Dutch food giant Vion's plans to sell its UK food businesses throwing into doubt the future of its 13,000 UK employees was"almost an inevitability,"according to leading City analysts. Julian Wild,food group director at legal firm ...
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The British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) will use this month's Royal Welsh Winter Fair, Builth Wells, on 26 and 27 November to highlight the significant marketing benefits farmers can gain from selling their wool through the BWMB. Visitors ...
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UK retail giant Tesco has revealed a "multi-million" pound revamp of its meat, fish and poultry range as part of a GBP1bn (US$1.6bn) investment programme announced earlier this year. The re-launch, unveiled yesterday (5 November), ...
Tags: Tesco, revamp, investment, quality improvements
The originals market has become "a tough struggle" for recyclers as prices reach a "zenith", according to Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) Textiles Division President Olaf Rintsch of Textil Recycling K&A Wenkhaus GmbH of Germany. The ...
Tags: BIR, textile recycling, Textile Recycling Association, textile
The NSG Group – manufacturers of Pilkington glass – is welcoming customers to view its new £36 million off-line coater facility, before it starts manufacture in November. The coater, at the Company's Cowley Hill site in St ...
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A number of large public sector contracts buoyed IT services company Atos Origin in the third quarter, with the outsourcer reporting double-digit growth. Atos Origin grew its UK market 10% to €426m, compared with the same quarter the ...
Tags: public sector, IT services, Atos Origin, revenues increased
The Microsoft Surface RT will feature a pricepoint that competes favourably with the iPad, it has been revealed after Microsoft's online store briefly displayed prices for three variations of the tablet earlier today. The cheapest RT, ...
European regulations for the gambling sector,launching new products and driving revenue growth as a recently floated public company put enormous pressure on the IT team at Betfair. But chief technology officer(CTO)Tony McAlister,in post ...
Tags: Tony McAlister, Betfair, European regulations, CRM system
Research in Motion(RIM)will launch its upcoming mobile operating system(OS)–BlackBerry 10 or BB10–in January 2013. Rob Orr,RIM managing director UK and Ireland,let the date slip in an interview with Computer Weekly,but denied ...
Tags: Blackberry 10, operating system(OS), UK market, Christmas rush
Burgopak has developed the brand identity,artwork and structural packaging design for the complete range of Aura Health&Wellbeing products.Aura Health&Wellbeing is a new modern health and lifestyle brand offering organic and traditional ...
Kraft Foods has launched its US confectionery brand Sour Patch Kids in the UK. The company said it wanted to "inject some mischief back into the market" and has introduced Maynards Sour Patch Kids, a rebranded version of the US line. ...
Tags: Kraft Foods, candy, sour confectionery, confectionery, sweets
Market studies show that the price of 40W retrofit LED light bulbs fell below an equivalent of US$10/unit in the UK in July 2012.The price of similar products has fallen below US$10/unit in South Korea and the US. Studies indicated that ...
Tags: China market LED lighting price, South Korea market, UK market, US market
Cold Service Distribution has brought the Friulinox Combi 4 chiller to the UK market following the introduction of new European hygiene standards for sushi bars and restaurants. The Combi 4 chiller/freezer from Friulinox is now available ...
Tags: chiller, freezer, sushi bars, restaurants
UK retailer Nisa has said it is joining trade association Co-operatives UK. The member-owned food and drink retailer said the move would allow it to "strengthen" its mutual style business model. With a turnover of more than GBP1.5bn ...
Tags: food and drink retailer, Nisa, independent food and drinks
UK-British loudspeaker manufacturer,EM Acoustics,has announced the appointment of one of the UK's leading suppliers to the entertainment industry,Stage Electrics,as a UK dealer for the brand.The move further reinforces EM Acoustics'presence ...
Tags: loudspeaker manufacturer, UK, EM Acoustics