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SPOTLIGHT 6 CHRONICLE December 161966 ON 1 BUSINESS INDUSTRY Disk drive trade axed BIG exparslor plans are In Ilse for Staines-based consorter Newbury Data, part of Ilse FKI Babcock Group. The news is parallel to the announcement that Newbury Data is also to cease manufacturing disk drives in Winsford. The move follows FKI Babcock's policy after taking over DRI Holdings that it would endeavour to sell the disk drive business to any interested third party. "It remains FKI Babcock's intention to continue seekins a potential buyer," a spokesman said. Growth The withdrawal from the disk business is a planned activity and preparations have been made, therefore, to ensure that the printer and VDU.

computer supplies and customer services divisions of Newbury Data are not adversely affected. "Substantial growth plans are in position with regard to these divisions," the spokesman said. The decision to cease disk drive manufacture will mean a programme of redundancies at the Winsford site. Management and unions are trying to work out an acceptable solution. As part of the FKI Babcock group, Newbury Data has become one of Lurope's leading design, manufacture and supply peripherals, including dot matrix printers.

VDUs and other equipment. The company has been awarded a British Standard 5730 Part One for a quality management system. Knobs opens doors KNOBS and Knockers, the country's only national brass specialist has opened a branch in Chiswick High Road. It has a wide range of ornaments and accessories from candlesticks, clocks and doorstops to photoframes, lighting, hooks and hearthware. NEWSDESK AND ADVERTISING T.I.

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combined challenge of 1992. Two speakers from the DTI gave presentations outlining the consultancy service that the DTI can provide under the Enterprise Initiative for companies with up to 500 employees, and financial support for between five and 15 man-days specialist consultancy in a number of key management functions. It did not fall on deaf esrs. however. when it was made during the Department of Trade and Industry's consultancy Initiative seminar at Heathrow's Post House Hotel recently by Mr.

David Turns), of Tuf fin, Ferltby Taylor. The aiin was to make bosses aware of the need to Increase their efficiency, ensure the quality of their product or service and make them competitive in the new European context, where they are likely to come up against a market of 320 million consumers, bigger than that of Japan and the USA combined. The seminar was organbed by Hounslow PICKUP and Quebec, two West London initiatives designed to promote training in local companies. Mr. Tuffin was using the analogy of the Luddites to suggest general slnUl.h.

among small British businesses in embracing new initiatives and going forward towards 1992 on a rising tide of increased efficiency and productivity. order is clinched in Access deal BOOMING Hounslow computer company Amdahl has announced a £4.5 million order in another feather-India-cap deal with dos Joint Coedit Card Company, more familiarly known as Access. Access has installed a more sophisticated Amdahl mainframe "brain" at its Basildon computer centre in Essex to replace an older, Amdahl model as part of expansion and rearranged working systems. The latest extracapacity computer, six storage devices and a storage controller, will allow Basildon to take the strain off Access's other computer centre at Southend-on-Sea. Known as the Amdahl 5190-390, the new computer will be devoted to development work, system programming and production workloads.

Access support centre manager Ray Baker said: "The replaced Amdahl 5110 was at maximum capacity and an upgrade was essential for development purposes. "With the growth in our business, we also wanted to ease the pressure on our Southend Data Centre. Online workloads are critical to the business and we need to have fel-safe so we wanted the resilience of the Tbe 5690-390 will also be used to run back-up credit checking previously by the old computer. Amen has been using the Hounslow company as part of its dual supplier policy for over two years. "Amebic resew fee choosing the configerndee was Is coNtiegency position sod the opportunity the computer provides fee feline el low cool." mid Mr.

Balm. Glenn's golden HIGHLY-qualified Glenn O'Brien has recently joined the commercial agency department of Gale and Power at Staines. the centre of the so-called "golden triangle" of the commercial property market. Mr. O'Brien (34) has had a varied career.

After leaving university he practised as a solici- HOUNSLOW Council's trading standards officers are doing their best to ensure people have a safe and brightly lit Christmas. They are holding a completely free testing service for Christmas tree fairy lights at the Treaty Centre Advice tor in South Africa, and followed it up with five years in retail and office property development. Mr. O'Brien, married with two children and living in Farnham, north-west Surrey, said: The strong confidence in the economy is re- fleeted in the 'buoyant demand for commercial property, and we have no shortie, of work." Unit in the High Street for the third week running this Saturday between 9.30 am and I pm. Thursday night shoppers have also been given the opportunity to test their lights during the hectic run up to Christmas.

trading standards officers have been offering the services between 3pm and Ipm during the past two weeks. The service will be availabk again next Thursday evening at the Advice Unit. Remember, faulty lights could start a fire in your home. The standards department is hoping this special Christmas facility will encourage people to use its new information at the above times on Saturday mornings and Thursday niahts in the Advice Unit available to anyone who needs consumer advice. Pictured above are Mrs.

Sandra Carter and her daughter Jane. who have brought along their Christmas tree lights to be tested by trading standards officer Jim Rackham. THE Health and Safety Commission has published a code of practice and guidance for training forklift drivers in a bid to cut down on the number of accidents. The new code comes into operation next April. and HSC chairman Dr.

John Cullen said: "Lift truck accidents are frequently associated with lack of suit able operator training. Training is an SISSOliel tint I "4 1 I 4. I rlij 41 111 11111 -Z4 4 tfr 4 1 Importance Mr. Gathorne Butler, one of the private business counsellors employed by the DTI to offer consultancy to who participate in the scheme, made bid to dispel any image managers might have of bossy government officials telling smaller businesses bow they ought to be running things. Mr.

Brendan Vickers, of PERA (Production Engineering Research Association) outlined what was on offer to businesses In terms of consultancy under the Quality Initiative, and stressed the importance of Quality Assurance to every company. Mr. David Tuffin then provided a detailed and highly convincing case study of his own company. which has been benefiting from its participation in the Quality Initiative since mid-July. Smashing INVESTORS living in the area will be able to dabble in British Steel shares now that Nat West Bank has orpnised an on-thespot service at its Hounslow, The Luddites were textile workers opposed to the mechanisation of their industry, who expressed their discontent by smashing machines.

There was no computerbashing and video. mangling at the DTI seminar, only a good deal of interest among delegates on how best British industry could overcome its lurking Luddite tendencies in the latter quarter of the 20th century. Twickenham, Staines, Kinpton and Richmond branches. These selwcted branches have installed special touch-sensitive screens so that investors can check price and total cost before dealing. The system shows what net proceeds will be from selling British Steel shares, and Investors will receive a computer-generated cheque at the time any deal is completed.

The share -dealing service by Nat West stockbrokers is available to people who do not use the bank, with charges at the standard rate of 1.5 per cent on the first £5,000 and one per cent on the next £7,300 plus a minimum charge of £25. The computerised system has already proved a winner during previous privatisations, dealing with more than 430,000 transactions involving over 224 million shares. ON-THE-SPOT ONLARE DEALS Forklift code step in reducing damage and injury to key workers. "Employers are responsible for making sure that all staff who operate lift trucks are fully trained. If necessary, the employer must provide for their additional training." The HSC has given formal recognition to training accreditation schemes run by certain industry training boards and plans are outlined in the latest code and guidance.

Approved Code of Practice mid suppkinentary guidance operated lift trucks: operator coats £2.73 from HMSO bookshops. trucks between 1978 and 1985 killed more than 180 people. And in the 12 month period there were more than 1,300 reported injuries from a single struck by a moving lift truck. ialt month, a 21-yearold warehouseman was crushed to death by. forkleft truck at Safeway's Hounsiow supermarket.

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