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2 Sisters Food Plans to Close Smethwick Poultry Plant in UK
Apr 12, 20172 Sisters Food Group is planning to close its Smethwick poultry processing facility in the West Midlands, which could impact 630 jobs. The ageing poultry factory located at Bevan Way in the Alpha Business Park has considerable challenges ...
Tags: 2 Sisters Food, Smethwick Poultry
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Icelandic Seachill Confirms Deli Plant Shutdown in Grimsby
Aug 26, 2016UK fish products supplier Icelandic Seachill has confirmed that it will close a deli plant in Grimsby, resulting in 86 job losses. The move was taken after losing a contract with Marks and Spencer. The company plans to stop production ...
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South African Regulator Approves AB InBev's $100bn Acquisition of SABMiller with Conditions
Jun 3, 2016South African competition commission has given conditional approval of Anheuser-Busch InBev’s $100bn acquisition of SABMiller. The Commission has given to the recommendations to the Competition Tribunal following an investigation ...
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MillerCoors' Plan to Close North Carolina Brewery Faces State And Federal Antitrust Scrutiny
Apr 6, 2016North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper spoke at a Teamsters rally outside of the MillerCoors brewery in Eden, North Carolina. MillerCoors announced plans to close the Eden brewery in September 2015, just two days before merger talks ...
Tags: MillerCoors, Eden brewery, ABI, SAB, North Carolina Brewery
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New Economy Needs Renewed Focus on Soft Skills
Mar 23, 2016As China rebalances its economy, some are concerned that the expected slowdown in investment might lead to job losses. Yin Weimin, minister for human resources and social security, told a news conference on February 29 that 1.3 million ...
Tags: Soft Skills, coal sector
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2 Sisters Food Group in Talks to Sell Fox's Biscuits to Burton's Biscuits
Feb 22, 20162 Sisters Food Group is reportedly negotiating to sell its Fox's Biscuits unit to Burton's Biscuits, which is owned by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. The sale, which is being advised by Rothschild could bring the valuation of 2 Sisters ...
Tags: 2 Sisters Food, Biscuits
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More Test Drilling Required to Assess Potential of UK Shale Industry: Study
Dec 16, 2015The UK needs to allow more shale gas exploration wells nation-wide before a reliable picture of the effect of a shale industry on the country can be properly formulated, the Task Force on Shale Gas said late Monday. The Task Force on ...
Tags: shale gas, natural gas
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Volkswagen Will Be Cutting a Shift From Its Russian Plant in Kaluga
Mar 25, 2015Volkswagen has announced that the company will be cutting a shift from its Russian plant in Kaluga, which will result in 150 job losses. The German automaker said, starting this April, the Kaluga car plant located in south of the capital ...
Tags: Volkswagen, Significant price, Auto Parts
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Key Points of George Osborne's Sixth Budget
Mar 20, 2015George Osborne has delivered his sixth Budget, and the last of the current Parliament. The key points are as follows: Economy The UK grew 2.6% in 2014, faster than any other advanced economy but lower than 3% predicted in December ...
Tags: George Osborne, Sixth Budget
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Rykrisps Crackers Production Decreased Due to Demand Declines
Feb 3, 2015ConAgra Foods is planning to end RyKrisps crackers production at its plant in Southeast Minneapolis, citing low demand. The closure of the plant, which is the only plant making RyKrisps, will result in over 15 job losses, The Pioneer ...
Tags: ConAgra Foods, crackers
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Perfection Fresh Australia to Boost Its Tomato Category Position
Jan 20, 2015Australia’s largest family-owned fresh-produce marketing company, Perfection Fresh Australia, has announced it will boost its tomato category position with the acquisition of the Moraitis tomato-growing business. Michael Simonetta, ...
Tags: tomato, Agriculture
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Posted in Medical Device Business by Nancy Crotti on January 8, 2015
Jan 9, 2015Posted in Medical Device Business by Nancy Crotti on January 8, 2015 The medical device tax is the issue that won’t go away. Elected officials and medical device companies began railing against Obamacare’s medical device tax ...
Tags: medical device tax, Health
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China's Annual Economic Growth Likely Slowed to 7.2 Percent in The Fourth Quarter
Jan 7, 2015China's annual economic growth likely slowed to 7.2 percent in the fourth quarter, the weakest since the depths of the global crisis, a Reuters poll showed, which would keep pressure on policymakers to head off a sharper slowdown this year. ...
Tags: economic growth, GDP data
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Molson Coors Brewing Has Announced Plans to Cut Over 100 Jobs at Its Brewery in Hampshire
Dec 10, 2014Molson Coors Brewing has announced plans to cut over 100 jobs at its brewery in Hampshire, the UK. The Hampshire brewery is expected to close at the end of May 2015. However, East Hampshire District Council said that it will support ...
Tags: brewery, Agriculture
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China Faces Pressure as Imp.Drop,Exp Slow
Dec 8, 2014China's imports shrank unexpectedly in November while export growth slowed, fuelling concerns that the world's second-largest economy could be facing a sharper slowdown and adding pressure on policymakers to ramp up stimulus measures. ...
Tags: export growth, economy
