01 Jan 1994
| by Jane Lamacraft.
UK: BUTTON'S SHINING EXAMPLE - UCC. - Having a large share of the world market supplying equipment to the hydraulics industry isn't enough for UCC. It wants 10 out of 10, and a gold star.
01 Jan 1994
| by Charles Darwent.
UK: AN ICE LITTLE EARNER - TUDOR DAIRIES. - With a two-litre tub of vanilla and some 'creative pricing' Tudor Dairies has taken a large scoop of the British ice-cream market.
01 Jan 1994
| by Malcolm Brown.
EASTERN EUROPE: TELECOMS 1 - PURSUING EASTERN PROMISE. - The first of three articles on the current state of the industry finds a new mood of realism about the potential returns from investing in the transformation of eastern Europe's archaic system. The
01 Jan 1994
| by Jane Bird.
UK: WHY BARCLAYS CHOSE TO GO FOR DIY. - Run as a commercial organisation, Barclays Computer Operations gives the bank access to the leading edge in computing and a place at the heart of the brave new world of financial services.
01 Jan 1994
USA: AN EYE ON THE MOAT. - Queen's Moat investors with scrambled nest eggs who read the US Press may have been given pause for thought at the rising tide of lawsuits over there against companies whose stock has slumped. Securities lawsuits now affect 8%
01 Jan 1994
UK: 'ULLO, 'ULLO, 'ULLO - RANSOME'S. - The Press sniggered, macho policemen shuddered. On trial by the West Yorkshire police was an electric three-wheeler meant for pedestrian areas of Leeds city centre. The Zev, a one-man vehicle, can go from 0-30 in 13
01 Jan 1994
UK: LEADERS WANTED - DTI. - Eighteen months ago, the president of the Board of Trade, Michael Heseltine, asked British industry to supply him with 100 trusty export promoters 'to help design, promote, and lead the most exciting and challenging export dri
01 Jan 1994
UK: AH, SO - NEW OXFORD DICTIONARY OF THE BUSINESS WORLD. - Considering the British fascination with all things Japanese, there are some extraordinary omissions from the new Oxford Dictionary of the Business World. Keiretsu, the uniquely Japanese form of
01 Jan 1994
UK: BIG SQUEEZE AT ANDERSEN'S. - Where do you think those awfully clever people at Andersen Consulting found their latest management tool? University? Business school? Neither. They have been raiding the toy box for Plasticine. It is being used to encour
01 Jan 1994
| by Malcolm Brown.
UK: TELECOMS 3 - THE POWER OF ENERGIS. - A well-connected newcomer has plans to be both BT's main competitor and its biggest customer.