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Lifebuoy a clean sweep at the SLIM-Neilson People’s Awards 2012
Lifebuoy, Unilever Sri Lanka’s flagship germ-protection brand, won all three key awards that it was nominated for at the recently concluded SLIM-Nielsen People’s Awards, marking a clear reflection of the lasting impact the brand had made in the minds of Sri Lankan consumers over the years. MORE..
SLIM-Nielsen Peoples Awards: Sri Lanka loves NESCAFÉ!
NESCAFÉ, the world’s premium coffee brand, was voted the number one people’s choice for ‘Hot Beverage Brand of the Year’ at the SLIM-Nielson Peoples Awards 2012......
Grant McCann Erickson sweeps ‘Young Lotus 2012’
Grant McCann Erickson walked away with the first, second and third place at the prestigious Young Lotus contest on Friday. The winners Johan Dias and Tasha Marikkar will represent Sri Lanka at Young Lotus in Pattaya, Thailand next month......
Aspirations Education offers best technology degrees in Australia
Aspirations Education (AE) an international career guidance and student placement service center in Sri Lanka represents best technological universities offering engineering and IT degrees for local students from top technological universities of Australia.....
Shehan Senevirathne wins Most Promising Entrepreneurship Award 2012
Shehan Senevirathne the chairman managing director of SMS Holdings Pvt Ltd, who drives the organization to achieve their vision to be a world class supplier of pavings, was awarded Most Promising Entrepreneurship Award 2012 in a ceremony organized by Enterprise Asia. MORE..
APEA recognizes PCH Chairman S.H.M. Rishan for entrepreneurial excellence
Mr. S.H.M Rishan, the Chairman of PCH PLC the leading ICT retailer to the nation, has been awarded the coveted title of Outstanding Entrepreneur at the annual Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards organized for Sri Lanka by Kuala Lumpur based NGO Enterprise Asia......
Hammer BTL to facilitate branding of ‘Talking Spaces’ with Viraj Pathirane at the helm
“The world is moving away from mass media, Companies are looking beyond the obvious. They are scoping below the surface, in search of new ideas - groundbreaking solutions,” says Hammer BTL’s newly appointed Director, Viraj Pathirane......
Coca-Cola wins SLIM People’s Choice Award
Leaders in the beverage industry - Coca-Cola, stamped its authority at the SLIM – Neilsen People’s Awards 2012 held recently, by being awarded Winners of the prestigious “Youth Beverage Brand of the Year”.
Smarter computing boosts Sri Lanka’s advance towards economic growth and prosperity
IBM today unveiled smarter computing solutions designed to transform, grow and make Sri Lankan enterprises more competitive. A wide range of workload-optimization hardware solutions, such as IBM Storwize V7000, IBM Starter Kit for Cloud and IBM BladeCenter blade servers were presented at the IBM Smarter Computing Forum.....
Hameedia signs up with India’s ‘Madura Fashion & Lifestyle’ to enrich product offering
Sri Lanka’s leading menswear specialist Hameedia signed up with Madura Fashion & Lifestyle, India’s largest and fastest growing apparel player, to import and distribute leading brands such as Louis Philippe, Van Heusen, Allen Solly and Peter England in Sri Lanka......
WaveNET increases footprint in the global market; Expands operations in the Middle East
WaveNET, a leading supplier of telecom value added network infrastructure, announced the opening of its new office in Dubai recently expanding its global footprint......
Leo Burnett Colombo honoured at the Leo Intel Awards 2011
Leo Burnett Solutions Inc (LBSI), the Sri Lankan office of the internationally acclaimed advertising agency was honoured with the prestigious Leo Intel Award for their “Campaign on Child Protection” - a campaign created by the agency for a pitch presentation to UNICEF. MORE...
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AVIVA NDB at Best Corporate Citizen Award 2011
AVIVA NDB was among the top ten winners at Best Corporate Citizen Award 2011 at the recent gala awards presentation organized by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce for the eighth consecutive year. AVIVA NDB was the only insurer to secure a place among the line up of Sri Lanka’s ten best corporate entities. The team from AVIVA NDB seen here at the awards.
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Oxfam launches global campaign on food justice
Oxfam in Sri Lanka, in collaboration with its allies and partners launched ‘GROW’, its new food justice campaign on October 18 in Colombo. GROW will support the efforts of women, men, community groups and the Government of Sri Lanka to build a future which protects life for a fairer food system and a country without hunger.
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