Tesco is coming under intensified scrutiny for its £3.7 billion merger with wholesaler Booker, which was revealed from apparently out of the blue at the end of January and seemed designed to strike fear into the hearts of beleaguered suppliers. While Tesco is the UK’s largest supermarket chain, Booker Group plc is the country’s […]
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The UK Fashion and Textiles Association (UKFT) has released encouraging industry figures showing UK exports of apparel and textiles were worth £9.1bn in 2016, rising from 8.5bn in 2015. 2016’s figures are up 28 per cent% in the five years since 2012. Apparel exports alone have risen 41 per cent to £6.2bn in this five
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Mark Matulka has joined Widdop and Co. as their territory manager for the North West of England and North Wales. Mark joins the company from Second Nature and brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience having spent his entire career within the greeting card and gift sector. He has worked for a number
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Renowned British ceramicist, Emma Bridgewater, has warned that the UK is facing a skills crisis in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph. Bridgewater, who has been cited by Prime Minister Theresa May as an example of how British businesses will thrive post-Brexit, pointed out that many vocational courses based on manufacturing are “evaporating”, while
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Alan Monahan writes: As bricks-and-mortar retailers seek to turn their physical stores into an asset instead of a liability to compete against online retailers, they will need to make sure they are heeding the demands of today’s increasingly mobile phone dependent consumers, according to eMarketer. It reports that while studies have showed in-store shopping remains
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