One of South Africa’s largest IT support companies is looking at how it can remain at the top by developing different niche markets.

Even for the most sophisticated of IT companies, who are busy developing products so advanced that customers aren’t yet aware that they exist, there still has to be an eye on where the bread and butter comes from.

Century Bottling Co invests heavily in personnel training and development and has been rewarded with the Employer of the Year Award by the Federation of Uganda Employers, as well as improved productivity and staff morale.

Driving in the Philippines can be fun and adventurous; but being chauffeured is convenient and more practical for travellers on a tight schedule.

Jaguar Land Rover has announced the creation of more than 1,100 new jobs at its Castle Bromwich plant in the UK.

The company, which is the UK's largest automotive employer, will expand its workforce at the West Midlands-based advanced manufacturing facility to support the launch of new Jaguar models. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) said the launch of the new models will also support thousands of jobs in the UK supply chain.

Bristol, UK-based Imperial Tobacco Group has reported growth for the nine months to the end of June in its interim management statement issued today.

The company has also confirmed that its overall financial position and group operational performance for the financial year to 30 September 2012 is in line with expectations.

In the nine months to 30 June 2012, Imperial said that tobacco net revenue was up three per cent, adding that its total tobacco portfolio was performing well, with ongoing price/mix improvements within each region.

A European consortium has embarked upon a €23.9 million project to design and deploy a 39 MWh energy storage facility in Puglia, Italy.

The Renault-Nissan Alliance has announced it will invest US$160 million in Korea to meet anticipated demand for new vehicles and to grow its Renault Samsung Motors brand.

Production of the next-generation Nissan Rogue in Busan, Korea, will begin in 2014, with an annual capacity of about 80,000 units. The plant aims to build a total of 180,000 vehicles this year for sale in Korea and 60 other countries.

Google has launched a service in Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya that will allow users to send and receive email via an SMS text message.

“You can now send and receive emails as SMS messages using your mobile phone, regardless of whether or not your phone has an internet connection, like Wifi or 3G,” said Geva Rechav, product manager, emerging markets, for Google in a blog post on Google’s Africa Blog. “Gmail SMS works on any phone, even the most basic ones which only support voice and SMS.