Cuts to a bus service which is “a lifeline” for elderly and vulnerable people have been branded “disgusting”.And many passengers have been left in disbelief that Centrebus bosses would choose to entirely remove a Saturday service, “the busiest day of the week” for passengers.The number 3 Centrebus service runs between the Barrowby Gate area of Grantham and the town centre, Monday to Saturday.The Journal has received several calls from angry passengers since they found out the Saturday bus would no longer run from April 7.Geoff Thomas, 76, lives on Barrowby Gate. He said: “Saturdays are the most popular, especially the 10.45am service [from the town centre].“A lot of us go down to the market so you’ve got a situation where [South Kesteven District Council] is trying to promote the market and the buses are being taken away.“A lot of people up here don’t have transport. People up here need that bus.”Mr Thomas found … [Read more...] about Anger as busy Grantham bus service used by elderly is cut
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My French Business: A new service to keep tabs on empty Paris apartments
What's the business? If you’ve lived in Paris for any length of time, you've probably suffered the misfortune of having a busted pipe or leaking boiler at home, or at least know a friend who has had one. This becomes a much more serious problem if you’re not home when the leak occurs. Imagine you are on holiday or just back in your home country where you might spend half the year and you get a phone call from the gardien or concierge, or even your neighbour below who is furious that their ceilings are ruined after a leak from your bathroom. So it’s not surprising that a business has started in the capital aimed at helping people to avoid this type of property nightmare. The website ApartCheck.com has recently launched in Paris in order to allow absent homeowners to keep tabs on their property while they’re away. Members of the Apartcheck team will visit clients' homes while they are away on a monthly or perhaps even weekly basis to give them … [Read more...] about My French Business: A new service to keep tabs on empty Paris apartments
Building a Healthy Business on Customer Service
Robin Marshall Friday, November 23, 2018, 00:13 The driving force behind FirstMed Clinics, Dennis A. Diokno, says this is an extremely interesting time to be in the private healthcare business in Hungary, but it was a career he might never have had. If life had followed another path, he could now be a Coca-Cola executive. Dennis A. Diokno FirstMed, a multi-disciplinary clinic based in the Hattyúház building close to the Széll Kálmán tér metro station in Buda’s District II, will celebrate its 20th anniversary in February. When he opened up the business here, Diokno had already done something similar in Russia and then China. Having graduated from Thunderbird School of Global Management in 1991 with a Master of International Management degree, and with interesting jobs hard to find in the United States, Diokno took himself off to Moscow. He quickly got three interviews. Nothing came from the first with a pharma company, but the … [Read more...] about Building a Healthy Business on Customer Service
Businesses failing to prepare despite no-deal Brexit fear
AIB's Brexit Sentiment index for the second quarter found that the manufacturing, retail and tourism sectors here were the most negative about Brexit. Just 6pc of 500 businesses surveyed in the Republic of Ireland had a plan in place. In Northern Ireland, the figure was just 5pc. The index found that larger businesses were more likely to have a plan, while the impact on the economy and potential tariffs were the main concerns for businesses in the Republic. AIB's head of business banking Catherine Moroney said it was "critical" for businesses to plan for the worst now. "When businesses do seek financing, one of the key questions we in AIB ask them about is their Brexit-readiness and the potential impact Brexit may have on their business in a harder-line Brexit scenario," she said. Ms Moroney said the bank was launching a new credit-check service to help customers who were looking to increase their export reach. Provided in association with Euler Hermes, the bank will allow customers a … [Read more...] about Businesses failing to prepare despite no-deal Brexit fear
Topical Talk business roundtable: Be brave to promote the island and we will back you all the way
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0 Post a comment Monday, 20 August 2018 - Business by Duncan Foulkes - Business editor [email protected] Government must be brave and fearless in making tough decisions as the island continues to attract people and businesses to settle here. And everyone living here, from leading business people to the army of thousands of people who keep the island ticking, has the capacity to be an ambassador for the Isle of Man.Well-known Manx people such as Sam Barks, currently starring in Pretty Woman on Broadway, could be featured in lifesize cut-outs welcoming visitors at the airport.And prominent government figures such as chief minister Howard Quayle should not be afraid of ‘flying the flag’ by staying in the same hotels as captains of industry and world leaders.These were some of the points made by a group of prominent business figures gathered for the first of a series of Topical Talks.The event was sponsored by Manx Telecom who also sponsor Business … [Read more...] about Topical Talk business roundtable: Be brave to promote the island and we will back you all the way