superior reputation within the health care community for its clinically proven results. The Chiroflow pillow is a water filled pillow that was proven in a clinical study to be effective in reducing neck pain and improving quality of sleep. Orthopedic and cervical pillows are used to keep the cervical spine in the proper position during sleep and take pressure off of neck muscles, spinal joints, and spinal nerves. ChiropracticOutfitters.com will carry a variety of cervical pillows for chiropractors to use and or recommend ...

In an effort to build relationships with other local businesses in Atlanta, the leading green cleaning company, Bonus Building Care of Atlanta, announced they will be giving away tickets to local basketball and hockey games. The Atlanta Hawks - the local basketball team celebrated their rich history with a 41st season in 2008, making them one of the long standing teams in NBA history. Starting back in 1946 when they were known as the Tri-Cities Blawk Hawks, they captured the hearts of fans in Atlanta then and continued to aspire to be the best - joining the NBA in 1949. The ...

Recruitment software specialist 2LS today announced that its popular GRIP system is now also available as a hosted option. GRIP Hosted has everything needed to get any recruitment business started including a server, Microsoft Office and Outlook, anti-virus protection and GRIP Recruitment Software. And as the server is cloud-based it enables consultants to access this most user-friendly and easy to use recruitment system from anywhere. Neil Thompson MD of 2LS said "We have developed this system for clients who like to be free to run their recruitment business while ...

The new service, which will depart from Leicester at 22.22, will be trialled after the Norwich City game on Tuesday 8 March and again after the Foxes meet Crystal Palace on Tuesday 12 April. The special service will call at Syston (22.28), Sileby (22.33) and Barrow on Soar (22.38) before arriving at Loughborough at 22.43. Jayne Moyses from East Midlands Trains, said: "We know that travelling by train to matches provides an easy and hassle-free way for supporters to follow their club. We want to encourage more supporters to travel by train wherever possible and are pleased ...

Isn't that the old adage most of us go by? When things are moving along smoothly in our lives we often don't pay attention to the details, one of those details being regular maintenance on our heating and cooling system. We figure why fix something that's not broken, right? We let it go year after year with our system humming along until one day, unexpectedly - well before the projected expiration date of our system and on the hottest, most inconvenient day ever - the humming stops suddenly and we're faced with major repairs. Joe Canosa, General Manager of Lindstrom ...

ASD Inc., a global leader in high-performance analytical instrumentation and materials measurement solutions, today announced a call for entries for the first annual Measurements in Mining Program to aid graduate students focused on mining, engineering and geoscience in their research efforts. The Measurement in Mining Program encourages a creative research environment within the global mining educational community by providing temporary use of a TerraSpec analytical spectrometer, along with conditional funding for additional expenses. "At ASD, we are passionate about ...

C&A Industries, Inc., parent company to Aureus Group, a leading provider of staffing and recruitment solutions, with a specialization in accounting & finance, information systems & information systems, and executive level search, has been named among the "Best Places to Work" in Omaha for the third consecutive year. The annual initiative, sponsored by the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce and Baird Holm, recognizes a select number of companies based on the results of surveys which measure employee satisfaction and engagement. C&A has been named in the category of ...

With the economy starting to bounce back and credit easing up, the organizers of the 20th annual International Franchise Expo (IFE) are expecting record turnout from both franchisee candidates and exhibitors at the 2011 IFE show, to be held April 1-3 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Year after year, the IFE event has been responsible for the opening of hundreds of small businesses and creating thousands of jobs in the franchise industry - and this edition will be no different. Tens of thousands of prospective investors from across the ...

The Poet Local series explores poets' lives and writing styles. Kaufman is a poet and a playwright who has published a handful of poetry collections, Family of Strangers (Nightshade) and Still Life Burning (South Carolina Poetry Society), to name a few. Visitors will learn about Kaufman's approach to publishing her work, which has appeared in publications such as the Virginia Quarterly Review, Room of One's Own and Pembroke. Kaufman's latest book, The Next Moment (Jacar Press) was released in October 2010. "Debra's led writing workshops, written plays and received grants. ...

Gloria Larkin's newest book, "The Basic Guide to Government Contracting: How to Build a Successful Business Selling Your Services and Products to the U.S. Federal Government" is now available. The book serves as a guide for business that would like to market their product or service to the federal government. "The Basic Guide to Government Contracting: How to Build a Successful Business Selling Your Services and Products to the U.S. Federal Government", the newest book by Gloria Larkin is now available online at http://www.targetgov.com and on Kindle. The book is the ...

"I am happy to put our first spray paint simulation with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (ODRC). We believe that the use of virtual reality provides benefits to the ODRC vocational training programs. To allow inmates to develop skills that have real world applicability where they can be gainfully employed is a huge benefit to the ODRC and society. VRSim is excited to be a small part of that process," said Matthew Wallace, CEO and President of VRSim. ODRC has helped over 12,000 inmates complete career-technical (vocational) trades training. SimSpray ...

The Grand Rapids Symphony will present "Latin Fire," a fast-moving collage of musical textures, dancing and other dramatic elements that reflect the Latin spirit on Friday, March 11 and Saturday, March 12 at 8 p.m. in DeVos Performance Hall. Creatively directed by Music Director David Lockington, "Latin Fire" will feature three soloists and a Flamenco dancer who will perform with the Grammy-nominated Symphony to create a fiery evening full of exotic Latin flair. The concert, which will showcase music of Spain, Latin America and Mexico is part of the Richard and Helen ...

ABC11 Eyewitness News (http://www.abc11.com) has announced that anchor Angela Hampton participated in "Cooks For Books," held Thursday, Feb. 10 at Garner TV & Appliance to benefit the Garner Educational Foundation (http://www.garnernc.gov/GEF/index.htm). Hampton joined Elise Johnson and Sharon Delaney of NBC-17, Brian Shrader of WRAL, Lisa Prince of the N.C. Department of Agriculture, and the head chef of Raleigh restaurant Gravy in a celebrity cookoff, emceed by Mark Roberts, formerly of WRAL. Funds raised through this event will support the Foundation's literacy enrichment ...

Because the Triangle is an area "rich with intellectual talent and business insight," 1360 WCHL, Chapel Hill and Carrboro's leading source for news and talk radio, has dedicated a weekend block of airtime to a segment called Today's Business, which airs on Saturdays and Sundays at 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., and features in-depth interviews with the most forward-thinking and successful business figures from the Orange County area. Recently, 1360 WCHL appointed Triangle-based professional speaker and business etiquette trainer Sharon Hill a host of Today's Business. "I'm ...

The incentive program recently announced by Perspective Magazine for its GNEX 2011 expo could mean enough money to apply towards accommodation, food, drinks or just about anything that can be purchased on a delegate's room account. That's the view of Perspective Magazine president and CEO Paul Mattimoe, who came up with the idea as a way to give back to those professionals attending the event, to be held May 11-12, 2011 at the impressive Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. "Anyone who is registered to attend GNEX can participate in the program and receive $50 per referral ...

Veer (www.veer.com), a provider of affordable visual elements that makes it easier to be creative, today announced the launch of an exclusive new font collection named Agency 26, as well as the addition of fonts from the Filmotype foundry and several other leading designers. The new Agency 26 collection has 10 new typeface families and 23 fonts, all of which are Veer Exclusives. The collection is inspired by the bold wood typefaces of 19th century America, and takes a modern slant on the traditional representations of these historical fonts with the addition of features ...