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From spies to smartphones: Britain's Aga set for another new chapter

2015-09-22 13:51:06| Industrial Machines - Topix.net

LONDON: The sale of oven maker Aga Rangemaster to a U.S. owner with global ambitions caps the transformation of a quintessential English country brand created by some of the biggest names in global design, advertising: and espionage. The acquisition of Aga for US$202 million by Middleby Corporation follows a brief bidding war with U.S. rival Whirlpool for the maker of the colourful cast-iron stoves that can weigh as much as a male polar bear, cost US$18,000 and, in older versions, take two days to heat.

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Whirlpool to withdraw offer for Britain's AGA Rangemaster

2015-09-11 21:08:25| Appliances - Topix.net

Whirlpool Corp said it was withdrawing its proposal to buy Britain's AGA Rangemaster Group Plc, whose shareholders approved a $201 million takeover offer by U.S. cooking equipment maker Middleby Corp on Tuesday.

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THE FLANARANT: What will Britain's Modern Slavery Act achieve?

2015-08-07 16:35:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

Britain's Modern Slavery Act (MSA), which began coming into force on 31 July, sets new disclosure standards on an extraordinary number of garment businesses. But its legal niceities won't really determine the law's impact, believes Mike Flanagan, noting that public opinion matters more.

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Soil erosion a major threat to Britains food supply, says Government advisory group

2015-06-29 19:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Independent: Large areas of farmland in the east of England could become unprofitable within a generation as soil erosion and degradation make it less productive, according to the Governments official climate change advisory group. The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) report says the UK will be in danger of producing less food in the coming decades, when it should be producing more. The degradation is the result of increasingly intense farming practices, with deep ploughing, rapid crop-rotation and ever-larger...

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