Quicks takes option to hasten profits

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Quicks Commercial Stationery Company (London) took advantage of the UK Training Agency's Business Growth Training (BGT) program in order to overcome a plateau of growth and expansion that it had reached by enhancing management skills through training and development. The program entails the use of an outside consultant and is intended to bring about a reformulation of corporate strategy, the implementation of a realistic business plan, and the development of the business and employees by fine tuning managerial experience. The program relates training and development to strategic goals. The program gave the firm a mission and a business plan and strategy based on realistic goals and effected a new organizational structure that allowed the firm to realize a 28% increase in turnover in the financial year 1989/90.

United Kingdom, Analysis, Management, Training, Employee training, Great Britain, Quicks Commercial Stationery Company

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Digesting past lessons: China's experience with biogas is starting to pay off

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China's efforts to use biogas as an alternative fuel in the 1970s have matured to make biogas a reliable, inexpensive source of fuel for lighting, cooking and agriculture. Research into standard designs and training for farmers on biogas techniques have resulted in construction of nearly 5 million biogas digesters in rural areas. Digesters are being used for sewage treatment and supply 64,000 urban families with biogas. The residue from the digestion process makes excellent fertilizer.

China, Energy policy, Alternative energy sources, Renewable energy, Biogas

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A magic bullet to kill STDs?

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Research has demonstrated that spermicides containing nonoxynol-9 can kill viruses and bacteria and inhibit HIV cells. The compound also lowers a woman's risk of contracting bacterially caused gonorrhea and chlamydia.

Sexually transmitted diseases, Prevention, Sexually transmitted disease prevention, Nonoxynol 9, Spermicides

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