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CBL one of top 10 best corporate citizens

Wins gold for supplier and customer relations:

Ceylon Biscuits Ltd. (CBL) received the highly coveted 'Best Corporate Citizens' award, from Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. CBL received the awards at the Chamber's annual event, held recently.

CBL has within the last three months been honoured with several accolades including Business Excellence at the National Business Excellence Award 2009, organized by the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) and Brand Excellence organized by Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing.

"CBL is proud to be included in this ranking of companies that represent the best in corporate citizenship" said Ceylon Biscuits Ltd. Group Director/Head of sales Nanadana Wickramage. "It is a reflection of our commitment to social responsibility, which to all of us at CBL, is a way of life and is an honour to all our employees", he said.

In addition to being one of top ten 'Best Corporate Citizens', CBL came up tops in the category of Customer and Supplier Relations by winning a gold award.

Best Corporate Citizen's awards, an annual event by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, highlights and raises awareness on the importance of CSR to the business community while promoting and encouraging social responsibility practices among the corporate sector. CSR awards serve as a measure of the ranking of the services of a corporate entity to its stakeholders, customers, employees, business partners and the larger community.

HNB to fund SLT expansion projects

Hatton National Bank (HNB) entered into an agreement with Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) to fund their expansion projects.

An agreement to this effect was signed at the HNB Towers with - Managing Director/CEO R Theagarajah and - Deputy General Manager - Corporate Banking Ruvini Thenabadu signing on behalf of the Hatton National Bank and - Chairperson Leisha De Silva Chandrasena and - Director Sumith Wijesinghe signing on behalf of Sri Lanka Telecom.

The facility was structured by the Corporate Banking Division of the Hatton National Bank.

BIT best results from OpenArc

The OpenArc School of Business and Technology, Managing Director Vijith Sinhabahu said that out of the computer schools that had lectures for the Bachelor of Information Technology external degree course (BIT) conducted by the University of Ceylon School of Computing (UCSC) OpenArc had secured the first place in the Colombo District, and the all island second place.

Sinhabahu said that the UCSC had analyzed the computer schools that had lectures for the BIT external degree and the results of the students who sat for the BIT external degree examination and released the findings to the website www.bit.lk and anybody interested can find out about the success of the OpenArc School of Business and Technology, by visiting that website.

Sinhabahu said, "We are one of the pioneer institutions preparing students for the BIT external degree examination. Our institute has been preparing students for this examination from 2001 to this year (2009). Even in 2001, we were in the forefront of like institutions. We have maintained that forward position to this year (2009). I believe that we have been able to maintain this position unbroken for eight years because of our qualified and well experienced staff and their dedicated imparting of knowledge through a student-centric method.

The OpenArc School of Business and Technology is a member of the prestigious OpenArc Group. The courses it offer range from Diploma to Degree level in Information Technology, Business Management, Marketing and Project Management. The OpenArc School of Business and Technology was shifted to a more spacious new building and the School is gearing to conduct BIT external degree courses in a more positive manner," he said.

Nawaloka Polysacks upgrades QMS

Nawaloka Polysacks Limited recently upgraded their Quality Management System from ISO 9001:2000 to ISO 9001:2008 for the design development and manufacturing of plastic products for the packaging industry of Sri Lanka.

Nawaloka Polysacks Limited Director Mahesh Dharmadasa said, "We at Nawaloka Polysacks, the pioneers in the Plastic Packaging Industry in Sri Lanka, are committed to maintaining the highest standards of business practices and service quality in food and beverage packaging and this certification is a reflection of our commitment to excellence in serving the community and the environment around us".

Horlicks recognizes brightest scholarship students

Horlicks, one of Sri Lanka's leading consumer brands and a brand of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSK), recently held a special awards presentation for students who obtained the highest marks at the Grade five scholarship exams held in August 2009.

The event was held in the presence of GSK Consumer Healthcare Managing Director Sachi Thomas and other dignitaries.

'Horlicks Smart Pass' is a worthy initiative implemented by GSK to provide all students facing the Grade five Scholarship examinations an equal opportunity to vie for a better education despite their circumstances.

As a result Horlicks organized tutorial seminars across the island conducted by renowned tutors to prepare the participants to answer the examination papers with confidence.

In addition to the seminars, students were also able to coach themselves by answering the tutorial sheets offered with each 400g pack of Horlicks.

GSK Consumer Healthcare Managing Director Sachi Thomas said, "We firmly believe that children need to be empowered to build up their lives from an early start and commit ourselves to offering our support to them.

The Grade five Scholarship examination is the first significant step that children will take in their lives unlocking new possibilities for their future development. Giving all children in Sri Lanka an equal opportunity to better their futures is something that makes us all feel better and as a result we initiated Horlicks Smart Pass to put this into action.

We are pleased to recognize these young achievers and hope to continue this project in the coming years as well.

The prizes awarded were carefully selected to help and augment the scholarly development of children and were awarded to the winners at the awards presentation.

The highest scoring student from each province was awarded with a desktop computer while those in second and third positions received gift vouchers from M.D. Gunasena. In addition to these prizes each student was awarded a certificate from GlaxoSmithKline to mark their achievement.