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Company introduction

Fabrication Excellence

Established in 1983, KVR's office and works is based in Acton, Near Sudbury, Suffolk.
Specialising in smaller products and packages including Heater and Filter Housings, Gas Scrubbers, Pig Traps, Gas & Liquid Metering Skids, Fuel Gas Packages and Chemical Injection Systems, the facility is certified to ISO 9001 and holds the ASME 'U' stamp for pressure vessels. With expertise in fabricating a wide range of carbon and stainless steels, special alloys and exotic materials, we can tackle a range of complex projects.

Innovative management skills, internal CRM and project management tools enable KVR to produce projects on time and in budget. Twinned with a motivated and highly skilled workforce KVR provide new standards in fabrication

"We strive to be the company Clients first think of when they require quality, competitive pricing and timely delivery"

The Dawn of the Elance Economy

Will the large industrial corporation dominate the twenty-first century as it did the twentieth? Maybe not. Drawing on their research at MIT's Initiative on Inventing the Organizations of the 21st Century, Thomas Malone and Robert Laubacher postulate a world in which business is not controlled through a stable chain of management in a large, permanent company. Rather, it is carried out autonomously by independent contractors connected through personal computers and electronic networks.
These electronically connected freelancers -- e-lancers -- would join together into fluid and temporary networks to produce and sell goods and services. When the job is done -- after a day, a month, a year -- the network would dissolve and its members would again become independent agents. Far from being a wild hypothesis, the e-lance economy is, in many ways, already upon us. We see it in the rise of outsourcing and telecommuting, in the increasing importance within corporations of ad-hoc project teams, and in the evolution of the Internet. Most of the necessary building blocks of this type of business organization -- efficient networks, data interchange standards, groupware, electronic currency, venture capital micromarkets -- are either in place or under development. What is lagging behind is our imagination. But, the authors contend, it is important to consider sooner rather than later the profound implications of how such an e-lance economy might work. They examine the opportunities, and the problems, that may arise and anticipate how the role of managers may change fundamentally -- or possibly even disappear altogether.

Globalazation essay

The process that has come to be known as globalization .i.e., the progressively greater influence being exerted by worldwide economic, social and cultural processes over national or regional ones? is clearly leaving its mark on the world of today. This is not a new process. Its historical roots run deep. Yet the dramatic changes in terms of space and time being brought about by the communications and information revolution represent a qualitative break with the past. In the light of these changes, the countries of the region have requested the secretariat to focus the deliberations of the twenty-ninth session of ECLAC on the issue of globalization and development.Globalization clearly opens up opportunities for development. We are all aware -and rightfully so- that national strategies should be designed to take advantage of the potential and meet the requirements associated with greater integration into the world economy. This process also, however, entails risks: risk generated by new sources of instability in trade flows and, especially, finance; the risk that countries unprepared for the formidable demands of competitiveness in today's world may be excluded from the process; and the risk of an exacerbation of the structural heterogeneity existing among social sectors and regions within countries whose linkages with the world economy are segmented and marginal in nature. Many of these risks are associated with two disturbing aspects of the globalization process. The first is the bias in the current form of market globalization created by the fact that the mobility of capital and the mobility of goods and services exist alongside severe restrictions on the mobility of labour. This is reflected in the asymmetric, incomplete nature of the international agenda that accompanies the globalization process. This agenda does not, for example, includelabour mobility. Nor does it include mechanisms for ensuring the global coherence of the central...

Formal letter of business

University of Southern Mindanao
Kabacan, Cotabato
May 28, 2008

Miss Loreta T. Miraflor
1568 Pudencio Street,
Sampaloc, Manila

Dear Mr. Ryan Prongco:

This letter is typed in blocked style. Note that all lines begin at the left margin except the date, complimentary close, and signature block. They start from the center, or slightly to the right off center on the page. Some authors refer to this form as the “modified block with block paragraphs.

”This style is usually typed with mixed or standard punctuation. The salutation is followed by a colon, and the complimentary close, by a comma. This form of punctuation is widely used in most business correspondence.

To facilitate typing the date and the closing lines, set the tabular stop at the center or slightly off to the right of the paper so that you can tabulate it whenever you wish.

Remember to always leave a space between the salutation and the name. so the person who is sending this has plenty of room to sign the letter,

Very truly yours,
LEO DEL ROSARIO Consultant

informal letter of business

Dear Mr. batbold,

Let me begin by expressing my thanks to you for bringing to my attention the actions of one of our sales representatives. We periodically monitor the calls of our telemarketers. This is to ensure the quality of our service and the courtesy extended to potential customers.
I must apologize for Miss Piggys' repeated callbacks to your home and her abusive language. In reviewing the recordings of Miss Piggys' station, I have verified the statements attributed to her in your letter dated May 15th. She is no longer employed by April Fools, Inc., and I can assure we have taken every possible step to make sure this does not happen again.
As our way of apologizing, I have authorized complimentary 12-month subscriptions in your name to our magazine We are all FOOLS. Additionally, should you wish to renew your subscription upon expiration you may do so at 50 percent off the current rate.
Again, I apologize for Miss Piggys' actions. If there is anything else I can do to rectify this situation, please let me know.


Sincerely,

What makes a good consultant?

Because consulting is about communicating and problem solving, people from many different areas of expertise and industry backgrounds can make good consultants. Common to all successful consultants, however, are high levels of energy, confidence and intelligence, passion, specialized expertise, solid analytical skills and deep-rooted professionalism. A strong team spirit and the ability to effectively collaborate with other are also extremely important for consultants.
How our Consulting group is structured Most of the people in our Consulting group are aligned to a Operating Group and Service Line (within one of our capability groups). Our Service Lines cover areas of professional expertise and provide a path for the development of deep specialist skills. Our Operating Groups provide experience with clients in a particular industry leading ro robust, real-world expertise. When people with previous work experience join our Consulting group, they will generally be aligned to the Service Line or Operating Group that best fits their individual skills, experience and interests, as well as our business needs. These determine the type of clients they consult to and the type of consulting services they offer. New graduates who join our Consulting group are assigned to a Operating Group (or industry segment) that forms their “base” within the company. Which Operating Group they join depends on their skills, interests and Accenture’s business need. At the same time, they begin with our Professional Development Program (PDP) where they will have opportunities to develop business skills, leadership and personal development, systems delivery fundamentals, and client service skills. As well as significant training, everyone on the PDP also gets wide “real” experience doing clients project work with clients in their Operating Group. During the 18-24 months on the PDP, our new consulting people begin to develop specialized skills and based on these, they will usually become affiliated with a Service Line.

U.K. Consumer Confidence Falls to Lowest Since 2004 (Update6)

April 9 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. consumer confidence fell to the lowest in almost four years in March as the housing-market downturn worsened, and former Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson said the economy is heading for a recession.
Nationwide Building Society's index of sentiment declined 1 point to 77, the least since records started in May 2004. The result is based on a survey of 1,204 people conducted by Taylor Nelson Sofres between Feb. 18 and March 20, Britain's fourth- biggest mortgage lender said in an e-mailed statement today.
``The recession that's coming may not be particularly deep, but it's going to last much longer than the government here has been maintaining,'' Lawson, Margaret Thatcher's finance minister from 1983 to 1989, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television.
U.K. house prices dropped the most since 1992 last month as the seizure in worldwide credit markets made mortgages harder to obtain, a report by HBOS Plc showed. While manufacturing unexpectedly rose in February to the highest since 2001, the Confederation of British Industry says the Bank of England needs to reduce the benchmark interest rate tomorrow.
``The Monetary Policy Committee is still odds-on to cut,'' said Paul Dales, an economist at Capital Economics Ltd. in London. ``The better news on the U.K.'s industrial sector does little to offset the dire news on the housing market seen in recent days.''
The pound weakened to 80 pence per euro for the first time earlier today after the consumer confidence report. It traded at 79.90 pence at 2:19 p.m. in London.
IMF Forecast
The International Monetary Fund today slashed its growth forecasts for the U.K. and now predicts expansion of 1.6 percent this year and next, the weakest since the last recession in the early 1990s. The IMF said in its semi-annual World Economic Outlook that the Bank of England has room to cut interest rates as the slowdown eases inflation pressures.
Falling property prices threaten to puncture Prime Minister Gordon Brown's reputation after he helped extend the economy's longest period of uninterrupted growth for two centuries in his decade as finance minister. Brown's Labour Party came to power in 1997 promising no reprise of the ``boom and bust'' that afflicted the economy in the 1980s and early 1990s.
``We haven't had a credit crunch like this for a long time,'' said Stewart Robertson, a London-based economist at Morley Fund Management, which manages around $327 billion in assets. ``This is not a return to boom and bust, but it is a cyclical downturn and a significant one.''
Lawson Boom
During his term in office, Lawson helped engineer an economic revival by slashing taxes. When inflation accelerated, he was forced to slam on the brakes and raise interest rates as high as 15 percent. Within a year of his resignation in October 1989, the economy was in a slump that lasted until 1992.
``We are probably facing a recession of some sort in the western world,'' Lawson said. ``Not a severe recession, but in the U.S. and U.K. one that might be quite prolonged.''
Fifty-one of 61 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News predict the Bank of England will cut the benchmark interest rate by a quarter-point to 5 percent tomorrow.
HBOS, the nation's biggest mortgage provider, said yesterday the average cost of a home in Britain fell 2.5 percent last month to 191,566 pounds ($379,000) from February.
Banks have become reluctant to lend to each other following more than $230 billion pounds of writedowns and credit losses worldwide that the IMF said yesterday may swell to almost $1 trillion. That's making it harder for the Bank of England to steer lending rates in the mortgage market.
Mortgage Offers
Nationwide, HSBC Holdings Plc and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc are among banks that have raised rates or cut back on home-loan offers this year. Abbey, a unit of Spain's Banco Santander SA, yesterday became the last U.K. lender to withdraw offers for mortgages with no down payment.
``The credit crunch is pushing interbank and mortgage lending rates up, which is constraining economic activity and demand,'' Richard Lambert, director general of the CBI and a former policy maker, said in a statement today. ``The bank should make a quarter-point cut now, rather than later, to help hard-pressed businesses and consumers.''
A measure of Britons' attitudes toward their economic and employment situation in six months was unchanged at 79, Nationwide said today. An index of sentiment on the present situation fell 2 points to 74.
Manufacturing Strength
The U.K. economy is nevertheless showing some signs of resilience. Manufacturing unexpectedly climbed for a second month in February, a sign the pound's weakness against the euro is raising demand for exports.
The pound has fallen 11 percent in the past year on a trade-weighted index compiled by the central bank. U.K. exporters sell about half their goods to the euro region, where growth is likely to hold up better than in the U.S.
Economic growth in the U.S. will stall in the first six months of 2008 as consumer spending cools, a Bloomberg News survey of economists showed.
U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said in an interview with BBC Radio 4's Today program that ``the underlying economy is extremely strong.'' He's sticking to his forecast for the economy to expand around 2 percent this year.
Consumers predict house prices will rise about 0.4 percent in the next six months, a rebound from a February forecast for a decline of 1.1 percent, today's Nationwide report shows. An index of willingness to make a major purchase, such as a house or a car, rose 3 points to 67.
The labor market improved last month, accountancy firm KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation said today. An index measuring placements of permanent staff resurged in March after showing a contraction in hiring for the first time in almost five years in February.
``The modest rebound in permanent placements suggests that the labor market appears to be holding up,'' Helen Reynolds, acting chief executive at REC, said in the report. ``Currently the worst effects on the jobs market are being felt in the City, as banks retrench.''

London is the best city of world

THE MAIN GIGS

ONE DAY IN LONDON: If you've the money (it can prove quite expensive) do a hop-on hop-off double-decker bus tour (it'll pass the main sights and as soon as you get to something you like, hop off, then rejoin the tour until you get to the next one...), however the cost can be prohibitive - in which case buy a one day travelcard Zones 1 + 2 (about £6 per person - if you're in London for any longer, buy an Oystercard, see Transport page for details) at any tube or rail station, or at some newsagents, and take the bus everywhere, always sitting on the top deck. Avoid travelling in the rush hours 07:30-09:30 & 17:00-18:30.Start at the Tower of London [Open summer 0900-1700, winter until 1600], which you should visit as soon as it opens to avoid the monstrous queues (if you ask at the tube station you should be able to buy a combined entrance ticket for the tower and travelcard. We'd advise crossing Tower Bridge (don't bother to go inside - the best photos are from the approach, the frontage of the ugly thistle hotel or from halfway across London Bridge) and have a quick look at the docks on the other side (see our walk one) and follow the walk as far along the south bank as Westminster Bridge, and visit Westminster Abbey



On the way you'll see the Shakespeare's Globe, the Tate Modern (you can do it in 30 minutes - worth at least looking inside), the London Eye (takes an hour - you may not have the time), Somerset House, The Houses of Parliament, St Paul's and the city skyline on the way. If you want a shortcut the Jubilee line runs from London Bridge (just next to the London Dungeon) to Westminster station.From Westminster Station take bus #3, 12, 88 or 159 up to Oxford Circus - you'll pass 10 Downing Street, Horseguards, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus and Regent Street on the way (hop off/on at will) - and take the Bakerloo Line of the Tube to Baker Street for Madame Tussaud's, [ Open 0900-17:30 Summer, from 1000 in winter] the Planetarium and Sherlock Holmes territory. Once you're done up here take a #2 from Baker St (the terminus is Marylebone St Station which may be easier)or #82 bus back down past Marble Arch, Park Lane (Hyde park) through Belgravia to the Royal Mews (ask the conductor). This is at the back of Buckingham Palace and it's a quick walk round to the front.




The Changing of the Guard takes place at about 11am. As you might have guessed this day schedule is a loop and you can join at any point so as long as you're at Buckingham Palace by 11:15 (at the latest) you're OK. In which case start out your day at Madame Tussaud's. When you get to St Pauls you can either take a #15 bus or a Circle line tube to the Tower.








The Queen's Life Guard changes daily (Monday to Saturday at 1100 hours and 1000 hours on Sundays) at Horse Guards, Whitehall and alternates between The Life Guards and The Blues and Royals except for one month in late summer when The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery takes over from the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment. To see this walk up from Parliament square (or take any bus up Whitehall) to Horseguards. The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace takes place at 1130 hours on alternate days from August to April and daily in all other months. It doesn't happen in very wet weather & on certain Ceremonial Days - you'll need to get there early to get a good place. See the Army's Website for full details of this and other ceremonials.



Once you've seen Buck House/The Changing of the Guard then walk up the Mall and take the first left at the traffic lights to get to St James' Palace. There you can get a good photo of yourself next to a Sentry in full costume, including Busbee - unless you're unlucky and it's the Ghurka regiment on duty.... They change the guards here in a minor ceremony at about 16:00 - though it's a bit irregular.



Walk up St James to Piccadilly and jump on a number 9 bus which'll take you to the National Gallery - but it's not far to walk back down Piccadilly, through Leicester Square (if you fancy a show now's the time to get tickets, preferably from the TKTS - formerly the official half price ticket booth - in Leicester Square itself) then and down to the National Gallery which is 200 metres south of Leicester Square, overlooking Trafalgar square.




Just east of Leicester Sq is Covent Garden, which is best explored at about 17:30 pm - 18:30pm. Better are Soho and Chinatown - north of Leicester Square. Or alternatively, follow Shaftsbury Avenue all the way up (away from the theatres) up to the British Museum (or take a #24 or 29 bus up to Great Russell St) for a quick look at the African, Egyptian and Babylonian galleries and the Great Court. You'll want to eat (see our food page) before you go see a show. Soho, Chinatown and around Leicester Square are good for quick, good value meals. We think St Paul's is best viewed when floodlit, in which case take a #11 or 15 bus from the Strand or Trafalgar Square to see it at night. It's been a full day - but you've seen the best of London - congratulations! Points to watch out for: As our route is a circuit you can start off either at the Tower if you want to avoid queues and the crush or at Madame Tussaud's if you don't mind crowds and want to see the Changing of the Guard, when it's on. Remember Mme Tussauds closes at 17:30 and the Tower at 17:00 (16:00 in winter) so plan your trip accordingly.