DFS, the official Team GB Homeware Partner for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, today unveiled track cyclist and double Olympic Champion Laura Trott, triple World Swimming Champion and World Record holder Adam Peaty and 2015 World Gymnastic ...
China's economic "new normal" can bring more opportunities for UK companies, British business leaders said on Wednesday. James Sassoon, chairman of the China-Britain Business Council, said China is undergoing a period of further ...
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Mind Candy and Firebox founder to explain how to take a retail business from the UK to the wider world. Michael Acton Smith OBE - founder of Mind Candy - has been confirmed to deliver the keynote address at Spring Fair next month. Acton ...
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Publishing its submission to HM Treasury ahead of the Autumn Statement on 3rd December, the British Retail Consortium (BRC), has highlighted the consensus across the business world that the business rates system is in need of fundamental ...
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This year's Budget is a good one for manufacturers. Together with other leading trade associations, we argued the case for reducing the rising cost of energy and the Chancellor has responded with a £7bn support package. We have also ...
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UK bedding brand, The Fine Bedding Company, has launched a new website to boost online sales and help it achieve ambitious growth in 2014. The website, which has been designed and built by Manchester-based digital agency, Studio North, ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
Bosideng International Holdings Limited Chairman and CEO Mr. Gao Dekang met with the British Prime Minister David Cameron at a business banquet, during the Prime Minister’s state visit to Shanghai, China. Mr. Gao introduced ...
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Due to the prolonged downturn in demand, the Europe's second-largest steel producer Tata Steel might cut around 500 jobs to restructure the part of its British business that supplies the construction and engineering industries. This mainly ...
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Seven thousand UK small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) will benefit from a new programme to help them attract overseas customers through the internet, Business Secretary Vince Cable will announce. Vince Cable will also announce that ...
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Chuka Umunna MP spent around two hours at Duo UK as he gained first-hand experience of how British manufacturers are coping in the current economic conditions as well exploring how the rising cost of living is affecting employees. Other ...
Mergers and acquisitions in the UK food and drink industry hit a 10-year low at just 73 deals in the first half of this year, revealed figures from information services company Experian. Could AG Barr's acquisition of GSK's Lucozade and ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Jimmy's will be putting its new packaging in Tetra Prisma Aseptic 330ml cartons with the new re-sealable DreamCap. ? The range will be packed in the UK by contract packer Framptons and will be the first time a product in this format will ...
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A national campaign to establish a ‘Made in Britain’ logo that can be applied to all products manufactured in the UK is gathering force. Eat the flag: Made in Britain aims to boost the sale of British goods Since it was ...
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Prime Minister David Cameron led the largest ever trade delegation to India during February as part of the UK Government's determined effort to promote British business abroad and to help Britain succeed in the global race. Over 100 ...
East of England firms were urged to explore new trade opportunities with Russia following a three-day trade mission with Lord Green during December to the UK’s fastest growing major export market. As part of the mission, Lord Green ...