News
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Retail: Sales At Three Year High
02 May 2007 NewsHigh street shops enjoyed strong annual growth in sales volumes, with the balance of retailers reporting a year-on-year increase the highest in almost three years, the latest CBI Distributive Trades Survey has revealed. -
Selling Sustainability
01 May 2007 NewsThis month, Rob Ward looks at how to put a little ecological thinking into your business -
Retail: Focus On Local Sourcing
30 April 2007 NewsFocusing on the growing interest surrounding local sourcing, a new seminar - Sourcing Locally and Selling Nationally, will give you an insight into this sector. -
Dairy: Waitrose To Pass On Rise
30 April 2007 NewsFollowing the industry wide 1.7p per litre increase in the price of milk, Waitrose has announced it will pass on 100% of this rise to the farmers. -
Business: Ip Awareness For Small Firms
26 April 2007 NewsSmall businesses risk missing out on valuable new sources of income because they do not know enough about intellectual property (IP) rights, a survey by the UK Intellectual Property Office reveals. -
Business: Need For Better Banking
26 April 2007 NewsThe findings of a report by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) show that small business banking is still not good enough. -
Dairy: Debate On Farmers’ Future
24 April 2007 NewsThe National Federation of Women's Institutes (NFWI) and the National Farmers Union (NFU) want to raise awareness of the issues facing dairy farmers by organising the Great Milk Debate, a series of events which will take place around the country during the next weeks. -
Retail: Be Inspired At Find
23 April 2007 NewsOffering an excellent opportunity to help your business learn and grow, Heart of England Fine Food's (HEFF) one-day event, Food, Information, Networking, Drink (FIND), is a must for retailers. -
Report: Record Uk Food And Drink Exports
23 April 2007 NewsNew figures revealed by market development consultancy, Food From Britain (FFB), show British food and drink exports have never been so healthy at £10.5 billion, in 2006. It exceeds the previous record of £10.1 billion set more than ten years ago, in 1996, prior to BSE export… -
Retail: New Food Safety Guidance
20 April 2007 NewsNew guidance on food safety published by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) is bound to help independent retailers avoid food scares and match the practices major players of the grocery sector have in place. -
Retail: Call To Fight Binge Drinking
19 April 2007 NewsThe Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) will call for tougher punishment on retailers selling alcohol to minors in an article by The Observer columnist, Jasper Gerard, to be published in the institute journal, Public Policy Research. -
Award: Fsa Announces Winners
18 April 2007 NewsThe Food Standards Agency (FSA) has revealed the winners of the annual Dame Sheila McKechnie Award. This year, an Isle Of Wight community initiative, Healthy Eating For Life – A Young Mum's Project, and a youth café in Leamington Spa, Flava, scooped the prize.
