The UK Food Standards Agency has announced that horses that have been treated with the drug phenylbutazone or bute are not allowed to enter the food chain. The agency will conduct checks in slaughterhouses in order to ensure that horses ...
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The UK Food Standards Agency has admitted that it found traces of a cancer-causing drug in horse meat exported to Europe in 2012, but there is no link to the recent cases of horse DNA in burgers. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said today ...
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A strong Q4 helped. The fourth quarter of 2012 saw Google generate revenue of $14.4bn (£9bn), up 36 per cent on the same period in 2011. Total revenue from outside the US accounted for 54 per cent of Google's sales for the quarter. ...
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The redesign, which focuses on two lizards, comes as Britvic Soft Drinks is planning to launch the two-year-old brand in the UK market. The energy drink contains caffeine, guarana and ginseng and has been on trial in Norway since 2009. ...
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Fiat Group has acquired 6.4% of the market shares with sales of about 800,000 units in Europe in 2012. The firm sold about 65,000 vehicles in the UK in 2012, up by 10.9% compared to the 2011sales, while increasing market share by 0.2% to ...
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The search giant saw its market share drop to 88% in December 2012. According to Experian, 2.7 billion visits were made to UK search engines in December 2012. This represents a 17% increase year-on-year for UK search. Google market ...
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UK-based underwriter Rothesay Life has signed a pound 115m bulk annuity insurance agreement with Western United Group Pension Scheme, to cover a portion of the pension liabilities associated with Vestey Group's pension scheme. The ...
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German retailer Lidl is to make a "multi-million pound" investment in 35-50 new UK stores this year. The discount retailer said today (16 January) the investment, which will expand its portfolio from the current 600 UK store count, is ...
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US-based automaker Ford has registered a 6%increase in sales to 281,917 vehicles in 2012 in the UK market compared to 265,894 units sold in 2011. The company's commercial vehicle(CV)segemnt acquired a 21.6%share of the sales,whereas ...
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Soft drinks firm Nichols has outperformed the market with total sales up by 9% to euro 108M for the year ended 31 December 2012, according to its pre-close trading statement. Vimto-maker Nichols has outperformed the market "This ...
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BBC TV Apprentice finalist Nick Holzherr officially launched his ‘Whisk’ food app business today (January 7), which has integrated the online delivery systems of Tesco and Waitrose. Nick Holzherr bears no grudges against ...
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Food and drink deals, particularly the acquisition of Weetabix by China's Bright Food Group, dominated large-scale merger and acquisition activity in the UK in 2012, a new report by Experian shows. Food and drink was the most active ...
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Direct Marketing firm Tempest Elite Marketing know the importance of brand awareness in a competitive market. The firm reveals startup businesses in Kenya have developed an innovative twist on loyalty cards for Africa's mobile generation ...
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Wireless internet capabilities have been added to easyHotels – the accommodation arm of the Stelios easyGroup – by a small Irish player in the burgeoning Wi-Fi market. Bitbuzz has deployed the connectivity to three of the ...
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The NSG Group has announced that it will place its float line in Cowley Hill, United Kingdom (UK), on “hot hold,” effective January 3. The line is expected to remain on hold for three months. “This action will allow the ...
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