Cure for any boss's legal headaches.A leading North-East legal publishing The production of texts that report laws or discuss the Practice of Law. Originally limited to printed materials, legal publishing now encompasses electronic media as well, with most legal publications becoming available online or in CD-ROM format. firm has announced an exciting investment programme aimed at expanding its operations in Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. and Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. . As the first part of its plans, Cedrec Information Systems Ltd, which specialises in environmental and health and safety publishing, is launching a product aimed at companies in Northern Ireland, covering health and safety legislation. Founded in 1994 and managed by Steven Armstrong and Gareth Billinghurst, the firm has grown rapidly and has a prestigious client list including Coca Cola, Du Pont and Michelin. Steven said: "Developing niche products and building long-term relationships with clients has been the key to winning new contracts with well known companies ( we set very high standards at Cedrec and place a strong emphasis on customer care. "Health and safety legislation is continuously changing and causing headaches for many businesses, particularly those in the manufacturing and engineering sectors. Cedrec keeps pace with these changes and has developed several specialist information and update packages designed to reduce the workload of managers by summarising key legislation in plain English." After immensely successful trading and growth, which saw turnover more than double, the company decided to develop a new health and safety update service for companies in Northern Ireland. Steven said: "Our new product is the first of its kind in Northern Ireland and was created due to a growing demand for user-friendly health and safety information. Since its launch, the new product has been very well received and has already been snapped up by several well known organisations, including 3M and Thales Air Defence Thales Air Defence Limited, formerly Shorts Missile Systems, is a defence contractor based in Belfast, Northern Ireland producing short-range or close air defence missiles. The company has a turnover of approximately £70m and pre-tax profits of £7m. ." The firm, at North-East Business and Innovation Centre (Bic) in Sunderland, hopes to launch several products farther afield in the next two years. |
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