American food processing company Heinz has announced job cuts at its Kitt Green site in Wigan, UK, as part of a restructuring process. According to the company, almost 71 roles will be axed at its baked beans factory where some of the ...
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New research from market research organisation Mintel has found that the share of own-label food products launched in the UK carrying a ‘better-for-you’ claim reached a five-year high in 2014. Mintel found that almost two ...
Asics launched a global search for amateur runners to take part in the annual 'Asics Beat the Sun' challenge, which returns to Chamonix on Jun. 21, the longest day of the year. Regarded as nature's toughest relay, the event will see five ...
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As Easter approaches, the firm is celebrating the UK arrival of the range of interactive, tweeting tabletop pets from Silverlit. Flying Toys’ newest batch of hatchlings, DigiChicks has landed. As Easter approaches, the firm is ...
You only have until end of play today (March 23rd) to nominate a colleague, a supplier, a customer or yourself to appear in our 2015 listing of the top women in the UK toy business. We've been inundated with nominations for our 2015 ...
Webber triumphed over 11 other children at the live Grand Final of the word game tournament, held at the Magic Circle. Ten-year-old Louis Webber of Woodside Junior School in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, has beaten 15,000 other primary ...
Lessons for food marketers as sugar consumption in UK tumbles As the health debate surrounding sugar continues, food marketers are reviewing their product formulation and marketing strategies. Nearly half (46 per cent) of UK ...
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Kellogg’s responds to CHOICE’s sugary cereals accusations and Health Star ‘failings’ Breakfast cereal manufacturer Kellogg’s has responded to the recent accusation by consumer group CHOICE, which claimed the ...
Lay it or Break it is being backed by a comprehensive advertising campaign commencing July. Sambro has detailed its ongoing marketing plans to support its new games lines throughout 2015. The firm's new games range includes Lay it or ...
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This game was funded via Kickstarter, raising £13,000 from a goal of 10,000. The Ragnar Brothers, a trio of UK game designers and publishers, are set to launch its new game, DRCongo: Hope out of Horror, at this year's UK Games Expo. ...
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Professor Martin Kuball of the University of Bristol's School of Physics in the UK is one of 19 people to receive the UK Royal Society's Wolfson Research Merit Award Jointly funded by the Wolfson Foundation and the UK's Department for ...
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Fans have chosen the cities, with four million votes have been cast from 182 countries worldwide. Hasbro has revealed the cities that fans have selected to grace the board of the upcoming Monopoly Here & Now: World Edition. For the ...
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The online marketplace has sold 1,000 Prince Charming costumes in the last three months. Sales of Cinderella slippers and Prince Charming costumes are on the rise as Disney’s live action remake readies for release in the UK. ...
Funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Action Based Research programme, following a scoping exercise in 2014, Anthesis LRS is managing and coordinating trials, with cross-sector collaboration from ...
Total global solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity is forecast to reach 498 gigawatts (GW) in 2019, which is 177% higher than 2014, according to IHS. While total global solar PV demand is projected to grow steadily, the large number of discrete ...
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