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Jamie Oliver to take on American diets
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- 26 March 2010 10:03
British chef Jamie Oliver is hoping to change American eating habits with a new series on US TV. Mr Oliver's will attempt to overhaul the diet of Huntington, West Virginia and will also be calling for national reform with an online petition for better food in the country's schools.Watching Jamie ...read more
Gatwick to receive makeover from new owners
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- 04 December 2009 09:24
The new owner of Gatwick Airport, Global Infrastructure Partners, has said that it plans to improve passengers' experience of the airport, including a reduction of queuing times. GIP already owns London City Airport and bought West Sussex-based Gatwick from BAA in a £1.51 billion deal, which officially completed today. Michael ...read more
Carphone Warehouse announces French acquisition
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- 16 October 2009 09:55
Carphone Warehouse has announced that Virgin Mobile France, of which it owns a 48.5% stake, has agreed to acquire Tele2France for Eu56 million.Tele2France has approximately 385,000 customers, which will enlarge Virgin Mobile France's customer base to over 1.6 million - of which more than 60% are post-pay or contract customers.According ...read more
Town centre vacancies soar
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- 31 July 2009 09:33
The mid-year report from the Local Data Company has revealed that town centre vacancy rates rose from just over 4% in mid-2008 to nearly 12% at the end of June this year.The retail data company said that the damage was spread across the country, affecting all levels of the retail ...read more
Debenhams appoints non-executive directors
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- 09 July 2009 09:36
Debenhams has appointed Martina King and Sophie Turner-Laing as non-executive directors following the departure of Peter Long.Ms King was formerly managing director, Europe of Yahoo and sales director and then managing director of Capital Radio. She is currently a non-executive director of Capital Group, Independent Media and Johnston Press.Ms Turner-Laing ...read more
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