All comment & opinion articles – Page 516
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Third Party: Collaboration key to closing trade credit gap
The £5bn top-up fund announced in last week's Budget is welcome - but more help is needed, says Tarlok Teji
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: Banning the buffet won't work
Strict rules on school dinners won't necessarily make pupils eat healthily, says Kevin Hawkins
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Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Third Party: Sterling will rally, but keep those belts tight
Bank bailouts and bargain-hunting consumers won't help, but the pound should pick up this year, says Mark Deans
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on Sir Alan's cereal killers
Great jingles are memorable - they penetrate your psyche like a nailgun through the knackers and won't shift until you buy the product, several spares in case you're mugged on the way home and a few more as presents for people you don't even like....
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: Backwoods Britain strikes again
Our Government stands alone in Europe in defending hazardous pesticides, says Joanna Blythman
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Third Party: Government must help the logistics sector
Increases in fuel duty will have to be passed on to customers unless the Government thinks again, says Jo Tanner
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Comment & OpinionSaturday Essay: Why there isn't, and won't be, a price war
Forget the headlines - the industry's margins and returns are too low to justify a price war, says Dr Clive Black
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Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Critical Eye... on Great White and the infernal canteen
Hell is other people, it was famously observed by Jean-Paul Sartre. As a miserablist, drug-using Frenchman, he probably had a point. Hell's Kitchen (ITV, weeknights), meanwhile, is reserved for those pseudo-celebrities so crushingly inane that...
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Comment & OpinionWhyte & Mackay fool the Power
Amid all the April Fools' Day fun and games - hopefully you didn't fall for the hilarious one about Marks & Spencer's food sales being better than expected - one piece of PR prankery in particular stood out. Whyte & Mackay pulled out all the...
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: Can financial recovery be green?
The G20 summit outlined the need for green recovery - but no clear plan, says Tim Lang
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Comment & OpinionSaturday Essay: We need to work together on satfat issue
The top priority must be to give consumers clear and consistent advice on how to reduce their intake, says Sian Porter
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Comment & Opinion
Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on Caribbean cuisine and chocolate revolutions
There has been a feast of food-related fare this week on the box. I won't dwell on Come Dine with Me (C4, 8pm, 5 April) - except to say, yes, DJ Wayne was a dim-witted, undeserving winner who shouldn't have harangued Jayne, but the posh,...
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Third Party: Late rent is better than an empty property
Landlords should think carefully before rejecting tenants' calls for a change in payment date, says Professor Barry Gilbertson
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Thiank of waste as a resource
Sir, In an economic downturn, we should be aware of the three Rs, reuse, reduce and recycle, but as commodity prices fall we should all be thinking in terms of recession-resistant recycling...
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Second Opinion: What value 'values' in a recession?
Fairtrade and organic are faring differently from each other as recession bites, finds Kevin Hawkins
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Comment & OpinionSaturday Essay: Do not try to raise fresh money in a hurry
With the banks in turmoil, companies that need capital must plan ahead with great care, says Clive Baker
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Comment & Opinion
Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing