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Wesfarmers CEO proves his worth Just over three years since taking the reins at Wesfarmers, Rob Scott’s track record is best in class. Now all eyes are on how he will use the company’s pristine balance sheet. Jun 4, 2021 – 12.00am Save Share After just three-and-a-half years as chief executive of Wesfarmers, it is fair to say Rob Scott has earned the right to be ranked among the best businessmen in Australia over the past decade. The Wesfarmers investor day on Thursday only serve...

By Solomon Asowata Lagos, May 26,2021 The Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) says the creation of the National Oil and Gas Excellence Centre (NOGEC) has substantially addressed concerns over the country’s crude production data. Dr Ogbonnaya Orji, Executive Secretary, NEITI, made the

Since 2015, 907 drivers of transporters working with the company have completed the safe driving course. Holcim Philippines continues to tra...

Holcim Philippines said that it is continuously ensuring that drivers of its transporters are reinforced with sufficient knowledge about road safety. The cement manufacturer claimed that since 2015 a total of 907 drivers of its drivers completed a safe driving course and that they have handed out instructions and conducted assessments virtually during these times. In fact, 257 people completed the course virtually last year. It said that this is essential as trucks carrying their products are ou...

Woolworths boosts stake in data analysis Woolworths will take control of data firm Quantium in a $223m deal and also create a new division to exploit retail analytics. Business by ELI GREENBLAT Premium Content Subscriber only Woolworths has made one of the single biggest investments in data analytics by an Australian retailer, agreeing to pay $223 million to lift its equity stake in Quantium from 47 per cent to 75 per cent. The move underlines the impo...

  Chloe Read has worked in education policy for over 15 years, originally in IT support and consulting in the Department of Education, Tasmania. Ms Read joined the NSW Department of Education (DoE) in 2014, working across many executive IT, infrastructure and policy roles. Ms Read job shares the role of Deputy Secretary, Education & Skills Reform with Lisa Alonso Love, and represents the Department on the WRN as well as being an ex officio member of the NSW Skills Board. Ms Read and Ms Alons...

Real estate body to focus on consolidation, sector revival April 07, 2021 To work towards tax-related issues, uniform stamp duty Rebooting itself post the Covid pandemic lockdown, the real estate body CREDAI plans to consolidate and work towards revival of the sector, engage with the government for further rationalisation of the tax regime, secure infrastructure status for real estate. The apex body of private real estate developers, with a membership base of over 13,000 developers in 21 Stat...

T he Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has launched a new digital system to monitor and track the distribution of petrol and other petroleum products across the country. The DPR Director/CEO, Engr. Sarki Auwalu, at the launch on Thursday in Abuja said the new system, called Downstream Remote Monitoring System (DRMS), will among others check product scarcity and smuggling. Sarki said the launch of the DRMS would guarantee availability and reliability of real time data for decision making a...

How new system will check petrol smuggling, hoarding — DPR On By Obas Esiedesa – Abuja The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, on Thursday launched a new digital system to monitor and track the distribution of petrol and other petroleum products across the country, saying it will check product scarcity and smuggling. The Downstream Remote Monitoring System, DRMS, and inventory management solution for petroleum products supply and distribution is designed to provide a holistic view of t...

The inauguration of the NOGEC came at a time Nigeria and the rest of the world are raising concerns over depleting oil revenue and the breakthrough in alternative forms of energy, including renewable and solar energy. To underscore the damage done to the Nigerian economy which is heavily reliant on oil, Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, in May 2020, announced that the national revenue target fell by N125.52 billion in the first quarter of 2020 to N940.91bn. The Group Managing Dire...