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Living Wage Hike Puts Toy Indies in 'challenging Position'
Apr 6, 2016The move by the Government will see the current minimum wage upped from £6.70 per hour to £7.20 this month. But the news has our indie retail panel calling for a reassessment of 'already squeezed margins'. The livng wage ...
Tags: Touhub, The toy store, Kerrison store, Living wages
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Robots Is Still Firmly in The Hands of Foreign Enterprises
Jan 22, 2014China is aiming high on the industrial ladder. Getting there requires advanced equipment such as robots that is still firmly in the hands of foreign enterprises. Industrial robots are used to do things like bolt panels on cars or ...
Tags: Chinese Robotics, Foreign Firms
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Zouheir Tawil,Director of Tawil Group,Has Responded to Our Questions
Dec 13, 2012Zouheir Tawil,director of Tawil Group,has responded to our questions and expressed his views on the current state of the scrap markets. Could you share with us your average business volumes in the markets in which you operate? With the ...
Tags: Zouheir Tawil, Tawil Group, SteelOrbis, scrap markets
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The Administrator for UK Baker Peters Cathedral Bakers Has Sold The Company to Local Peer
Dec 12, 2012The administrator for UK baker Peters Cathedral Bakers, which went into administration last month, has sold the company to local peer Coopland & Son (Scarborough) Ltd. KPMG said today (30 July) the deal for the company, which also trades ...
Tags: Bakery, Bakers, Bakery stores, baked goods
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Styron Plans to Increase Polycarbonate Prices in Europe by Eur230/Mt
Dec 5, 2012Styron plans to increase polycarbonate prices in Europe by Eur230/mt ($294/mt) in December due to squeezed margins, it said in a statement Wednesday. "Following the elevation in costs of the key raw materials associated with the ...
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Parts of The CMOS Sensor Market Remain Robust
Jul 5, 2012Cmosis broadens CMOS portfolio 04 Jul 2012 One new sensor and mass production of another indicate that parts of the CMOS sensor market remain robust. Cmosis,the Belgium-based developer of advanced CMOS image sensors,has announced the ...
Tags: Sensor, CMOS, Industrial Environments, Automation Systems
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Coatings Predicted That Growth in Sales and Profits Will Be Much The Same Overall
Jun 12, 2012In their annual results for 2011, coatings producers in Europe have been predicting that 2012 will be much the same overall as last year in terms of growth in sales and profits. There would, nonetheless, be one major difference between the ...
Tags: News Update, Industry Trends, coating