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Online crime: meet your new worst enemy
Don’t be fooled by appearances. Today, hackers like him pose perhaps the greatest threat to business, stealing customer data on behalf of their highly organised criminal paymasters. So what can businesses do to protect themselves? Rob Brown reports
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Top-tier crisps to tap into taste for tapas
Will British crisp-lovers fork out almost four quid for a new super-premium snack?Distributor Fayrefield Foods is hunting listings for San Nicasio Patatas Fritas. The Spanish crisps likely to sell for £3.49 to £3.99 for 190g are...
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NewsCritical Eye... on Unilever's murky past
It's astonishing how even the biggest companies can make such elementary mistakes. And the blunders featured in Business Nightmares with Evan Davis (8pm, BBC2, 9 May) may have been golden oldies, but they still resonate down the years.
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Elmwood tops design league table
Elmwood - the consultancy that designed the branding for The Saucy Fish Co - has come top of 2011's Design Consultancy League Table. The Design Business Association cited the Seacill-owned brand as a prime example of "how innovation in...
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Dry spell heightens risk of potato scab
The unusually dry weather sweeping the nation could cause levels of a highly destructive potato disease to soar, the Potato Council has warned. Potato scab causes rough 'scabs' on skins and costs the industry £4m a year in rejected...
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Shapland exit triggers reshuffle at Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury's commercial director Mike Coupe is being tipped as the most likely successor to CEO Justin King following the shock departure this week of group development director Darren Shapland.Shapland revealed he was leaving the...
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NewsRain in Spain falls and UK tomato prices soar
British fruit and veg growers may be having a hard time dealing with the recent unusually warm and dry weather, but it's the opposite problem for growers in Spain, where unseasonably heavy rainfalls are threatening this year's tomato crop.
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‘Hobrobs’ row has McVitie’s in Twitter tizz
Jemima Khan and Jeremy Clarkson weren’t the only well-loved British brands on the defensive thanks to Twitter this week. Biscuit king McVitie’s was at the centre of some online argy-bargy over the advert for its Medley bars.
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PayPoint takes Western Union transactions
PayPoint is now accepting Western Union payments from retailers through its terminals. Retailers previously required a PC, printer and broadband to offer the service. PayPoint described the response from retailers to its initial...
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The rise of the super-trucks
Under new government plans, trucks are set to grow in length. Supermarkets point to the potential for efficiency gains and CO2 reductions, but not everyone is convinced. Adam Hill reports
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NewsHaldanes’ Harris steps up war of words with The Co-op
Haldanes chairman Arthur Harris has stepped up his astonishing attack on The Co-operative Group, suggesting other retailers had suffered after buying stores from the mutual.
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NewsGreggs goes healthy with salads and pasta pots
Greggs will debut a new line of healthy food options for shoppers by June to appeal to a wider audience. The new range, which has yet to be named, will comprise salad with French dressing, a tropical fruit mix, pasta and yoghurt pots alongside its current product portfolio.
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NewsDeal pledges ‘at risk’ after NGO snubbing
Health NGO hostility and apathy among food to go outlets is in danger of scuppering the government's Responsibility Deal, undermining "costly" commitments by supermarkets to make products healthier, the health secretary has been warned.
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NewsWhistling curries: a step change in ready meals
Tesco is set to launch a new range of six chilled ready meals that will whistle when cooked and do not need piercing before use.
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NewsBooks added to Schools & Clubs voucher scheme
Tesco has begun a new chapter in its Schools & Clubs voucher exchange scheme by adding books to the list of items that can be picked up. The novel move is designed to help boost UK literacy levels after a National Literacy Trust survey of 17,000 children found that one in three does not have access to books of their own at home.
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NewsBank holidays hurt our sales, says Ocado
Ocado has blamed capacity constraints – and the recent bank holidays – for a slowdown in second-quarter sales growth. The online retailer revealed today that it expected to deliver growth of 21% in the first half of the year, which ends on 15 May.
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NewsClarke unveils ‘new vision’ for Tesco as Broadbent is named next chairman
Tesco has named Sir Richard Broadbent as its next chairman – on the day Philip Clarke looked to kickstart his tenure as chief executive with a new seven-point strategy for the business.
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NewsA million more shoppers a week drive surge in Sainsbury’s profits
Sainsbury’s has unveiled surging profits for the past year after seeing a million extra customers a week pass through its tills. Pre-tax profits at the supermarket giant grew by 12.8% to £827m in the year to 19 March.
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NewsFurious Haldanes attacks The Co-op over store sales
Fledgling supermarket chain Haldanes has threatened legal proceedings against The Co-operative Group, alleging that the society “materially breached key terms of the agreements” when it acquired former Somerfield stores.
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NewsSunshine and Royal Wedding get food sales back on track
The food and drink sector enjoyed a boost to sales in April thanks to the glorious weather, the Royal Wedding and the two bank holiday weekends. New figures from the British Retail Consortium show total food sales returned to growth after March’s year-on-year decline brought on by the late Easter.