I'm reposting my article regarding outsourcing. You seemed to have hijacked the thread and turned it into yet another tired article concerning the evil Christian right. Is there a reasonable explaination for this?
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=187252004%3Cbr%20/%3E
Lothians firm fits bill for Clinton's archives
CHRIS MOONEY
A SMALL Lothians cabinet-making firm is set to crack the United States after winning a £500,000 contract to fit out Bill Clinton’s presidential library.
Netherfield Visuals has been awarded the contract to build 85 glass museum showcases to display the archive of the former president’s two terms in the White House in a purpose-built centre in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The William J Clinton Centre will include a museum, educational research facilities and library which will house the largest collection in US presidential history.
Netherfield, which started in a back garden using an old shipping container as a workshop, is hopeful its association with the prestigious contract will allow it to fill a niche in the US.
The company, which is based in Dalkeith, Midlothian, is even having to leave its home of 12 years to move to bigger premises in Livingston, West Lothian, to cope with demand which is now expected to net the firm work worth millions of dollars.
The workforce will swell from 26 to more than 40 following the move in the spring.
Mike Chaplin, whose father Raymond started the business, said securing the deal was beyond his imagination.
He said: "This whole project is fantastically exciting for us. When we were awarded the contract I don’t think we were really aware just how prestigious it was, but we certainly know now.
"We couldn’t buy that kind of publicity and the company we have been working with in America has already asked us if we think we can cope with other orders they expect to come in. We are having to move to Livingston to expand and we’ve told them we can handle anything."
Prime Minister Tony Blair and Nelson Mandela are on the international guest list of VIPs expected to attend the official opening of the library in November.
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=187252004%3Cbr%20/%3E
Lothians firm fits bill for Clinton's archives
CHRIS MOONEY
A SMALL Lothians cabinet-making firm is set to crack the United States after winning a £500,000 contract to fit out Bill Clinton’s presidential library.
Netherfield Visuals has been awarded the contract to build 85 glass museum showcases to display the archive of the former president’s two terms in the White House in a purpose-built centre in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The William J Clinton Centre will include a museum, educational research facilities and library which will house the largest collection in US presidential history.
Netherfield, which started in a back garden using an old shipping container as a workshop, is hopeful its association with the prestigious contract will allow it to fill a niche in the US.
The company, which is based in Dalkeith, Midlothian, is even having to leave its home of 12 years to move to bigger premises in Livingston, West Lothian, to cope with demand which is now expected to net the firm work worth millions of dollars.
The workforce will swell from 26 to more than 40 following the move in the spring.
Mike Chaplin, whose father Raymond started the business, said securing the deal was beyond his imagination.
He said: "This whole project is fantastically exciting for us. When we were awarded the contract I don’t think we were really aware just how prestigious it was, but we certainly know now.
"We couldn’t buy that kind of publicity and the company we have been working with in America has already asked us if we think we can cope with other orders they expect to come in. We are having to move to Livingston to expand and we’ve told them we can handle anything."
Prime Minister Tony Blair and Nelson Mandela are on the international guest list of VIPs expected to attend the official opening of the library in November.
