Employees from Hammersmith-based Avanta Managed Offices are planning to take part in a 5.6 Km race to help raise funds for the UK’s leading children’s medical research charity, Sparks, as part of the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge 2009.
“Our team is made up of ten people from across our 18 business centres,” comments Anna Haslam, Avanta’s marketing manager, who will be leading the team when the race starts in Battersea Park at 6.45pm on the evening of Thursday 9th July. “We are really looking forward to this event as we’ve got a really enthusiastic team taking part and are hoping to raise over £1,000 for Sparks. Read more…
UK-based Grass Roots Group has announced the acquisition of the Mumbai-based merchandise and corporate gift supplier Tajonline India Pvt Ltd. This latest investment by the performance improvement company gives it ownership of Tajonline.com; an online portal that caters for the needs of Indians based overseas who wish to send gifts to family and friends in their home country. Grass Roots has acquired 90% of the shares in the company with the remaining 10% owned by Charoo Aggarwal, the co-founder of Tajonline.
According to Mr. Stephen Hibberd, Grass Roots Group’s Regional Director in Asia, “With the acquisition of Tajonline, our capabilities in India are strengthened, particularly in the area of reward, recognition and incentive solutions for employees, channels and consumers. Acquisition will continue to be a component of our growth strategy in building capability in India; however we are focused now on combining the existing Grass Roots business with Tajonline to create a single Grass Roots business in India.” Under the new set-up, Ms. Charoo Aggarwal will be assuming the role of Managing Director of Grass Roots India.
Since its entry to India in September 2007, Grass Roots has worked with several industry leaders across sectors to drive business performance improvement through enhancing the behavior of their people. This acquisition is the latest feather in the company’s list of achievements.
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