Private equity firm, The Onex Group, has completed the acquisition process of SIG Combibloc Group, suppliers of carton packaging and filling machines for beverages and food, for €3.75bn. SIG is a part of the New Zealand-based Rank ...
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With Chinese currency the yuan, also known as the renminbi, enjoying rising acceptance, banks and enterprises in the Gulf Arab region are seeking ways to catalyze the growing demand for conducting trade with the currency. "By the end of ...
The UK government has announced £35m funding to promote ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) and shortlisted 12 UK cities to become the country’s first ‘Go Ultra Low Cities’. The winners would share the £35m ...
The Shanghai Gold Exchange will try to start offering the renminbi-denominated gold-fixing price this year, as an alternative to the dollar-denominated gold-fixing in London, a top bourse official said on Wednesday. SGE head Xu Luode said ...
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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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, which is 44 per cent larger than FESPA Fabric 2013 in London, takes place within FESPA 2015 Global Expo from May 18-22, 2015, in Cologne, Germany. As per a FESPA press release, this year's show will showcase the largest constellation of ...
Land Rover has confirmed that the compact SUV convertible Range Rover Evoque is expected to go on sale in 2016. The company has confirmed with a release of film showing SUV convertible being tested on Crossrail tunnels below London The ...
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In a major sustainability initiative, American fast-food giant KFC will soon serve coffee in edible cups at select stores in the UK. KFC's new edible cups dubbed, the "Scoff-ee Cup" are a result of collaboration with London-based The ...
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Huawei Technologies has become a core equipment supplier of "the world's fastest 4G network," operated by UK's EE which will pay 1.5 billion pounds (US$2.3 billion) between now and 2017, China's biggest telecommunications equipment maker ...
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The fur trade has slowed over the past year in China, but rising demand from northern parts of the country and smaller cities has been a strong factor in global sales growth and prices this year, according to industry participants. Mark ...
Gold jewelry demand cooled in China in 2014, in sharp contrast to the frenzied off take in 2013, and plunged 33 percent year-on-year to 624 metric tons, according to data published by the World Gold Council on Thursday India displaced ...
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Motorola has spoken out to defend its Moto Maker programme following perceived criticism from Apple’s design guru Sir Jonathan Ive. In a well-publicised profile in the New Yorker this week, London-born Ive indirectly slammed Moto ...
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Footfall in January was 1.2% lower than a year ago, down on the 0.7% fall in December. Shopping centres reported the largest decline, falling 2.8%, while high streets experienced a 1.6% decline in footfall, up on the 1.8% fall in December. ...
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The UK-based bedroom accessories specialist Feather and Black has joined forces with two Yorkshire-based cloth businesses. Titled London Collection, the luxury, high-end, handmade bed collection’s divan base and headboard have been ...
“I need to build an organisation that’s more diverse, more international and more global,” the LEGO Group’s CEO Jorgen Von Knudstorp tells ToyNews. Everything is awesome for LEGO after a bumper 2014, but the firm ...
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