Scramble for Syzygy shares
European e-business solutions consultancy Syzygy has floated on Frankfurt’s Neuer Markt (DW 15 September). The flotation raised more than 62m Euros (£37m). Syzygy priced its initial public offering at 20
Take an original idea and then run away with it
After a while in this business you get used to similarities between your projects and other people’s. You get cross for a bit, then you calm down. In short, you
Crampton Smith to leave RCA
Gillian Crampton Smith, the Royal College of Art’s computer related design course director, is leaving at Christmas to set up the new Interaction Design Institute in Ivrea, near Milan in
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The London Herb and Spice Company has renamed itself The London Fruit and Herb Company. The change reflects developments in the company’s product range of flavoured teas and infusions to
Lumsden fills graphics post
Environmental design consultancy Lumsden Design has appointed Dan Ray as head of graphics. He joins from Point of Difference, where he was creative director. Ray replaces Charles Allan, who joined
Successful speeches are all about delivery
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Single currency
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BP/Amaco
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Smollensky’s, the London restaurant chain owned by the Mezzanine Group, is to be rolled out across the capital with an extra 20 sites planned over the next two years. Raw
Appetite for new AWG identity
London design consultancy Appetite – formerly known as Beresfords has created a new identity for Anglian Water’s parent group, AWG. The change reflects the group’s expansion beyond the water industry
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