Chichester business Macleod Simmonds won the innovation category at this years Highways Awards on Wednesday (October 17). The surveying firm, based in Appledram Lane, enjoyed a 'resounding win' at the awards for their approach to a 'complex project' undertaken on behalf of the City of London Corporation.Craig Simmonds, managing director of Mcleod Simmonds said: "Winning the innovation category at this year's Highways Awards tops of an incredible year for Mcleod Simmonds."We are extremely proud of our achievements on the ground-breaking project, all of which could not have happened without the support of the fantastic team from the City of London."The awards' judge said: "Very positive outcomes achieved from this highways project that has shown excellent practice and new ways of working."Using a combination of their own systems, Macleod Simmonds achieved huge cost saving for stakeholders, minimise disruption to road users and the local community as well as provided vital information to … [Read more...] about Chichester business Macleod Simmonds wins innovation award
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May to meet business leaders to discuss Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May and the Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond will meet around 120 chief executives and international investors on Wednesday to discuss Brexit and next week's budget, her spokesman said. "As part of ongoing prime minister and senior ministerial engagement with business, next Wednesday the prime minister and the chancellor will meet with a group of business leaders to provide an update on Brexit and the recent budget," the spokesman told reporters. He said the two would make statements and then take questions from the chief executives and investors. (Reporting By Elizabeth Piper. Editing by Andrew MacAskill) … [Read more...] about May to meet business leaders to discuss Brexit
How the Right Business Language Can Catalyze Change
The language of business, often cluttered with jargon and buzzwords, has long been ripe for satire: Think of the 1960 film The Apartment, in which tacking “-wise” onto almost any word turned it into management-speak, or the ongoing skewering of corporate inanity in Scott Adams’s Dilbert cartoons. But while being “tasked with an action item” may elicit chuckles or eye-rolls, such gobbledygook is not a mere harmless annoyance. This piece is not another humorous takedown of office mumbo jumbo, fun as that would be. Rather, it is a serious plea to consider and use words with greater care. Words will shape the future of your company, your industry, and our society. And the words we choose now are especially important as organizations face turbulent changes in competition, technology, climate, and geopolitics. How we describe ourselves and the world around us helps determine how we perceive risk, reward, opportunity, and obligation. As cognitive anthropologist … [Read more...] about How the Right Business Language Can Catalyze Change
German business confidence dips on growing global concerns
Published 2:19 am PDT, Thursday, October 25, 2018 BERLIN (AP) — A closely-watched survey shows German business confidence slipping amid growing concerns about trade disputes and other economic issues. The Munich-based Ifo Institute said Thursday its survey of the outlook of German business executives fell to 102.8 points in October from 103.7 in September. It was the second monthly fall in a row. Survey participants' assessment of the current business environment slipped to 105.9 from 106.6 the previous month, while their expectations fell to 99.8 from 100.9. Ifo President Clemens Fuest says "growing global uncertainty is increasingly taking its toll on the German economy." The survey is based on some 9,000 responses from firms in manufacturing, service sector, trade and construction. … [Read more...] about German business confidence dips on growing global concerns
German business morale falls more than expected in October
BERLIN (Reuters) - German business morale deteriorated slightly more than expected in October, a survey showed on Thursday, suggesting that company executives have become somewhat less confident about the growth outlook for Europe's biggest economy. The Munich-based Ifo economic institute said its business climate index fell for the second month in a row to 102.8. This was lower than a Reuters consensus forecast of 103.0. "Firms were less satisfied with their current business situation and less optimistic about the months ahead," said Ifo chief Clemens Fuest. "Growing global uncertainty is increasingly taking its toll on the German economy." (Reporting by Joseph Nasr; Editing by Paul Carrel) … [Read more...] about German business morale falls more than expected in October