The days of frantically searching every pocket for those orange tickets as the train warden does his rounds, could soon be coming to an end. Under new plans reported by the Telegraph, commuters will be able to use their contactless debit ...
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House prices in the UK will see an average increase of 6% over the course of next year, according to the RICS housing forecast for 2016. With house prices predicted to rise across the whole of the UK in 2016, East Anglia is continuing the ...
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UK's Local Government Association has urged alcohol makers to introduce calorie labels to their packaging in order to inform people about the calories the drink contains. It said that long-term health effects of drinking are known to ...
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For fiscal second-quarter 2016 (to 26 December), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $94.1m (slightly above the $88-94m guidance). This is up ...
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Swiss dairy processing company Emmi is to purchase 60% stake in Dutch goat cheese maker Bettinehoeve in order to bolster its growth prospects in the fresh goat‘s milk and cheese segments. Following the completion of transaction, ...
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The Norwegians have been fishing for their livelihoods and exporting their seafood worldwide for hundreds of years, whether providing cod that helps feed the world’s largest cod market, the UK, or shipping salted cod to the ...
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New Atkins Nutritional Approach, the market leader in the weight management bar category, unveils a fresh new look in an effort to move the brand range into the mainstream grocery category The new packaging across the full range of Atkins ...
To Coincide with the 15th anniversary of the Foot and Mouth Crisis on 19 February Devised by Gloucestershire farmers with widespread support from across the food industry, Happerley Passports empowers farmers to control provenance at the ...
UK-based drinks company Diageo has reportedly said that it would challenge the claim by its Indian subsidiary United Spirits Ltd (USL) chairman Vijay Mallya, who alleged that Diageo failed to enter into a joint venture with him in the ...
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API, a manufacturer of foils, laminates and holographics, has stated that its foils are adding impact to the packaging and labels produced by Edale's narrow web label presses, due to use of Xaar Digital Print Bar System. The new ...
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Unilever is reducing the size of its ice cream offerings Cornetto, Ben & Jerry's and Feast by one third in an effort to bring all its single-serving ice creams to 250 calories. This move comes in response to the UK government's ...
UK-based food ingredients manufacturer Sensient Flavours has developed low-fat and reduced-sugar ingredients to be used in the ice cream segment in order to cater to the increasing number of health-conscious consumers. The company's ...
The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has established Great British Food Unit intended to boost exports and create 5,000 jobs in food and drinks manufacturing sectors. The partnership between the sector ...
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Nissan is planning to invest £26.5m to produce next generation electric vehicle (EV) batteries at the company's advanced lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Sunderland, UK. The proposed investment expects to save 300 jobs ...
Tags: Electric Vehicle, Batteries
The laughing crying emoji, or the 'face with tears of joy' emoji, has become one of 2015's most frequently used "word" on social media with a reach of 6.5 billion on Twitter, according to German communication agency Faktor3. This emoji is ...
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