HomeMaterials for 13.02.2018
13 February 201809:26

ChTPZ Group Joins Mentor 2018 Forum

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 13, 2018. ChTPZ Group is going to take part in the first All-Russian Mentor 2018 Forum in Moscow on February 13-15. The goal is to promote professional mentorship throughout the industrial sector, the Group’s press service reports. ChTPZ shareholder Andrei Komarov, Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant’s Managing Director Alexei Dronov, and the Group’s key mentors and top experts in dual education and mentorship practices development will represent their company at the forum. The event, which gets coordinated by the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, will feature a special
13 February 201809:26

New Post Office Opens in Yekaterinburg’s Akademicheskiy District

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 13, 2018. A new-format post office (Post Office of The Future) opened in Yekaterinburg’s Akademicheskiy District today. Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast Evgeny Kuivashev, Head of Yekaterinburg Council Alexander Yakob, Director of Russian Post Ural Dmitri Kisselev, and RSG-Akademicheskoye’s top managers all attended the opening ceremony in Akademik Sakharov St. The new outlet is going to become one of Yekaterinburg’s largest post offices. A 100-square-meter office houses a parcel dispatch and delivery center, a customer service area, five customer counters, an
13 February 201809:25

MegaFon: Number of Internet-Connected Gadgets Up 20%

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 13, 2018. The number of gadgets with Internet connection rose by 20% in Ural Federal District over the course of the last twelve months, MegaFon Ural’s press service reports. According to the company analysts, 150 new devices get connected to the Internet in Ural Federal District every day. The majority of these ‘smart’ appliances are registered in Sverdlovsk, Tyumen, and Chelyabinsk Oblasts. Interestingly, the gadgets are already using up more Internet traffic than human users. ‘The overall amount of Internet traffic in M2M appliances doubled in the course of
13 February 201809:25

MMK METIZ Raises Minimum Wage

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, February 13, 2018. MMK Group’s metal goods plant MMK METIZ is going to raise its minimum wage; the decision was made by the employer and the company trade union at the latest Collective Agreement Committee meeting, the company press service reports. The committee also looked into the the way the collective agreement got complied with throughout 2017. Detailed reports were made on every paragraph. Both parties agreed that all the provisos had been met in full. Also, they went over all the comments and improvement proposals submitted by the plant workers. It was decided to
13 February 201809:25

Yekaterinburg: 259 Shops to Close for World Cup Days

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 13, 2018. 259 Yekaterinburg shops find themselves in the ‘safety perimeter’ of World Football Championship 2018 games. All of them are located right next to Central Stadium. According to Chair of Yekaterinburg Council’s National & International Events Committee Anna Baychibayeva, some of the shops will have to close down during the World Cup days. For one, four private clinics will have to stop operating for four days. Baychibayeva said these temporary limitations wouldn’t affect cafes or restaurants, but only one contractor company with a special contract