The U.S. Small Business Administration, SCORE and Business First have teamed up to present the 3rd Annual Western New York Small Business Expo and Matchmaker event.

Included in your registration is the opportunity to take advantage of a FREE Pre-Matchmaker Training Session (Highly recommended). This Selling to the Government/Primes training session will take place Thursday, April 17, 2008 at the SBA's offices, Niagara Center, 130 South Elmwood Avenue, Suite 463, Buffalo, NY 14202.

YottaMark's HarvestMark(TM) Delivers Support for the Produce ...

Leaders from PMA, CPMA and United Fresh along with representatives from more than 30 companies from a broad cross section of the produce supply chain met on January 9th to convene the Produce Traceability Initiative with the goal of developing an action plan to establish a consistent whole-chain traceability solution. The group reached agreement on several important elements. In addition to endorsing GS1 and beginning at case-level initially, the Committee encouraged companies to move toward item-level coding where feasible, as many produce products are now packaged for the consumer, thereby offering a viable option for providing traceability to the item level.

HarvestMark delivers case-level and item-level produce traceability information to wholesalers, distributors and retailers via a secure Internet portal.

Reid helps Sunderland's learner drivers steer clear of relegation

Roy Keane likens his Sunderland side to an improving learner driver with cause for cautious optimism about passing their test in May. Since starting weekly lessons last August there have been moments of despair but, these days, the instructor is not looking quite so nervous and has reason to believe that clutch control could soon be perfected.

"It's a bit like driving lessons. We're getting more and more right and we now need to do all the good things at the same time to pass the test," explained Keane, whose hopes of avoiding relegation were boosted by a fourth consecutive home league win which leaves Sunderland four points clear of the drop zone and three ahead of Wigan.

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SBA Business Matchmaker (Small Businesses)

The U.S. Small Business Administration, SCORE and Business First have teamed up to present the 3rd Annual Western New York Small Business Expo and Matchmaker event.

Included in your registration is the opportunity to take advantage of a FREE Pre-Matchmaker Training Session (Highly recommended). This Selling to the Government/Primes training session will take place Thursday, April 17, 2008 at the SBA's offices, Niagara Center, 130 South Elmwood Avenue, Suite 463, Buffalo, NY 14202.

YottaMark's HarvestMark(TM) Delivers Support for the Produce ...

Leaders from PMA, CPMA and United Fresh along with representatives from more than 30 companies from a broad cross section of the produce supply chain met on January 9th to convene the Produce Traceability Initiative with the goal of developing an action plan to establish a consistent whole-chain traceability solution. The group reached agreement on several important elements. In addition to endorsing GS1 and beginning at case-level initially, the Committee encouraged companies to move toward item-level coding where feasible, as many produce products are now packaged for the consumer, thereby offering a viable option for providing traceability to the item level.

HarvestMark delivers case-level and item-level produce traceability information to wholesalers, distributors and retailers via a secure Internet portal.

Reid helps Sunderland's learner drivers steer clear of relegation

Roy Keane likens his Sunderland side to an improving learner driver with cause for cautious optimism about passing their test in May. Since starting weekly lessons last August there have been moments of despair but, these days, the instructor is not looking quite so nervous and has reason to believe that clutch control could soon be perfected.

"It's a bit like driving lessons. We're getting more and more right and we now need to do all the good things at the same time to pass the test," explained Keane, whose hopes of avoiding relegation were boosted by a fourth consecutive home league win which leaves Sunderland four points clear of the drop zone and three ahead of Wigan.

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