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Sugar Tax Doesn't Help Fight Obesity: Katherine Rich
Mar 22, 2016The chief executive of the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council (NZFGC) Katherine Rich has told Australian Food News today that the UK”s announced sugar tax will not help fight obesity. Under the UK tax, drinks which contain more ...
Tags: NZFGC, Katherine Rich, Sugar tax
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Chancellor Finds Budget For Driverless Lorry Trials
Mar 18, 2016The UK government has confirmed that it will start trialling driverless lorry technology in the UK. Earlier in the month the Department for Transport said that the UK was to lead the way in trialling "HGV platoons". Now the Chancellor ...
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More Than 5000 British Children to Be Taught Mandarin
Oct 29, 2015More than 5,000 British students will be taught Mandarin in schools, after a 15 million US dollar funding boost announced Wednesday by the British government. Last year, only about 2 percent of state funded primary schools in Britain and ...
Tags: British students, Mandarin, Chinese
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Nissan to Invest £100m in British Plant to Make Juke Crossover Car
Sep 10, 2015Japanese car maker Nissan has announced plan to invest £100m into its Sunderland plant to manufacture the company’s next generation Juke crossover car. The plant began operations in 1986 and since then 8 million vehicles ...
Tags: Crossover Car, Nissan
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Scotch Whisky Market in The UK Has Shrunk by Almost 5%
Mar 17, 2015The Scotch whisky market in the UK has shrunk by almost 5% as consumers and industry continue to be impacted by the heavy tax regime. The tax is approximately 80% as a share of the price of an average bottle of the drink. The figures, ...
Tags: Scotch Whisky Market, Fairer Tax, Whisky
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Defra Announced It Is to Reduce Wrap's Budget by 40% to £15.5m
Jun 27, 2013Defra has announced that it is to reduce Wrap’s budget by 40% to £15.5m, as part of Chancellor George Osborne’s Spending Review Defra said that its funding for Wrap is to reduce to 60% of its current level of ...
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Spending on Cyber Defence Is Set to Increase Despite The Coalition Government
Jun 24, 2013Spending on cyber defence is set to increase despite the coalition government announcing a further £11.5bn of cuts from Whitehall spending set out for 2015-2016. The Treasury announced the decision following a series of phone calls ...
Tags: Cyber Security, Cyber Conflict
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Starbucks Has Refused to Comment on Plans to Tackle Tax Avoidance Agreed by G8 Leaders
Jun 20, 2013Coffee giant Starbucks has refused to comment on plans to tackle tax avoidance agreed by G8 leaders in Northern Ireland yesterday (June 18). Many have found Starbucks' UK tax strategy hard to swallow A spokeswoman for the firm ...
Tags: Tax avoidance, Archbishop of York, Starbucks, G8 Summit
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The UK Government Has Defended a Deal with Chinese Telecommunications Provider Huawei
Jun 6, 2013The UK government has defended a deal with Chinese telecommunications provider Huawei, which MPs have labelled as a possible risk to national security. The 2005 deal saw Huawei granted permission to provide BT with equipment for its ...
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David Workman Said It The Budget Was Pro-Growth and Pro-Business
Mar 21, 2013Yesterday, Chancellor George Osborne delivered his Budget statement. He pledged to scrap a 3p rise in fuel duty, cut national insurance payments and raise the personal allowance to £10,000 next April. Every business in the country ...
Tags: Industry Chiefs, Packaging, Chancellor
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Chancellor George Osborne Could Spring a Huge Surprise
Mar 1, 2013Chancellor George Osborne could spring a huge surprise when he announces his budget on March 20 by raising short-term borrowing to stimulate much needed growth in Britain’s stagnant economy, the head of economics at the HSBC has said. ...
Tags: Chancellor George Osborne, budget, HSBC
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Three UK Has Confirmed That It Will Not Charge a Premium for LTE High-Speed Mobile Network
Feb 5, 2013Mobile phone operator Three UK has confirmed that it will not charge a premium for its LTE high-speed mobile network. Three's announcement contrasts sharply with the payment plans offered by Everything Everywhere's (EE) Orange and T-Mobile ...
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Government Provids Funds for New Project for University of Surrey to Develop 5G Centre
Dec 31, 2012The government is providing funds for a new project for the University of Surrey to develop the next generation of mobile broadband systems. Money for the research will be part of the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund,which ...
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The London Hub Will Focus on Building Facebook Mobile and Platform Products
Dec 28, 2012Facebook opened an engineering centre in London today, its first outside the US. The London hub, launched by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, will focus on building Facebook mobile and platform products. "There are 7,000 ...
Tags: Facebook, London, engineering centre, mobile devices
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Food Manufacturers and Producers Welcomed Chancellor George Osborne's Autumn Statement
Dec 6, 2012Food 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 ...
Tags: corporate tax, chancellor, FDF