Cutting regulation, reforming agricultural policy and buying British will boost the UK food industry and help create jobs, Owen Paterson, the new Secretary of State for the Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has said. ...
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II . Economy i. GDP figures Shanghai GDP In 2005, the GDP of shanghai municipality reached 914.395 billion yuan. The city has further optimized its industrial structure, accelerating the development of modern services and advanced ...
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Business Line reported that Mr Ratan Tata chairman of TATA Group has called on Britain to improve the competitiveness of its manufacturing sector, as he issued a warning about the high costs of doing business in the country. Mr Tata said ...
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Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/5/2012 3:03:55 AM The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice has announced that Ohio-based Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., the ...
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New orders to German chemical producers recovered in October 2.5% from weakness in September as export demand picked up again, preliminary data by the federal statistics office showed Thursday. Foreign orders bounced back 4.6% from a 3.5% ...
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A plague of ‘zombie companies’ is threatening to suck the vitality out of the UK economy, according to leading insolvency experts, and the food manufacturing sector could be under threat. Food and drink manufacturers face ...
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Bakkavor and Coca-Cola Enterprises are among 30 food manufacturers set to benefit from the government’s 11M Pounds plan to make the UK a leader in efficient food technology. Coca-Cola Enterprises will be leading one of the ...
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People Daily Online reported that demand for steel in China is expected to rise 4.1% in 2013, as the nation's economic growth gets back on track. The 2013 China Steel Demand Forecast also predicted a decline in iron ore prices due to ...
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While its companion index on the manufacturing side fell for the fourth time in the last six months in November, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported today that things were better on the non-manufacturing side. In its ...
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Food manufacturers and producers welcomed chancellor George Osborne's autumn statement yesterday(December 5)highlighting changes to the tax system as benefiting the food and drink manufacturing industry. The Food and Drink ...
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Concerns over the Fiscal Cliff are front and center when addressing concerns about the United States economy, and today's November Manufacturing Report on Business from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) was further proof of that. ...
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Department of Service Statistics of NBS China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing(CFLP) In November,non-manufacturing purchasing manager index was 55.6 percent,a slight increase of 0.1 percentage points over the previous month. In ...
UK-based food company United Biscuits has invited year 10 students from Manchester-based Parrs Wood High School to visit its McVitie's factory in Manchester, as a partner in the government-led initiative to encourage young people to take up ...
Reuters reported that London copper slipped retreating from a three week high in the previous session, as concerns resurfaced over fiscal troubles in the United States but signs of an economic revival in top consumer China cushioned prices. ...
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JTEKT, a Japanese manufacturer of steering systems, driveline components, bearings and machine tools, is planning to invest $102m to construct a new facility in South Carolina, US. The company said that the new facility will expand its ...
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