Minister Durkan's department had previously proposed increasing the levy from 5p to 10p from April 2014. However, Durkan said provisional figures showing a large reduction single use bag numbers had convinced him to drop the planned ...
Tags: Plastic Bag, Packaging, Printing
Discount internet retailing is a big challenge for brick-and-mortar retailers and the brands they carry. It is also a huge threat to the cycling consumer now and into the future, although they may not realize it. That's the conclusion of ...
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Supermarket chain Morrisons spent £27m developing its own online delivery system - before lashing out £170m in a deal with Ocado. The figures were revealed in the company's half-year results in which it saw pre-tax profits ...
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Custom Food Products, a wholly owned subsidiary of CTI Foods, is set to expand its facility in Owingsville, Kentucky, with an investment of $44m, a move which will create 200 new jobs. Custom Foods manufactures processed beef, pork, ...
Tags: Custom Food Products, Food
According to reports this morning (Saturday 14 September), Clegg will announce at this weekend's Liberal Democrat party conference that the charge has been adopted as government policy and will be introduced in 2015. Money from the charge ...
Nissan has hit back at plans by Volkswagen to become the electric vehicle market leader by 2018, while reaffirming its own aim to increase range to 200km on Leaf and introduce four new electric vehicles to market within two years. ...
Tags: Nissan, Transportation
The outlook for coatings producers in Europe has suddenly brightened after prospects for higher sales and profits appeared to be gloomy earlier in the year. The financial results of some leading players among coatings producers and raw ...
Tags: Construction, Coatings
Morrisons' boss Dalton Philips said the supermarket's growth would come from expansion of its convenience and online businesses, in a statement accompanying the retailer's half-year results posted today (September 12). Morrisons' strategy ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
September 6, 2013, Dallas -- Hanley Wood announced today the launch of two events designed to bring the flooring and surfaces industries together. TileExpo, a new trade show focused on the tile industry, will launch in conjunction with ...
Tags: Wood, Construction
The Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Squadra Corse has been officially unveiled at the 2013 Frankfurt motor show. As its name suggests, this latest and most extreme model in the Gallardo line-up has been developed by Lamborghini’s new ...
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The Hilton Food Group's half-year results posted today (September 10) received a mixed reception from City analysts. Hilton Food's Australian joint venture with Woolworths would become 'a major profit centre', predicted Panmure Gordon ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The iPhone is a pretty hot tech gadget, but when it gets too warm it can start to misbehave. Overheating isn’t a huge problem for the iPhone, especially here in the UK, but it’s always a bit of a worry when it happens. This ...
Tags: iPhone, Getting Hot
Pep Boys–Manny, Moe & Jack posted net income of $5.4 million on net sales of $527.6 million for its 13-week second quarter ended Aug. 3, 2013. That compares to income of $33 million on sales of $525.7 million for the same period last ...
Tags: Auto Parts, tyre
GlaxoSmithKline is to sell its drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena to Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd (SBF), the Japanese consumer goods company, for GBP 1.35 billion (AUD 2.4b) in cash. It is expected that the transaction will be completed by ...
Tags: Beverage, Food, Agriculture
An official from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) revealed that 80% of the more than 300 types of original drugs from foreign companies supervised by government agencies are really higher than peers in South Korea, Hong ...
Tags: Foreign Original Drugs, Health, Medicine