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Nashville claims administrator acquires 40-business Florida client

Alternative Service Concepts, a Nashville workers' compensation and property and casualty third-party claims administrator, annoucned the acquisition of a new client base from a Florida insurance provider.

The client base was acquired from Sarasota, Fla.-based Unisource Administrators Inc., a release says, and includes about 40 self-insured businessses and public entity pools in Florida, Georgia and Alabama. Terms of the acquisition were not released.

Alternative Service Concepts is expected to retain offices and staff in Sarasota and Orlando, Fla; and Atlanta, which is a planned "springboard" for the company's growth plans in the Southeast, the release says.

Bob Bennett, CEO of Alternative Service Concepts, says the acquisition fits nicely into the company's aggressive growth plans and that strategic acquisitions and organic growth will continue to be a focus. more

300 jobs to go as Firstplus closes new business

Firstplus today became the latest casualty in the troubled home loans sector with the announcement that it is to stop writing new business.

The move by the group, which is owned by Barclaycard, will lead to 300 job cuts in its Cardiff office.

Its departure will leave just seven players in the market, down from 18 last year before the credit crunch hit.

Firstplus, which is known for its adverts fronted by Carol Vorderman, said it would no longer be writing new business from August 9 due to a fall in demand.

It said it had taken steps to try to boost business, including launching new brand Fair & Square, which aimed to make home loans more transparent.

It also tried to target a new group of consumers by advertising Fair & Square on mainstream channels and during prime-time television, whereas Firstplus adverts had typically run on daytime shows. more

The California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce Invites You to the

Hispanic chambers, businesses, entrepreneurs, and corporate partners across California are gearing up for the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce's (CHCC) 29th Annual Convention & Business Expo. This year, the event is being held in San Francisco--a short drive or plane ride from any major metropolitan center throughout the state. Here are five reasons that you should consider attending:A Focus on BusinessesWith Hispanic businesses serving as the common denominator at this event and corporate companies the key demographic, activities will include general sessions, best practice discussions, matchmaking events, and informational workshops. "The convention is geared for Hispanic businesses and companies that want to reach out to the Hispanic entrepreneur and community," said Ken Macias, chairperson of the CHCC and partner and chairman of the board of Macias, Gini and O'Connell LLP, a public accounting and consulting firm. more

Microsoft Seeks to Avoid Vista-Incompatibilty Repeat

Businesses have been slow to upgrade to Vista. Among the reasons: Software is increasingly accessed over the Internet through a Web browser and doesn�t rely on a robust operating system, and Microsoft�s previous operating system, XP, doesn�t have many glaring problems.

But, above all, businesses have held off on Vista upgrades because there�s still a lot of hardware that isn�t compatible with the 18-month-old operating system. Older computers aren�t powerful enough to run Vista, and a piece of equipment found in many newer computers doesn�t work with a recent Vista upgrade. In order to make sure this doesn�t happen again, Microsoft is asking tech companies to start making their products compatible with Windows 7, which is due out in the beginning of 2010, as soon as the first test version becomes available, Information Week reports. more

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