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UK: Cidermakers warned over "faddy" flavour innovations - study

2013-02-22 14:04:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com

Cidermakers should be wary of devaluing the category's improved image with "faddy" flavour innovations, according to an industry analyst.

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Investors warned over unchanging groups

2013-02-11 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Financial Times: Investors should think twice about putting money into especially dirty fossil fuel businesses and other companies at risk from mounting environmental pressures, a former Conservative cabinet minister has warned. We should look very carefully at investing in companies that dont recognise that the world is changing so fast, said John Gummer, environment minister during the Major government and now known as Lord Deben. His comments add to a groundswell of efforts around the world to push pension...

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United Kingdom: Companies warned over tough new timber legislation

2013-02-11 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BusinessGreen: Businesses have been told that from March they could face stiff penalties if they cannot prove any timber they are selling has not been illegally harvested. On March 3 the UK will adopt the EU's timber legislation, which will not only mandate companies to check where timber has been harvested or if it has been logged illegally, but will also allow inspectors to enter business premises and seize any illegally harvested wood. Placing illegally logged timber on the market will become a criminal...

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M&S 'warned over asbestos risk'

2013-02-04 07:01:33| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Marks & Spencer was warned customers and staff may have been put at risk from asbestos contamination more than 10 years before receiving a 1m fine, a BBC investigation finds.

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