People spend a large part of their lives at work and conflict between people and teams can have a serious impact on how they feel about their work and their motivation. Conflict can impact staff retention and result in talented people leaving organisations because they just can’t put up with it any longer. But what can managers and business owners do to better manage conflict in the workplace?

There’s no arguing with the fundamentals. Growing populations, reduction in arable land, changing dietary preferences, climate change and the escalating demands of emerging economies have placed food security at the top of the political as well as the economic agenda. World population is growing by some 75 million every year. By 2050 almost 9.3 billion people are expected to inhabit the earth.

CSL Group’s MV Baie St. Paul will arrive in the shipyard in January for a period of six weeks in order to perform repair and maintenance activities.

The recipients of the prestigious 2014 Projects of the Year Awards were declared during the 6th North American Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum in Washington, DC. The awards were selected from an initial list of 400 projects valued at $370 billion.

The 6th North American Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum is hosted by CG/LA Infrastructure and aims to bring together officials and sponsors from the top infrastructure 100 projects in North America. “Infrastructure drives economic growth across the board. Vice President Biden understands this and has demonstrated leadership in developing a national vision to innovate and improve the state of US infrastructure,” said CG/LA President and CEO, Norman Anderson (pictured) in a statement.

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CAAZ was established on January 1, 1999 as the civil aviation agency of Zimbabwe. It took over the role of the then Department of Civil Aviation, a direct government entity, and it still operates under the control of the Ministry of Transport, but as an arm’s length statutory body, or parastatal organisation that works as a commercial organisation.

Petroplan, the global oil, gas and energy recruitment specialist, has published its annual financial report for 2013. The results reveal another successful year at Petroplan, with Profit before Tax increasing to £5.1 million, up from £2.9 million in 2012.