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Supermarkets must do more to cut packaging

23 October 2007 A study by the Local Government Association has stated that the big supermarkets must do more to cut packaging or Britian will fail to meet agreed recycling targets.
The reports paints a worrying picture, with upto 40% of a standard shopping basket being non-recylable, pressure must be mounted on the supermarkets to […]

Tesco’s fairy tale link up with Disney

22 October 2007 A somewhat surprising move for Tesco’s sees the UK supermarket giant linking up with Disney’ Disney consumer products division in order to launch co-branded food products at Tesco’s stores.
The healthy foods, which will have no trans fats artificial colors or flavors, will feature some of Disney’s well known characters on the […]

ISP’s under the mircoscope on copyright

October 22 2007 It would appear that internet behemoths such Youtube and Mysace should tread carefully over the coming months as the entertainment industry, led by the likes of the MPA, continues to increase pressure on copyright infringements as it looks towards the industry to police the online trading of music and movies. […]

Multimedia phone demand drives Nokia market share

18 October 2007 It seems the strong demand for the latest “must have” phones are driving Nokia’s growth. Nokia’s third quarter results were up 11% on the previous quarter having sold over 111 million devices.
Whilst it’s grown it’s portfolio of high end phones – what’s may surprise some is it’s raised margins on […]

Coffee leads revenue fightback for Whitbread

October 16th 2007 - Leading UK hospitality company Whitbread have reported better than expected half year results and some of it appears down to the Whitbread run coffee shops Costa Coffee.
Costa, the UK’s fastest growing coffee shop brand, has over 800 stores (150 of which are overseas). These helped drive profits up 13.3% […]

Customers Matter as UK TV company hit with record fine.

September 26, 2007 - The UK’s commercial television sector learnt an important lesson today as Ofcom (UK communications regulator) fined GMTV an industry record $4 Million (£2M). This follows a spate of simular problems in the UK broadcasting sector.
Accused of “Gross Negligence”, GMTV (co-owned by ITV and The Walt Disney Company) were found […]

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