STEAKHOUSE CHAIN
Sizzler puts 10% growth on menu
SLRT to spend Bt80m to open three restaurants alongside the current 30
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Thai exporters visit paper fair
The Thai-German Programme for Enterprise Competitiveness, German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and the Environmental Quality Promotion Department took exporters of Thai mulberry paper to exhibit their products at Paper World Fair 2007, a leading trade fair for paper production and products held recently in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Singapore uses hit musical as bait for Thai travellers
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is promoting inbound tourism through its "A Luxe Affair" festival during March and April.
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No expansion but extra value at Office Centre
Office Centre is building up its corporate customer base by offering value-added services such as free delivery of office supplies, a loyalty card programme and e-procurement payment portal.
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Small retailers protest against foreign giants
More than 200 local small retailers from across the country staged a new round of protests against multinational retail giants in front of Government House yesterday, urging the government to reduce the impact of the fast expansion of retail giants in many communities.
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Pizza Co to build brand awareness via racing
The Pizza Company's team is competing in domestic and international motor races to strengthen its brand throughout Asia-Pacific.
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IN BRIEF
Telecommunications :Dopod International to launch products on Windows Mobile 6
Dopod International Corp plans to launch its first device running on Windows Mobile 6 in April.
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CAT wary of competition
CAT Telecom will deploy a competitive price strategy and increase the quality of its international Internet gateway (IIG) service to maintain customers amid the upcoming competition from new service providers under the national telecom regulator's licences.
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Late News :Tax breaks for newly listed firms
The Cabinet yesterday approved a Finance Ministry proposal to extend tax privileges for newly listed firms on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
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Liquor importer sees growth
Diageo Moet Hennessy (Thailand), and importer and distributor of alcoholic drinks, recorded high growth last year despite the Kingdom's economic slow-down and an overall downturn in the alcohol industry.
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Shop-house gas sellers to cut stock
Cooking-gas retailers operating in shop houses will have to reduce their stock over a 15-year period.
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Egat to invest Bt34 bn in 2008
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) board of directors yesterday approved an investment budget of Bt34 billion for fiscal 2008. Deputy governor Apichart Diloksophon said that while Bt10 billion would come from borrowing, the rest would come from Egat's own revenues.
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Corn exporters fear EU duties
The Thai Food Association's Sweet-Corn Packers Group will today meet with officials of the European Commission in Bangkok, to call for the EU to stop plans to impose an anti-dumping duty on Thai sweet corn.
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Housing developer expects market recovery
Because home-buyers delayed their decision to buy in the last quarter of last year, MK Real Estate Development's 2006 revenues were slightly off target.
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Cabinet approves FTA with Japan
The Cabinet yesterday gave approval to the government to sign the bilateral trade agreement between Thailand and Japan, paving the way for an April signing.
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RETAIL/HOTEL SECTORS
Central to fund Bt19-bn expansion
Group confident about direction of economy
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New law enables BOT to issue fewer bonds
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) will not need to issue the same number of bonds as it did in the past once it is authorised by a new law that will allow the central bank to take deposits from commercial banks, said Governor Tarisa Watanagase.
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CTL expands in Vietnam, Cambodia
Cementhai Logistics (CTL), a distribution arm of the Siam Cement Group, is committed to generate revenues of Bt15.8 billion in 2011, said managing director Bhanumas Srisukh.
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Ad Academy designed to solve staff turnover
The Advertising Association of Thailand (AAT) yesterday announced the official launching of Thailand's first Ad Academy, aimed at solving the industry's problems of high staff turnover and a lack of "human qualities" in new graduates.
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Four airlines will move operations back to Don Muang
Four airlines will move some or all of their operations from Suvarnabhumi Airport back to Don Muang following the Cabinet's approval yesterday to reopen the old airport as a domestic hub on March 25.
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STREET WISE
A question of 'harmony'
What would happen if a government needed to listen to the public's opinions on every single issue?
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Thanachart's T-Cash fund to drive growth
Thanachart Fund Management plans to have another Bt25 billion to top up its current Bt45.71 billion in assets under management (AUM) and become one of the top four asset-management firms in three years.
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Ratchaburi aims to join in bidding for gas power plants
Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding (Ratch) plans to spend Bt25 billion over the next five years on its existing power-plant projects and independent power producers (IPP), with a target to bid for gas power plants.
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TKS Technologies confident of more sales for this year
In anticipation of continued growth in its printing and information technology business, TKS Technologies has forecast its sales this year will rise by 10 per cent.
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Company reports
RATCHTHANI LEASING announced that a 2006 net profit of Bt36.59 million, or 8 satang a share, down from Bt45.94 million, or 11 satang a share, in 2005.
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STOCK FOCUS
Unique Mining Services
Kim Eng Securities (Thailand) has maintained its "buy" recommendation for Unique Mining Services shares, with a fair-value estimate of Bt20.50 apiece.
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Minister Sitthichai tells TOT: Thai Mobile should be listed
Information and Communica-tions Technology Minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom has urged the new TOT board to steer the state agency's cellular operator, Thai Mobile, towards listing on the Stock Exchange of Thailand this year.
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Once a racer, always a racer
Suttipong has parlayed a student love affair with motor sport into a flourishing business back in Bangkok
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