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London Out Performs Rest Of The Country
27 May 2008 NewsWith sales being 2.7% higher last month than in April 2007, the capital is doing much better than the rest of the UK, despite the credit crunch. -
£1 Million Store Puts Local Producers In Pride Of Place
27 May 2008 NewsThe new, 8,300sq ft store has brought 20 new jobs to the region, ranging from management, supervisors, chefs and kitchen staff, to restaurant and retail shop staff. -
Fairtrade Sales Soar By 47%
22 May 2008 NewsWorldwide consumers spent over 2.3 billion euros on fair trade certified products in 2007. This represents a 47% increase on the previous year and means that over 1.5 million producers and workers in 58 developing countries now benefit from fair trade sales. -
New Approach For M&S
21 May 2008 NewsMarks & Spencer is to trial an offering of some 350 branded products at 19 stores for the first time in its history. -
Pm’s Plans On Flexible Working Will Hurt Small Firms
16 May 2008 NewsThe Prime Minister’s planned extension of the right to request flexible working together with new rules on agency workers could create an employment nightmare for small business owners, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) warns. -
Price Of Food Up By A Fifth
15 May 2008 NewsThe cost of food staples such as bread, eggs, milk and butter has risen by 20% compared with a year ago, claims grocery comparison website MySupermarket.co.uk. -
Grocery Sales Are Defying Credit Crunch
13 May 2008 NewsAlthough the BRC is warning that comparisons are difficult because Easter fell in April last year and the weather was warm and sunny, whereas this year Easter fell in March and there was snow and rain, it does admit that underlying trade remained tough. -
Controversial Staff Database To Be Launched This Month
12 May 2008 NewsThe National Staff Dismissal Register (NSDR), which aims at creating a database of retail employees fired for dishonesty, is being launched this May amid fears innocent victims might find it impossible to ever find another job. -
Selling Sarnies Could Be A Lucrative Opportunity
12 May 2008 NewsAccording to new research, Brits spend £5bn on sandwiches, with canny retailers piling on those lunchtime profits. -
Waitrose To Open 100 Convenience Stores
08 May 2008 NewsThe upmarket chain, Waitrose, has decided to reach out for millions more shoppers and go head-to-head with its competitors' convenience outlets, Tesco Express and Sainsbury's Local. -
Whole Foods Market Looks Set To Expand
07 May 2008 NewsNew details have emerged that Whole Foods Market is targeting new stores in three of the UK's largest cities. -
Can Farmers Markets Save British Farming?
06 May 2008 NewsThe Real Food Festival brought the biggest producers market ever to Earls Court for four days last week, April 24th to 27th, with nearly 20,000 visitors coming to see the vast array of delicu with some of the most delicious produce available in the UK: it…
