All comment & opinion articles – Page 537
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Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Comment & OpinionCritical 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 & Opinion
Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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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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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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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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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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Comment & Opinion
Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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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 & 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 & 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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Third Party: Everyone benefits from the war on waste
Supply chain efficiencies cut shopping bills, help the environment and boost brand loyalty, says Richard Swannell
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Critical Eye... on the reincarnation of Gordon Gekko
How cringingly fantastic was The Apprentice this week? (9pm, BBC1, 1 April). Channelling the spirit of the 'greed is good' eighties and the 'thick is better' noughties (thanks, Jade), the hapless candidates were again divided into girls and...
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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 & 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 & OpinionSecond 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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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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Saturday Essay: As lending vanishes, businesses must adapt
With the passing of leverage, writes James Perry, Cook has embarked upon a new growth strategy - franchising
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Third Party: Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater
Slashing a supply base sounds like a good idea in a recession, but what of the longer-term picture?
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Critical Eye... on a very Japanese obsession
We Brits may think we like our food fresh, but it's nothing compared to the Japanese, finds Liz Hamson