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Whitbread Says Plans 50 Hotels in Gulf: DUBAI (Reuters UK) - Premier Inn owner Whitbread (WTB) plans to open as many as 50 hotels in the Gulf Arab region within the next five years and is looking to enter the Indian market, the company's chief executive said. Dubai's first Premier Inn opened earlier...; Tags: Hotel, Dubai, Whitbread, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Branding, Strategy, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity; News items 2008-04-21
Coaching Tips For A Successful Relocation: Culture And Society: Moving to a new country can be very demanding - there is not only the physical removal to organise, but also a new accommodation to find, a new job, perhaps a new school or university, perhaps a new language to learn. And furthermore there is the new culture. And if...; Tags: Culture, Relocation, Piercarla Garusi, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Strategy, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Management; White papers 2007-12-01
Ashorne Hill Conference Centre Leamington Spa: The Ashorne Hill Conference Centre near Leamington Spa required high quality accommodation for its residential courses starting in September 2003, and turned to Terrapin for the design and construction to meet the tight 'window' available for construction. Terrapin and Corus Living Solutions team up to manufacture and construct a new...; Tags: Construction, Corus Group, accommodation, conference, wall, team, window; Case studies
Get Packin: This article focuses on the latest developments in packaging technology and showcase exhibitors' state-of-the-art technologies in packaging machinery, converting machinery, materials, packages and containers, and components. The most prominent companies in the industry deals with the accommodation of all-size exhibits and product introductions. The paper reveals that a high focus...; Tags: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Stagnito Communications, accommodation, industry; White papers
Yorkhill 'Ronald McDonald' Family House: A 24-bedroom, three-storey building, designed and built by Britspace Modular Building Systems provides much needed accommodation for parents of children at a Glasgow hospital. The steel modular design complemented traditional Glasgow architecture and included a curved frontage. The elevation also demonstrates the flexibility of the modular system to accommodate a...; Tags: Corus Group, Glasgow, accommodation, window; Case studies

Lord's Cricket Ground, London: This latest new stand is part of the progressive redeployment of the world headquarters of cricket, providing three levels of accommodation with uninterrupted views of the pitch. The spine truss and slabs were propped off the lower terrace during construction. The 270tonne, fully welded spine truss was prefabricated in five...; Tags: Corus Group, truss, accommodation; Case studies
Ferring International Centre: The Ferring International Centre comprises two buildings both built on a two storey reinforced concrete basement sub-structure. A three storey low-level building houses research laboratories, and an 80m tall, twenty storey towers provides office accommodation. Using LUSAS Civil & Structural, Moe & Br°dsgaard's engineers created a 3D model of the...; Tags: LUSAS, wall, 3D, compliance; Case studies
Surrey Tax Centre: The Surrey Tax Building was developed through a competitive design-build process. This building is a modern office accommodation that blends into the existing streetscape. The building plan emphasizes the use of daylighting and the need to convert the space to multiple-tenant usage in the future. The structure is primarily reinforced...; Tags: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Taxes, Free Trade, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Financial Planning, Finance; Case studies
Marshalls Case Study: Art College Refurbishment: The original School of Art in Birmingham was designed by Chamberlain and Martin. A major refurbishment in 1995 aimed to restore the building to its former glory. The refurbishment of the building, which continues its use as the City's School of Art, consisted of internal and external restoration work to...; Tags: accommodation; Case studies
Eastman Kodak Janus Project - Building Conversion and Infrastructure Upgrades: When Eastman Kodak Company decided to consolidate all operations in a central location at Kodak Park, they called on Erdman Anthony and the Janus Task Force for help. Erdman Anthony completed full design for two of the primary buildings, comprising 500,000 square feet of space. To supplement existing power distribution...; Tags: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Erdman Anthony, Eastman Kodak Co., Americans with Disabilities Act; Case studies
Fed's Yellen Says Growth Outlook Uncertain: By Ros Krasny ALAMEDA, California (Reuters) - San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that economic prospects for the United States are "unusually uncertain," with growth "at best" at a crawl. "I anticipate little or no growth in the...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Financial accounting, Financial services, Federal Open Market Committee, Alameda, Federal Reserve Bank, inflation, Federal Reserve Board, accommodation, San Francisco, financial market, aircraft, California, president, Thomson Reuters Corp.; News items 2008-04-16
Cocreating Business's New Social Compact: The Idea in Brief Executives and social activists working together? It's true: after decades of mutual distrust, corporations and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are collaborating to combat poverty around the world. Their weapon? Innovative local businesses such as...; Tags: Sales strategy, Jeb Brugmann, C.K. Prahalad, British Petroleum Co plc, poverty, business ethics, accommodation, India, working capital, developing country, market research, women, income, sales, collaboration, health care, knowledge, marketing; Articles 2008-04-14
Reference And Requests For Information Policy: The Reference and Requests for Information policy states that all inquiries regarding a present or past employee are to be referred to the Human Resources Department. Only factual information concerning an employee will be released. This information may be confined to confirming that the individual was employed with the company,...; Tags: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Regulations, Family and Medical Leave Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Human Resources, job; Tools & templates 2007-11-16
Transcend Your Office: When Work's a Religious Experience: How do you know where to draw the line when it comes to accommodating religion in the workplace? If clients are offended by a pentagram-wearing Pagan employee, can you ask her to keep the symbol hidden? If a worker objects to working on the weekends because of the Sabbath (as...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Lori Deschene, Microsoft Office, religion, worker; Blog posts 2007-10-03
Municipal Housing Specialist: The Municipal Housing Specialist job description template includes the following job summary: To process applications for public housing accommodations and rental assistance programs. To administer and carry out the policies and procedures established for the municipal housing authority, and to maintain records and furnish reports on these activities. Additional information...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, accommodation, job; Tools & templates 2007-09-09
Workplace Disability Conflict Management: Dispute resolution skills are now a required competency for a wide range of jobs, many outside of the human resources department. Managers and employees are to welcome people with disabilities into the workplace and to address disability accommodation effectively, they will they will need knowledge of disability, along with conflict...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Resourceful Internet Solutions Inc., disability, workplace, accommodation, Human Resources, knowledge, job; White papers 2006-10-01
Keeping Vacation Rentals Out of the Deep Freeze: As the winter grinds on, some vacation property owners begin to wish they were snowed under - by requests for accommodations. Winter can be harsh on investors who don't offer resort accommodations, but own and rent out property where winter wails and snow falls. From Labor Day one year to...; Tags: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), accommodation; White papers 2006-02-23
Disability: Integration Vs. Accommodation: During the Twentieth Century the advancement of medical treatments, coupled with progressive socialour inclusion policies worked to change the status of persons with disabilities. In the Western world, all citizens are valued and efforts to include as many people in the work of the communities are not only good social...; Tags: disability, accommodation, workforce; White papers 2006-01-21
Dealing with a Difficult Boss: Do you have a difficult or challenging relationship with your boss? You are not alone. Of all the less-than-perfect interactions you may have at work, this will probably be the trickiest and most stressful because of the inherent political dynamic of your relationship. Many people tend to lay the blame...; Tags: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); Articles 2007-02-15
Mental Illness Recovery and Place: This paper explores fifteen residents' perspectives on a supported housing program for people recovering from low prevalence mental health disorders in rural Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It moves beyond the often unproductive institutional versus community care dichotomy to present a more complex consideration of the residents' perceptions of supported housing as...; Tags: Vertical industries, recovery, accommodation, health care; White papers 2005-09-22