An East Sussex pub famous for using around 20,000 Christmas lights in its annual decorations has decided to halve the number of lights it is using this year, due to rises in electricity costs. The Marine Pub in Eastbourne has been managed ...
The Hummingbird Bakery,a UK-based producer of hand-made cupcakes,cakes,pies and brownies,has launched a new cake range for the festive season. The new cake range features handcrafted cakes,cupcakes and Mini Delights,reported the ...
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Chilled food manufacturer Greencore has reported"a breakthrough year",with revenue up 44.5%to£1,161.9M due to acquisitions and"business momentum",for the full year to September 28 2012. Greencore boss Patrick Coveney described 2012 ...
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UK - Those walking down Store Street in the forthcoming weeks are in for a visual treat. Every year, Imagination demonstrates the agency's creativity and flare by transforming the building's imposing edifice into a tribute to the festive ...
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Business-to-business payment times have fallen by five days since the height of the global financial crisis(GFC),however,cash flow pressures remain prevalent as firms are being forced to wait more than three weeks longer than standard terms ...
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Online payment service provider PayPal is set to expand its focus on mobile following a huge increase in activity from smartphones and tablets during yesterday's Cyber Monday sales. Cyber Monday follows retailers'Black Friday sales ...
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Morrisons appears to be upping its game after its"very disappointing"third quarter,according to Shore Capital analysts Clive Black and Darren Shirley. Black and Shirley's comments followed the latest Nielsen report on supermarkets'market ...
Taipei, Nov. 21, 2012 (CENS)--Thanks to upturn in orders from the U.S. and ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), Taiwan’s exports orders rose, for the second straight month, 3.2% year-on-year to US$38.38 billion in October, ...
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Microsoft's Windows 8 may be lagging far behind Windows 7 in its usage uptake,but it's easily topping the low bar set by Windows Vista,according to data from Web metric firm Net Applications. Windows 8 accounted for 0.45%of all ...
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Two of the leading jewellers in the U.S. posted solid growth Tuesday as the economy is beginning show actual long-term positive gains, even though it is still much too sluggish. The reports indicate that heading into the all-important ...
Tablets will outsell laptops for the first time ever this quarter,at least in North America,and will continue to outsell them next year. That's according to NPD DisplaySearch,whose Quarterly Mobile PC Shipment and Forecast Report suggests ...
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With just over a month until Christmas, 57 percent of consumers (and 65 percent of men) have yet to begin shopping, mostly because they think they have plenty of time, according to the latest Consumer Reports Holiday Poll. However, in yet ...
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Following September's launch of Somerset by Alice Temperley for John Lewis-the fastest selling brand in the department store's history-this Christmas will see John Lewis exclusively unveil the ultimate Somerset party dress. Reminiscent of ...
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Meat company Cranswick is conducting"unprecedented"negotiations with retailers,as pig feed prices continue to rise,according to City analyst Panmure Gordon. In a note on the firm's interim results–due to be published on Monday ...
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The office products industry's inaugural Christmas lunch held last Friday (16 November) was a resounding success with $22,500 raised for the Australian Office Products Charitable Fund. A capacity crowd of 200 guests attended the event, ...
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