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As the threat of COVID19 regains urgency, it’s time to consider alternative methods for maintaining a reduced-risk environment for employees and customers.

The importance of constant cleanliness can’t be overestimated but the practicalities of ensuring germ-free work and retail spaces can be challenging. The use of sprays and cloths are effective to an extent but require daily maintenance incurring additional labour and material costs; high pressure, high intensity cleaning is effective, but impractical on a regular basis. […]

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Woolworths to cut jobs in move to automated distribution centres

Woolworths has announced it will slash more than 1,300 jobs as it transitions into automated distribution centres. The grocery company has announced they will close two existing facilities in Sydney’s Yennora and Minchinbury and Melbourne’s Mulgrave centre, which will be replaced by two new automated distribution centres in Sydney’s Moorebank Logistics Park. Moorebank was chosen

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EMS/RMIT develop fuel loss detection tool

By Russell Dupuy, Environmental Monitoring Solutions Coupling Industry expertise and university research to develop effective data analytic and machine learning techniques for identifying and quantifying the different sources of fuel losses from underground petroleum storage systems (UPSSs) at service stations. Fuel losses such as leakage from underground fuel storage systems is a common problem globally.

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Q&A with Tim Xenos, Executive Director of Olympian Products

Executive Director, Olympian Products and Distribution Tim Xenos shared with C&I how his passion for better-for-you products drives his business.   Tell me about your product range? We look for products that are niche, healthy, innovative and that stand out from the normal over-the-counter products. Your products have an emphasis on health, where does this

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ATM association cautions against ditching cash on virus fears

As shoppers continue to embrace contactless payments on the back of COVID-19 fears, one association is pushing for us to stick with cash. The ATM Industry Association (ATMIA), an international not-for-profit trade association is urging consumers not to panic when it comes to paying with cash, arguing for many it’s the only option available. As

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Frucor Suntory appoints new CEO

Frucor Suntory have announced Darren Fullerton as the new CEO of the Australian and New Zealand business arm. It’s a return to beverage lines for Mr Fullerton, who spent 18 years with PepsiCo, including as CEO of PepsiCo Australia and New Zealand. Frucor Suntory’s brands include V, h2go, Just Juice and Amplify kombucha, among others.

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Caltex, BP Australia and Viva Energy named among top manufacturers

Fuel companies in Australia continue to perform strongly, despite the global downturn in crude oil, taking out top spots in a list of top 100 manufacturers. The Advance Manufacturing Expo’s list, based on IBISWorld’s assessment of data from ASIC-lodged company reports, put Caltex first – for the second year running, BP Australia third (up from

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Small businesses encouraged to give feedback on payment legislation

Small businesses are being encouraged to have they say on draft legislation for payment time frameworks, which would require more transparency on the issue. The federal government have opened their Payment Times Reporting Framework for consultation. It would apply to roughly 2,500 large businesses, including both government entities and foreign companies, and would force businesses

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