Industry

  • NewsYahoo Life UK

    Why wine has an indentation on the bottom of the bottle

    It has little to do with taste.

  • NewsYahoo Life UK

    Eating on the go is killing the breakfast cereal industry

    According to The Grocer, sales of cereals – from Coco Pops to muesli – are down by £78 million in the past year. Apparently, it’s not that people are skipping breakfasts – this is actually happening less and less – but are eating cereal bars or dropping into cafes. Overall, this reduction is the equivalent of almost 3,700 tons of cereal not being eaten in comparison to 2015.

  • BusinessAOL

    The future of British manufacturing

    Our metal-bashing industries are not in quite the terrible shape many assume they are, says Simon Wilson. The march of the makers seems to be in full swing. What's happened? British aerospace and defence giant BAE Systems has taken the

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  • BusinessAOL

    Can Tesco, Sainsbury's & Morrisons survive the discounters' onslaught?

    Another day, another sign of the discounters' encroachment on the traditional supermarket sector. According to research from IPD and Colliers, the property agents, Aldi is planning to open more new supermarket space this year than Tesco

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  • BusinessAOL

    16 shops closing down each day

    The fall in the number of high street shops accelerated three-fold last year as a net 987 outlets shut their doors. An overall 5,839 stores closed, equivalent to 16 a day. This was little changed on 2013 when the number stood at 6,033. But there

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  • BusinessAOL

    Wages 'down £50 a week since 2010'

    The real value of average wages has fallen by £50 a week since the coalition came to power, the TUC has claimed. A new study showed that wages for the average full-time worker dipped by almost £500 in 2014, and by £2,500 since 2010. General

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