GSK reaches agreement to divest Lucozade and Ribena for £1.35 billion
Issued: Monday 9 September 2013, London UK – LSE Announcement GlaxoSmithKline (LSE:GSK) today announced it has reached agreement to sell its nutritional drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena to Suntory...
View ArticleCharge for single use carrier bags to be introduced
A five pence mandatory charge for single use carrier bags will be introduced from Autumn 2015, the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, announced today. Last year, over seven billion carrier bags were...
View ArticleAccess to Finance Stalls UK’s Business Competitiveness Score
Problems with getting access to finance has been cited as one of the main reasons that Britain’s position in the list of ‘best countries to do business in’ has fallen this year. The World Economic...
View ArticleScrap metal laws to stop metal theft come into force
UK Home Office - 1 October 2013 Rogue traders who buy and sell scrap metal for cash face £5,000 fine under new laws designed to stamp out metal theft. All scrap metal dealers will need to apply to...
View ArticlePayday lending: tougher new rules welcomed by government
UK HM Treasury News Story - 3 October 2013 New payday lending rules put consumers first, explains Economic Secretary to the Treasury Sajid Javid. Tough new payday lending rules put forward by the...
View ArticleLost NASA Archive of Historic Viking Mission’s First Ever Exploration of...
Indie software studio Cartesian Theatre is pleased to announce the successful digital recovery of the first photographs ever returned from the surface of Mars (see avaneya.com). The studio recovered a...
View ArticleRWE npower announces sale of subsidiaries to Utility Warehouse owner, Telecom...
On 19 November, RWE npower and Telecom Plus agreed the sale of RWE npower Limited’s subsidiary companies, Electricity Plus and Gas Plus, to Telecom Plus Plc, the owner of the Utility Warehouse brand....
View ArticleMajor milestone: single charger spec for notebook computers will...
IEC publishes first globally relevant technical specification IEC, the international standards and conformity assessment body for all fields of electrotechnology, announced today the publication of the...
View ArticleOn sale now: First laptops certified to ‘Respect Your Freedom’
Gluglug X60 Laptop now certified to Respect Your Freedom The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today awarded Respects Your Freedom (RYF) certification to Gluglug X60 laptops. The RYF certification mark...
View ArticleBritish Fashion Council announces KPMG Enterprise as its latest patron
To mark the start of London Fashion Week 2015, KPMG, the professional services firm, has announced that it has become the latest patron of the British Fashion Council (BFC). As part of the patronage,...
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