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March 2009

Lloydspharmacy makes morning after pill available in advance of need

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Lloydspharmacy has become the first major healthcare brand to offer women the ‘Morning After Pill’ in advance of need. The online service is aimed at women who are concerned that they may not be able to access the treatment, also known as Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC), when they need it, such as whilst travelling or during weekends and bank holidays. The new service is also...

Best town in Australia

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Despite all of the hype surrounding the towns in Australia’s ‘big three,’- Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, a sleep seaside hamlet in northern New South Wales has been named Australia’s best town by a panel of tourism and travel experts…

Contactless Smart Card Market to Grow at 33%

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The increasing acceptance of smart cards in a number of applications worldwide has led to a series of technological developments over the recent past. Evolution of contactless smart cards is one of such technological developments which have gained momentum in ticketing and payment applications worldwide. The global market for contactless smart cards stood at an estimated US$ 240 Million in 2008...

Hays reports interim learning and development professionals still in demand

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According to Hays, the leading specialist recruitment company, while the current market may have impacted the recruitment of permanent learning and development jobs there continues to be fixed term contracts available for senior interim professionals. “We envisage that employers will be using interims more regularly to identify organisational requirements on an ad-hoc basis to deal with...

CarInsuranceQuotes.com Announces Completion of One Year of Providing Free Online Insurance Quotes

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CarInsuranceQuotes.com recently announced completion of one year of providing free insurance quotes. CarInsuranceQuotes.com has been known to help identify the most cost effective insurance policies quickly and efficiently and in the process has helped save customers’ time as well as money. CarInsuranceQuotes.com, founded in 1999, is a leading website focused on connecting consumers with multiple...

Massachusetts Career Center Chooses Edcomm Banker’s Academy to Deliver Teller Pre-Hire Assessment

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The Edcomm Group Banker’s Academy is a 22-year-old multimedia education and communication consulting firm specializing in the development of creative business solutions New York, NY, March 26, 2009 — A Massachusetts Career Center has chosen Edcomm Banker’s Academy to deliver pre-hire testing for individuals interested in becoming bank tellers. Teller Pre-Employment Assessment will be hosted...

GTCbio Announces its 4th Annual Assay Development and Screening Technologies Conference taking place on June 8-9, 2009 in San Francisco, California.

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San Francisco, CA – GTCbio Announces its 4th Annual Assay Development and Screening Conference taking place June 8-9, 2009. As compounds derived from high throughput screening increasingly find their way into clinical trials, drug screening has become widely accepted as a critical step in the drug discovery process. After more than a decade of rapid growth, tremendous progress has been made...

SilverDoor reaches record high with Edinburgh bookings

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Edinburgh has now become a top ten destination within SilverDoor’s portfolio of serviced apartments, following a recent growth in bookings for serviced apartments in Edinburgh and the city’s surrounding areas. “Edinburgh serviced apartments is a very popular market for us,” said Chris Gee, Sales Director at SilverDoor. “Despite the city offering some fantastic...