1.   By trimming costs and improving service the hotel has now started to make a profit again.

2.   He fears this would merely create a private-sector monopoly and would not improve the service.

3.   Investors say both have improved their services since they started to face serious competition.

4.   It has recently completed a major computerisation programme which will enable it to improve its service to the customer still further.

5.   More money is needed to improve commuter services in the region.

6.   Short-term projects to improve customer service might buck up the conviction of those managers.

7.   That money has been plowed back into the budget to improve services, he said.

8.   The company has begun to listen more carefully to its customers, in a determined attempt to improve customer service.