However in NFC’s case the reorganisation is complete and the pounds 9m hit to operating profits came from the adoption of new accounting standards

However, in NFC’s case, the reorganisation is complete and the pounds 9m hit to operating profits came from the adoption of new accounting standards. NFC can now focus on growing its Exel Logistics business, which provides blue-chip clients with services such as distribution and warehouse management. As consumers become more demanding and product cycles shorten, [...]

Whatever this decision is we’ll accept it as sportsmen

“Whatever this decision is, we’ll accept it as sportsmen.”Other Euro 2000 news, page 26. There are some reasons to be grateful to the Eurovision Song Contest Well, one, at any rate. Last Saturday it cut television’s most truly excruciating show down to a mere 10 minutes. Not that you didn’t get everything you needed in [...]

They expected to be quite happy if chosen and quite unhappy if not

They expected to be quite happy if chosen and quite unhappy if not. People expected to feel good about winning the lottery, but after a brief period of euphoria they found their level of happiness settling quickly back to the average.Studies of the way people react to terrible events such as losing a child in [...]

The Rev Dr Anthony Harvey sub-dean at the Abbey told guests: Yehudi Menuhin’s

The Rev Dr Anthony Harvey, sub-dean at the Abbey, told guests: “Yehudi Menuhin’s interpretations of some of the greatest works in the violin repertory, which he began to make at a very early age, have influenced a whole generation of musicians.
“But he was more than a violinist. His sympathy for cultural traditions far outside that [...]

After returning to The Dell and visiting a specialist Jones was resigned to sitting on the sidelines throughout the summer

After returning to The Dell and visiting a specialist, Jones was resigned to sitting on the sidelines throughout the summer.
Jones said: “I was originally told that I was finished for the season after I had a scan that showed I had a slipped disc which was trapping the nerves on the right of my body [...]

During Hay week writing’s less savoury aspects are suspended

During Hay week, writing’s less savoury aspects are suspended. Anxiety, paranoia and grinding envy are forgotten as those due to appear on the different stages gather in the school staffroom, now renamed “The Green Room”, or sip wine in the VIP section of the refreshments marquee, cordoned off discreetly like the Royal Enclosure at Ascot. [...]

More than 150 miles of water and 933 years of history separate Calvados from the Selsey

More than 150 miles of water and 933 years of history separate Calvados from the Selsey Bill but, dropped here by parachute, you might think you were in England.
The tree-crowned hills, narrow lanes, hedgerows, dairy cows and apple orchards could be Herefordshire or Somerset. Nine centuries after the Norman Conquest, the faces of the local [...]

It aims to half glass breakages in factories to 10 per cent

It aims to half glass breakages in factories to 10 per cent.Analysts welcomed the continued focus on savings, but some questioned whether they were enough to make Pilkington sufficiently efficient to compete in the global glass markets that are suffering from overcapacity.The group meanwhile unveiled annual results to the end of March showing pre-tax profits [...]

He is getting flak from all corners because he has been hanging on to the

“He is getting flak from all corners because he has been hanging on to the job for too long.”The Sri Lankan team are due to return home today and are expected to be subjected to more criticism, but Ranatunga and the vice-captain Aravinda de Silva have chosen not to arrive in Colombo with the rest [...]

GREAT CHAMPIONS command respect whatever their age and the French Open is preparing to greet a bridging of the

GREAT CHAMPIONS command respect, whatever their age, and the French Open is preparing to greet a bridging of the generation gap with roars of approval tomorrow. Steffi Graf, approaching 30, and Martina Hingis, 18, will meet for the first time in a Grand Slam singles final. The joy on Graf’s face after overcoming her long-time [...]

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