DOCSLIB.ORG

George: Doing the Right Thing 2011 2011 Doing the Right Thing 2011

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
George: Doing the Right Thing 2011 2011 Doing the Right Thing 2011 George: Doing the right thing 2011 2011 Doing the Right Thing 2011 Contents page 03 Section 1 Our Beliefs page 08 Section 2 Delivering on our commitments page 11 Section 3 Community Projects page 16 Section 4 Evaluating our success Doing the Right Thing 2011 Executive summary Success…but not at any price Why you can shop at George with a clear conscience... We’re proud of our Our pilot scheme in Bangladesh has been so successful we’re going to roll reputation for quality it out in factories in India and China. clothing at affordable It has achieved: prices. But we’re equally proud that our success 1 A 14 per cent increase in wages goes hand in hand with 2 A 10 per cent drop in absenteeism this guarantee: 3 A 5 per cent drop in labour turnover 4 A 17 per cent increase in efficiency From factory to wardrobe, we care passionately about the people who make our products. That’s just the start. This report sets out our commitment for the next two We work with more than 720 factories years. in 23 countries and although we don’t directly employ the people in them By 2013, our biggest suppliers must we take responsibility for protecting provide us with open costings about and promoting their welfare. human labour and full transparency on workers’ pay and rights. We work with NGOs and charities to improve workers’ rights, reduce By always doing the right thing, we working hours, improve working guarantee our customers can shop at conditions, increase skills and George with a clear conscience. provide health and education benefits. Doing the Right Thing 2011 Our Beliefs This year, George Sharing the progress we’ve made in how we work with our overseas will celebrate a suppliers shows our customers they watershed – the have a real reason to put their 21st birthday of our brand. ongoing trust in us for another 21 Reaching this milestone years. gives us an opportunity to This update represents the first step celebrate and a chance to in what is a complex journey. We’ve made some fundamental changes to reflect on our journey so far the way we’re working with our – not only on the success suppliers to create new levels of we’ve achieved, but also transparency within our supply chain. on our wider influence and From 2013, we will require all global impact as a company. suppliers working on core volume lines to share open costings on human Throughout those 21 years, we’ve labour. This is something that’s never remained true to a set of beliefs been done before and it’s a change founded on the importance of value, for the better; a change we’re Andrew Moore quality and trust and importantly on committed to help them make over MD, George at Asda doing the right thing. As a clothing the next two years. retailer, we recognise that our business relies on a supply chain that We also want to share how we are reaches across continents, improving workers’ rights, promoting encompassing factories and workers female empowerment, delivering in 23 countries. health and education, and at the same time delivering quality and value for As a responsible business, it’s our our customers. priority to ensure we treat people fairly, and show our customers they It hasn’t been an easy journey and we can trust us to do the right thing so don’t pretend we have all the answers. they can shop with us with a clear But with this update, we want to conscience. highlight the important progress we’ve achieved so far and to share our Because we’re part of Asda, offering hopes and aims in building George our customers quality, stylish clothing into a sustainable that’s fantastic value for money is in business for the future. our blood. The trust we have built with our customers over the past 21 years is of paramount importance to us. Doing the Right Thing 2011 Our Beliefs In 1990, George Davies Our Commitments established the George at Asda brand, the first 1 High quality at an supermarket clothing brand in the UK. Throughout its affordable price 21-year history, George has remained true to its beliefs : 2 Style that lasts – in The George Beliefs: • The George brand stands for quality, style and value durability and in design • We put our customers first every day • We care for our colleagues every day • We strive to be the best we can be every day 3 Customer involvement We also believe passionately in and influence within the doing the right thing. Our vision for sustainability is to ensure that George business is recognised as a trusted and innovative leader in ethical sourcing and environmental protection. Through Asda, we were a founder 4 A sustainable approach member of the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) and although this was from factory to wardrobe a great starting point on which to base our ethical standard we want to continue to develop and deliver the highest standards possible. Doing the Right Thing 2011 Delivering on our commitments: From 2013, we will require all global suppliers working on core volume lines to share open costings on human labour with full transparency on worker pay, including workers’ rights. We are committed to helping them make that change over the next two years. How will we do that? 1 Through Lean manufacturing 2 Standard Minute Value 3 Engagement of local NGOs and unions with international expertise on workers’ rights Delivering on our commitments 1 Lean Manufacturing About one in eight of the 721 The Aim factories we work with are based in • Empower the local workforce Bangladesh. Following a listening through improved skill levels group with the international • Increase earning potential for development agency ActionAid and workers, enabling them to enter a number of Bangladesh factory skilled pay-band levels workers in 2008, we committed to a • Reduce working hours to ensure a 12-month pilot project designed to better work/life balance increase factory productivity, improve worker skills, drive social The Result improvements, raise pay, improve The pilot was incredibly successful, quality, and reduce working hours, with factories achieving on average: labour turnover and absenteeism. • 14.2 per cent increase in workers’ wages We partnered with the local Dhaka- • Reduction of 7-10 hours wasted based arm of GTZ – the German time per week, per worker government’s overseas development • 17 per cent improvement in department – to help improve the efficiency productivity and efficiency of a • 5 per cent reduction in labour number of our Bangladeshi factories turnover by reducing waste, what’s known as • 10 per cent decrease in absenteeism lean manufacturing. Working with four key factories, we introduced a pilot programme to retrain workers; improve and reengineer production flow; and reduce both product damage and downtime. We are now rolling out the Lean manufacturing process on continuity lines across 17 factories in Bangladesh. The programme will then be rolled out to factories in India and China. Delivering on our commitments Labour Turnover 25% 20% Progress report on factories 15% that have participated in 10% Lean Factory pilot program. 5% The graphs show the detail behind the progress taking 0% place to date on wages, absenteeism, labour turnover and efficiency. Lenny Valiant Toyo KDS Before Lean After Lean 2010 Lean 2011 Wages % Wage Increase 9000 60% 8000 50% 7000 40% 6000 30% 5000 20% 4000 3000 10% 2000 0% Lenny Valiant Toyo KDS Lenny Valiant Toyo KDS Avergare wage (before Lean) After Lean 2010 Lean 2011 Total including benefits % wage increase % wage increase Feb 2011 vs before LEAN % increase including benefits % Productivity Increase Productivity 180% 9000 160% 8000 140% 7000 120% 100% 6000 80% 5000 60% 4000 40% 3000 20% 0% 2000 Lenny Valiant Toyo KDS Lenny Valiant Toyo KDS After Lean 2010 Lean 2011 Before Lean After Lean 2010 Lean 2011 % Absenteeism Improvement Absenteeism 80% 14% 60% 12% 40% 10% 20% 8% 0% 6% -20% 4% -40% -60% 2% -80% 0% Lenny Valiant Toyo KDS Lenny Valiant Toyo KDS After Lean 2010 Lean 2011 Before Lean After Lean 2010 Lean 2011 Delivering on our commitments 2 Standard Minute Value George has always been committed to For example, if the SMV for sewing in doing the right thing for all of its sleeves is 10p and it takes two minutes, colleagues, customers and suppliers. the cost per garment is 20p. Factory Although workers in the factories we owners usually calculate labour costs out source from are not directly employed of what’s left after they’ve accounted by us, we recognise that we have a for the price of commodities, freight and shared responsibility with other their profit margin. However, the George retailers to these workers to protect team will now work directly with and promote their welfare. factory owners and insist that cost prices to George buyers include Following the launch of ActionAid’s accurate labour costs upfront. This report, we have been investigating an helps us to check that workers are innovative new benchmark called being paid a fair rate for the job. ‘Standard Minute Value’. This process means factory owners can show accurate labour costs when quoting the cost of a garment. It’s a pioneering approach that defines an internationally-recognised method of accurately calculating, and therefore paying for, the work that goes into making a single garment. 3 Workers’ right s/NGO Engagement We are embarking on an impact assessment an international NGO using local unions in factories using lean manufacturing to see how further improvements can be achieved.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • November 2010 Newsletter
    VSGBI NEWS November 2010 Data Entry and the NVD Professor Sir David Mitchell Bruce Keogh to The NVD has been running since 1997 and as a web-based tool since 2005. open the AGM This year has seen significant changes to the AAA section of the NVD with Sir Bruce the introduction of the NHS screening programme. In addition, the Vascular Keogh is Society has agreed to host datasets for the VASGBI and BSIR allowing much Medical more detailed data to be collected about each procedure, as well as a Director of detailed dataset for EVAR. The membership can be proud of the the National development of national clinical datasets, allowing the Society to contribute Health to National Clinical Audits, particularly the carotid intervention audit. Service in Unfortunately data entry rates have been, and remain low. England. He Recent examination of the NVD shows that contribution rates vary from about 30% is responsible in the amputation dataset, to around 50% for lower limb bypass and AAA surgery, for clinical quality, policy and when rates are compared to HES datasets. The carotid intervention audit, funded strategy and postgraduate by HQIP, only achieved 70% case entry in the last education of doctors, dentists, round, despite significant funding from the pharmacists and clinical As we move to Department of Health. scientists. He oversees the specialty status The Department of Health is focusing on National work programme of the National Clinical Audits this year and is particularly keen to Institute for Health and and reorganise our support audits that provide data on outcome Clinical Excellence (NICE) and service, we need to rather than process.
    [Show full text]
  • Leicester Meeting
    1. LEICESTER MEETING 18-20 April 2018 2 Open exchange of new ideas is central to EPS meetings. To foster up-to-date discussion, presenters are mandated to report work that is not yet published. We ask that attendees respect this mandate. Please do not record or publish presented material (e.g. via Twitter or Facebook) without the presenter's permission. For explicit guidance on reporting at EPS meetings, please refer to the EPS handbook. 3 A scientific meeting will be held at the George Davies Building/Centre for Medicine, University of Leicester, Lancaster Road, Leicester, LE1 7HA between 18 – 20 April 2018. The local organisers are Kevin Paterson and Sarah White. Sixteenth Mid-Career Prize Lecture Thursday 19 April, 6:00pm Neural mechanisms of spatial and episodic memory Professor Neil Burgess, University College London Accompanying symposium Thursday 19 April, 1:30pm Spatial memory from neurophysiology to PTSD Organiser: Aidan Horner, University of York Twenty Fifth EPS Prize Lecture Wednesday 18 April, 6:00pm Stability and change in developmental language disorders Professor Courtenay Norbury, University College London Accompanying symposium Wednesday 18 April, 2:00pm New insights into child language and language disorders Organiser: Kathy Rastle, Royal Holloway University of London Seventh Frith Prize Lecture Wednesday 18 April, 1:00pm Neurocomputational mechanisms of selfishness and prosociality Dr Patricia Lockwood, University of Oxford EPS/BSA Undergraduate Project Prize winner talk Thursday 19 April, 5:00pm Searching for bodies:
    [Show full text]
  • NYSE:WMT) 2013 International Meeting for the Investment Community
    Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) 2013 International Meeting for the Investment Community April 23, 2013 London, England Contents • History of Asda pg. 3 • Business overview and financial information pg. 8 • Business strategy pg. 18 o Customers pg. 21 – Customer Pledges pg. 25 – Store formats pg. 31 – E-commerce pg. 33 o Colleagues pg. 37 o Communities and Sustainability pg. 40 o Shareholder Returns pg. 45 • Summary pg. 53 NYSE: WMT 2 History of Asda NYSE: WMT 3 History of Asda 1920s - 60s 1970s - 80s 1980s - 90s 1990s Asda can trace its roots back During this period, A major success of this Archie Norman arrived at to a group of Yorkshire Associated Dairies period was a partnership Asda in December 1991 and farmers in the 1920s. The first embarked upon a with George Davies and the quickly installed the Asda Asda supermarket opened programme of launch of George clothing in “Way of Working”. It provided under the Queens name in diversification; the business February 1989. a framework for a new Castleford in the early 1960s. now sold everything from organisation structure that In the 60s, brothers Peter and baked beans to motor cars! made stores the “heroes” and Fred Asquith contacted promoted colleague Associated Dairies and a new involvement. It was a new company was formed: dawn for Asda. Asda Asquith + Dairies = ASDA. rediscovered its core values and customers returned to a revitalised Asda that had gone back to its roots. NYSE: WMT 4 History of Asda 1999 Early 2000s 2008 - 2009 Walmart bought Asda, a Asda continued to meet Asda launched its non-food global brand committed to customers’ needs through online business, Asda serving its millions of opening Asda Livings, Direct, which allows our 3 customers each week and introducing grocery online million customers to access keeping the promise of its shopping through over 30,000 products.
    [Show full text]
  • Last Name First Names Nee Date Born Where Born Date Died Where Died
    Piercy's Funeral Home Records (including Sutton's Funeral Home 1938 to 1973) up to 1988 Note: Sutton's reference numbers begin with "S". In some cases, BC Archives Vital Records online have been consulted to provide more complete information than was available in the burial records Last Name First names Nee Date born Where born Date died Where died Where buried Ref # AARTS Christiana Maria VAN NUENEN19-Jul-1913 Goirle, Holland 10-May-1984 Comox, BC Courtenay Civic 84-4218 ABBOTT Arthur James 26 Oct 1892 England 1-Mar-1959 Oyster Bay, BC Vancouver, BC S59-2961 ABBS Joseph Martin 05 Dec 1890 Yorkshire, England 1-Sep-1972 Comox, BC Courtenay Civic 72-078 ABEL Ella NONNENMACHER20-Dec-1922 Lodz, Poland 12-Jun-1988 Victoria Courtenay Civic Cemetery88115 ABRAHAM Birdie Maud DAVIS 15 Nov 1882 USA 5-Jul-1974 Comox, BC Dauphin, Manitoba 74-098 ABRAHAMS Blanche DRAPER 21-Feb-1909 Regina, SK 17-Apr-1985 Comox, BC Qualicum Beach, BC 85-5225 ABRAMS Irene Gladys PEACEY 25 Jun 1895 Steveston, BC 7-Mar-1966 Cumberland, BC Cumberland Cemetery 66-022 ABRAMS Robert Atkinson 12 Dec 1883 Nanimo, BC 12-Mar-1965 Cumberland, BC Cumberland Cemetery 65-027 ACKLAM Henry 23-Jun-1915 Hull, England 25-Dec-1987 Comox BC Courtenay Civic Cemetery88001 ACORN Clara Louise BOWNESS06 Jan 1892 Norboro, PEI 20-Apr-1981 Comox, BC Courtenay Civic 81-074 ACORN Elmer Chappel 7 Jan 1883 Prince Edward Island23-Apr-1970 Comox, BC Courtenay Civic 70-039 ACTON Margaret Alice KELLETT 27 Mar 1875 Lancashire, England 11-Aug-1947 Courtenay, BC Cumberland Cemetery 47-021 ADAM Elizabeth Patricia NG 17-Mar-1930 Lachine, P.Q.
    [Show full text]
  • Marks & Spencer
    Longman.com Company of the Month: When we first looked at Marks and Spencer in 2001, it was a very successful and much-loved British high street retailer, noted for the economically-priced but good quality clothes it sold. The company were expanding into different business areas, such as insurance, and, at the same time, attempting to expand its business outside Britain. Background Marks and Spencer plc (known also as M&S) is a major British retailer concentrating on clothing and food. They also have international outlets. Marks and Spencer made their reputation in the 20th century on a policy of only selling British-made goods, relying on quality rather than price to encourage custom. During the 1980s and 1990s, they started buying more clothing from cheaper suppliers outside Britain. Marks and Spencer began to lose market share. Financial troubles and their inability to appeal to younger customers did not alter the general trend. However, in 2001, with changes in their business focus such as the introduction of the "Per Una" clothing range designed by George Davies, accompanied by a redesign of their underlying business model, profits rose sharply and M&S recovered much of its market share. Other changes to tradition included accepting credit cards and opening their stores on Sunday occasionally. They attempted to break into the US market, and also into the French market. This latter was particularly unsuccessful, and eventually they were forced to close all their French stores, though because of the legislation set in place by the French government to protect their labour force, this was a costlier exercise than the Marks and Spencer management anticipated.
    [Show full text]
  • A Bradley London, UK
    ALAN JOHNSTON PETITION BBC News website users around the world have written in their thousands to demand the release of BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston. An online petition was started on Monday, 2 April. It said: “We, the undersigned, demand the immediate release of BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston. We ask again that everyone with influence on this situation increase their efforts, to ensure that Alan is freed quickly and unharmed.” More than 8,000 people responded in the first few days. Since then, another 20,000 have signed. Their names are published below. A Bradley London, UK Abhinav Dawar Dubai, UAE A J Kelly Devizes Abhishek Edison, USA A Kapadia Washington, DC USA Abhishek Sharma Owen Sound, A Lau Calgary, Canada Ontario, Canada A P-Adams Edinburgh, UK Abi Carter London, UK A Taylor Manchester, UK Abid Khalil Manchester, UK A V Pawar Rotherham, South Abigail Jackson London, Yorks England A Zacharopoulos Belfast, UK Abigail Scott London, England A. Gard-Murray Providence, RI Abigail vanderBent Beloit, WI, A. Lussier Ottawa, Canada United States A.C.SCRAFTON Newcastle-upon- Abolade saheed Portharcourt/ Tyne Nigeria A.Moloney Warrington UK Abu Sadeq Dallas, Texas, USA Aaron Boasman Oxford Ada Renata Ionescu Bucuresti, Aaron Collett Jakarta, Indonesia Romania Aaron Lee Chicago, USA Adam Abel Aaron Meek Gloucester, UK. Adam Abel Brooklyn, NY, USA Aaron Odell Athol, ID, United Adam Anstey Brighton, UK States Adam Bateman Nantwich, Aaron Riffo-Christy Darlington, United Kigdom England Adam Beebe Washington, DC Aaron Ross Gilbert
    [Show full text]
  • The Legal 500 Recommends 2010 Edition
    The Legal 500 recommends Forbes 2010 edition Forbes Forbes This PDF is an extract of the full recommendations for the firm in the 2010 edition of The UK Legal 500. The attached pages contain all the recommendations for the firm. This document relates to your firm only, to see how your firm has performed against your peers and our full editorial analysis please go to www.legal500.com or refer to the printed book. North West Corporate and commercial Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in the North West Crime, fraud and licensing Crime Dispute resolution Commercial litigation: Elsewhere in the North West Human resources Employment | Health and safety Insurance Personal injury: defendant Private client Family | Personal tax, trusts and probate Public sector Local government Real estate Commercial property: Elsewhere in the North West | Property litigation | Social housing Yorkshire and the Humber Insurance Personal injury: defendant: Leeds, West Yorkshire ©Legalease 2010 CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in the North West Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in the North West Aaron & Partners LLP Chester Brabners Chaffe Street LLP Preston Hill Dickinson LLP Chester Gorvins Stockport Kippax Beaumont Lewis Bolton Napthens LLP Blackburn Neil Myerson LLP Altrincham Forbes Blackburn SAS Daniels LLP Stockport Slater Heelis Sale Stephensons Solicitors LLP Wigan Firms are listed A-Z within tiers Neil Myerson LLP has a solid presence in south Manchester. Active clients include Bagus Group plc, OPS LLP and the CSL Group. Daniel Milnes at Blackburn firm Forbes advises clients on a mix of commercial issues, including restructuring, sponsorship, and procurement matters, as well as on corporate deals.
    [Show full text]
  • (ADAPT): a Snapshot of the Early Response by UK Medical Schools to COVID-19
    medRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.29.20163907; this version posted August 1, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license . Adjusting to Disrupted Assessments, Placements and Teaching (ADAPT): a snapshot of the early response by UK medical schools to COVID-19 1 2 3 1 4 Anmol Arora ,​ Georgios Solomou ,​ Soham Bandyopadhyay ,​ Julia Simons ,​ Alex Osborne ,​ ​ 5 ​ 6 7 ​ ​ 8 ​ Ioannis Georgiou ,​ Catherine Dominic ,​ Shumail Mahmood ,​ Shreya Badhrinarayanan ,​ Syed 9​ 10​ 11 ​ 12 ​ Rayyan Ahmed ,​ Jack Wellington ,​ Omar Kouli ,​ Robin Jacob Borchert ,​ Joshua 13 ​ 14 ​ 15 ​ 16 ​ 17 Feyi-Waboso ,​ Scott Dickson ,​ Savraj Kalsi ,​ Dimitrios Karponis ,​ Timothy Boardman ,​ ​ 18 ​ 19 ​ 20 ​ 21 22​ Harmani Kaur Daler ,​ Abbey Boyle ,​ Jessica Speller ,​ Conor S Gillespie ,​ Jie Man Low ,​ 23 ​ 24​ ​ 25 ​ 26 ​ Ratnaraj Vaidya ,​ Ngan Hong Ta ,​ Steven Aldridge ,​ Jonathan Coll Martin ,​ Natasha 27 ​ 4 ​ 28​ 29 ​ 30 Douglas ,​ Mary Goble ,​ Tayyib Abdel-Hafiz Goolamallee ,​ Emma Jane Norton ,​ Andre Chu ,​ ​ 31 ​ 31✝ ​ ​ ​ Inshal Imtiaz ,​ Oliver P Devine ​ ​ NOTE: This preprint reports new research that has not been certified by peer review and should not be used to guide clinical practice. medRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.29.20163907; this version posted August 1, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity.
    [Show full text]
  • What's the Difference?
    Issue 21 2009–10 Autism: What’s the difference? A social disability or a variation in the human condition? How the University is researching everything from what causes autism to the benefits of its early identification Inside: Circles of Influence campaign special. Learn how you can help the University transform lives. See page 15 2 The Birmingham Magazine From the Vice-Chancellor Six months after I took over the Vice-Chancellor’s role, I am, if anything, even more excited to be leading the University of Birmingham. There has been much to celebrate in our research income. We must also advance to the successes of alumni such as fashion the short time I have been here; we have on our already impressive performance in the figurehead Dr George Davies, film and theatre announced the construction of a new Research Assessment Exercise, an important director Phyllida Lloyd and telecoms billionaire music building to complete the Aston national research survey. turned philanthropist Dr Mo Ibrahim. Webb semi-circle, were chosen to host a national education programme supporting Launched in this special edition of the I would like to take this opportunity to thank Science, Technology, Engineering and Birmingham Magazine, our Circles of Influence alumni and friends of the University for their Mathematics (STEM) subjects, and have campaign is a vital part of this future. Over the support; whether you have volunteered your been named as Cancer Research UK’s next two years we are aiming to raise the final time or made a financial gift, we are deeply first national Cancer Centre.
    [Show full text]
  • Launch Yourself Open Days 2019
    LAUNCH YOURSELF OPEN DAYS 2019 SATURDAY 2 NOVEMBER, 10am – 3pm OPEN DAYS WHERE IT ALL BEGINS We could tell you how great Leicester is, but to really experience what it’s like, you need to see it for yourself. Our Open Days are an opportunity to discover more. To meet students who ’ve been in your shoes, hear from staff teaching your subject, ask those burning questions you might have and get a feel for what studying at a top 25 university* is like. The next few years will shape the rest of your life. And we want to show you how Leicester fts into the equation. *Source: The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2020 2 CONTENTS WHAT WE' VE GOT PLANNED 4 GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR DAY 5 WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU ARRIVE 6 REFUEL WITH A BITE 7 CAMPUS MAP 8 GET A FEEL FOR CAMPUS 9 GENERAL TALKS 10 SUBJECT TALKS 12 HOW TO FIND US 26 ABOUT THE CITY 26 3 WHAT WE'VE GOT PLANNED Check-in Help Zone Taster Lectures This is your frst step. Head to Mission Control What are lectures like at Leicester? Sit in on one Drop in to our Help Zone in Mission in the Charles Wilson Building and check-in and fnd out for yourself. From Exploring Mars Control. Friendly staff and students will to get your goody bag. Visit Mission Control to the forgotten James Bond, chances are you’ll be available throughout the day to at any time to chat with staff and students learn something new.
    [Show full text]
  • Northumbria Research Link
    Northumbria Research Link Citation: Dias, Jospeh, Brealey, Stephen, Fairhurst, Caroline, Amirfeyz, Rouin, Bhowal, Bhaskar, Blewitt, Neil, Brewster, Mark, Brown, Daniel, Choudary, Surabhi, Coapes, Christopher, Cook, Liz, Costa, Matthew, Davis, Timothy, DisMascio, Livio, Giddins, Grey, Hedley, Helen, Hewitt, Catherine, Hinde, Sebastian, Hobby, Jonathan, Hodgson, Stephen, Jefferson, Laura, Jeyapalan, Kanagaratnam, Johnston, Phillip, Jones, Jonathon, Keding, Ada, Leighton, Paul, Logan, Andrew, Mason, Will, McAndrew, Andrew, McNab, Ian, Muir, Lindsay, Nicoll, James, Northgraves, Matthew, Palmer, Jared, Poulter, Rob, Rahimtoola, Zulfi, Rangan, Amar, Richards, Simon, Richardson, Gerry, Stuart, Paul, Taub, Nicholas, Tavakkolizadeh, Adel, Tew, Garry, Thompson, John, Torgerson, David and Warwick, David (2020) Surgery versus cast immobilisation for adults with a bicortical fracture of the scaphoid waist (SWIFFT): a pragmatic, multicentre, open-label, randomised superiority trial. The Lancet, 396 (10248). pp. 390-401. ISSN 0140-6736 Published by: Elsevier URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30931-4 <https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140- 6736(20)30931-4> This version was downloaded from Northumbria Research Link: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/42929/ Northumbria University has developed Northumbria Research Link (NRL) to enable users to access the University’s research output. Copyright © and moral rights for items on NRL are retained by the individual author(s) and/or other copyright owners. Single copies of full items can be reproduced, displayed or performed, and given to third parties in any format or medium for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge, provided the authors, title and full bibliographic details are given, as well as a hyperlink and/or URL to the original metadata page.
    [Show full text]
  • Our Business @ Asda
    Our business @ Asda October 7, 2013 England Contents • History of Asda pg. 3 • Business overview and financial information pg. 8 • Business strategy pg. 18 o Customers pg. 21 – Customer Pledges pg. 25 – Store formats pg. 31 – E-commerce pg. 33 o Colleagues pg. 37 o Communities and Sustainability pg. 40 o Shareholder Returns pg. 45 • Summary pg. 53 NYSE: WMT 2 History of Asda NYSE: WMT 3 History of Asda 1920s - 60s 1970s - 80s 1980s - 90s 1990s Asda can trace its roots back During this period, A major success of this Archie Norman arrived at to a group of Yorkshire Associated Dairies period was a partnership Asda in December 1991 and farmers in the 1920s. The first embarked upon a with George Davies and the quickly installed the Asda Asda supermarket opened programme of launch of George clothing in “Way of Working”. It provided under the Queens name in diversification; the business February 1989. a framework for a new Castleford in the early 1960s. now sold everything from organisation structure that In the 60s, brothers Peter and baked beans to motor cars! made stores the “heroes” and Fred Asquith contacted promoted colleague Associated Dairies and a new involvement. It was a new company was formed: dawn for Asda. Asda Asquith + Dairies = ASDA. rediscovered its core values and customers returned to a revitalised Asda that had gone back to its roots. NYSE: WMT 4 History of Asda 1999 Early 2000s 2008 - 2009 Walmart bought Asda, a Asda continued to meet Asda launched its non-food global brand committed to customers’ needs through online business, Asda serving its 200 million opening Asda Livings, Direct, which allows our 3 customers each week and introducing grocery online million customers to access keeping the promise of its shopping through over 30,000 products.
    [Show full text]