Sri Lanka’s non-interest based banking pioneer Amãna Bank has tied up with consumer electronics giant Singer to facilitate convenient purchasing through its Easy Payment Plan. Through this financing scheme customers can purchases electronics, personal appliances, household appliances, furniture and many more from any Singer, Singer Mega, Singer Plus, Singer Home and Sisil World showrooms and…
All company sites awarded, proving their strength as safe places of work Unilever Sri Lanka proved their strength as a company which is dedicated to Occupational Health and Safety by emerging as the Excellence Award winners at the recently held National Safety and Occupational Health Excellence Awards 2014 at the BMICH on 20th October 2014. …
The Sri Lankan multinational Haycarb PLC reported a turnover of Rs. 5.2 billion and profit before tax of Rs. 362 million for six months ending 30th September 2014. The profit after tax stood at Rs. 304 million. Haycarb PLC Managing Director, Mr. Rajitha Kariyawasan said, “The continuing trend of high raw material prices in Sri…
A 2kg increase in daily plucking average of tea can provide win-win solution A marginal increase of at least 2kg in the daily plucking average of each tea plucker can significantly boost Sri Lanka’s entire plantation industry and benefit all stakeholders by bringing down the skyrocketing unit cost of production of tea by nearly seven…
Mobitel tied up with LAUGFS Holdings recently in an initiative to introduce an efficient Near Field Communication (NFC)-based ‘ONE’ fuel card solution that could be utilised at all LAUGFS filling stations islandwide. The ‘ONE’ fuel card is a direct replacement for the manual fuel books and receipts, and comes with a unique transaction administration platform…
zMessenger, Sri Lanka’s largest mobile marketing solutions provider will bring together top brand leaders from FMCG, hospitality, banking and financial services to the Island’s first roundtable on mobile marketing scheduled for Thursday, 30th October, 2014 The event titled Embracing Mobile Mind Shift – Mobile Moments are the Frontline of Customer Experience will look at the…
The Synergy chapter of Business Network International will be launched on Wednesday the 29th of October 2014, from 5 pm to 7 pm at the 4th level of Access Towers, 278, Union Place, Colombo 02. This is the second successful Sri Lankan chapter representing BNI worldwide with a representation from a diverse field of industries….
First Enterprise in Sri Lanka to implement SAP’s cloud-based offering across entire group SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) announced that Hemas Holdings PLC has partnered with SAP to deploy SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud, a world-class cloud hosting service for applications, platform, and maintenance across its entire group to improve large scale business transformation. With SAP HANA®…
Renuka Shaw Wallace PLC, subsidiary of diversified conglomerate Renuka Holdings PLC, rebranded its identity as Renuka Foods PLC, to better reflect the Food and Beverage category it operates in, locally and internationally. Renuka Foods PLC is the parent company for the Group’s food and beverage entities, namely; Renuka Agri Foods PLC, Renuka Organics (Pvt) Ltd,…
Historical win as the first logistics company to win gold Participating in the SLIM Brand Excellence Awards for the first time, Logiwiz was recognized as the B2B Brand of the Year at the SLIM Brand Excellence Awards Ceremony held recently at the BMICH. A fully-owned subsidiary of the Hayleys Advantis Group, Logiwiz is the Third…
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