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Plastic bag use falls for fourth year
The number of plastic bags handed out to supermarket shoppers has fallen for the fourth year in a row, according to retail industry figures. In the year to May 2010 there was a 43% reduction in...
'Volatility over' for shop prices
Shop price inflation slowed last month, signalling an end to the "volatility" in the retail sector. According to June's shop price index, overall inflation fell to 1.5% in comparison to the same...
Business calls for central role in 'new partnerships'
Business groups have warned they must play a central role in Government proposals to set up 'local enterprise partnerships', as it announces the scrapping of the existing Regional Development...
'Tough' Budget finds broad business welcome
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne's self-proclaimed 'tough but fair' emergency Budget - which seeks to tackle the country's debt crisis - has been broadly welcomed by business groups....
'Think small first', chancellor told for Budget
The Government has been urged to "think small first" by placing SMEs at the heart of next week's 'emergency Budget'. Although the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) acknowledged that we are in...
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