Summer and fireplaces aren’t usually spoken in the same breath, but when an attractive, freestanding fireplace can be moved from indoors to outdoors when entertaining, it will be sure to invite attention.

Ozflame, from specialist heating manufacturer, Thermofilm Australia <www.thermofilm.com.au>, is an occasional fireplace that uses 100 per cent renewable bio-fuel (ethanol) such as methylated spirits that is made from recycled organic matter such as sugarcane.

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caption: Ozflame occasional fireplaces are attractive, affordable and portable. And best of all they use renewable bio-fuel.

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Ozflame fireplace on outdoor deck           Ozflame fireplace in hallway

Ozflame fireplace in sitting room             Ozflame fireplace in front doorstep

Ozflame fireplace in bedroom

The only chemical-free dry cleaner in Australia, Daisy Dry Cleaning, has opened its first franchised store in Greater Geelong, Victoria.

Daisy is the world's first and only carbon neutral dry cleaning and laundry business. It is also the only dry cleaner in the world to have achieved a five-leaf (star) standard, the highest environmental credentials possible, making it the greenest dry cleaner in the world.

Daisy now has three stores and more than 25 agencies throughout Melbourne and Geelong. www.daisy.net.au

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caption: Celebrating the official launch of the new Daisy Dry Cleaning store in Greater Geelong are founder of the world's greenest dry cleaner, Paul Littmann with Kerry Gauci, owner of Daisy Lara, and Shane Wakelin, environmental ambassador and AFL great. Download high res photo: JPEG 218kb

Well known ICT sales effectiveness consultant, Jay Johnson, has relaunched Pelorus International after returning from the US where he created and managed his own sales consultancy in Denver.

Johnson operated successful sales performance improvement company, Pelorus International, in Australia from 1994 to 2005. It was engaged by clients such as Cisco, Oracle, Nortel, EMC, Ericsson, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, Optus and Dimension Data and other leading ICT companies.

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Leading Australian ICT project management specialist, Protegic, has appointed David Thompson as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Mr Thompson joined Protegic earlier this year as general manager sales and marketing. Prior to this he was vice president Asia Pacific for software vendor AXS-One, part of Unify Corp.

Announcing the appointment, chairman of the Protegic Advisory Board, Neil Gamble, said this is one of the first steps in the company's next growth phase.

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One of Australia’s top superannuation funds, Health Super Pty Ltd, has just completed one of its largest technology project in recent years.

As the industry fund for Australia’s health and community services sector, Health Super has assets of more than $8 billion and is ranked among the top 15 per cent of super funds by SuperRatings.

Project management specialist, Protegic, was appointed to manage this 18-month business solution initiative. This included requirements definition, which commenced in July 2008, request for proposal, vendor selection, contract negotiation, planning, mobilisation, full implementation, testing and training.

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