BIZ-briefs

Wearing seat belts enforced

Passengers travelling in the front seat of cars and dual purpose vehicles with English number plates should wear seat belts.

Apple to launch next generation iphone

Apple will unveil its next generation iphone at an event on October 5.

UBS CEO resigns

The CEO of Swiss banking giant UBS, Oswald Gruber will step down due to the $ 2.3b loss in unauthorised trading.

Prathilabha on Rupavahini

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) in association with the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation will telecast a live one-hour television series in Sinhala titled Prathilabha on the capital market on Sunday mornings at 10.00 a.m. The program on October 2 will feature, Chairperson of the SEC Indrani Sugathadasa and Director General of the SEC, Malik Cader.

'Share the Bill' with Arpico, an innovative concept

Arpico Supercentre, Sri Lanka’s leading large-format retailer - in living up to its brand promise of bringing clientele “Fresh Ideas Everyday” recently launched a campaign “Share the Bill” at all its outlets islandwide.

The idea to “Share” with its customers resulted in this promotional campaign that sees Arpico Supercentres taking customer-relationships to a whole new level, recognising that after the holiday season, family budgets are a little stretched.

Informatics goes to Maldives

Informatics is gaining popularity in Mauritius as a stimulator of innovation in the insurance industry. The Company’s products aim at changing the way clients look at insurance by introducing reliable General Insurance software for all classes of business including Sales and Marketing, Underwriting, Claims, Re-Insurance, Finance, Due Payments and making it fast and easy in the business.

Online Marketing conference

Sri Lanka eMarketingEye (www.emarketingeye.com) will host “Optimising the Future 2011” with speakers from Google, ComScore and the Preferred Hotel Group on November 1 at the Cinnamon Grand. With the interest in Sri Lanka as a tourist destination and investment hub on the increase, Sri Lankan companies are presented with the challenge of leveraging the internet to advertise, engage and increase consumption of business services. From blue chip organisations to start-ups, the evolution of internet technologies offers new opportunities.

Knowledge Sharing Conference

A knowledge sharing conference themed role of real property development in an emerging economy will be held from October 6-7 in Colombo. The chief guest is the Governor of the Central Bank, Ajith Nivard Cabraal and the guest of honour is Chairman Urban Development Authority Janaka Kurukulasuriya.

Photo Technica sole agents for Hoya filters

Hoya Corporation Japan appointed Photo Technica as their sole agents in Sri Lanka for Hoya products. Hoya filters is a leader in the filter market in the world and are renowned for its optical quality. Hoya also acquired Kenko and Cokin brands recently.

From left is -Sale executive Photo Technica, Suranga Niroshan, - Manager overseas sales, Masaharu Morishita -General Manager of Hoya Corporation Japan, Yuji Nakano and Managing Director- Photo Technica, Harsha Malvenna.

TAASL staffers on airport conducted tour

The Travel Agents Association of Sri Lanka (TAASL), an Association affiliated to the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, undertook to educate 120 staff members from their membership as it was felt that to be an area in which exposure was needed. The educational tour was sponsored by the National Carrier, SriLankan Airlines.

The one day program which provided a comprehensive airport tour covering areas such as security check, immigration formalities, visiting passenger waiting area/ Transit Area, Duty Free and lounges. The 120 staff members were taken to the airport in batches of 30 persons. Here the first group of participants from the TAASL member companies with the Executive Committee members of the Association and officials from SriLankan Airlines.

NDB signs MoU with DBS Bank

NDB Group signed an MOU with Singapore’s DBS Bank recently to form a strategic alliance in Investment Banking. Here CEO of NDB Bank, Russell de Mel presents a memento to the Head of Capital Markets of DBS Bank Eric Ang.

Elephant House wins Gold at the NCE Awards

 

Managing Director, DSI Samson Group of Companies (Principal Sponsor of the NCE Awards) D.K. Rajapaksa presents the trophy to - Head of Frozen Confectionery, Elephant House, Neil Samarasinghe and Head of Beverages, Elephant House, Chandima Perera, Financial Controller, Sirio Ltd, Christopher George is also present.