Category: Europe

Cuisine de France, recognised as leading specialists in retail Bakery are delighted to congratulate Bal Aulakh’ and his Select & Save retail convenience store for winning the 2013 Asian Trader Best Bakery Retailer of the year award 20th November. The family run store, based in Shirley, Solihull, well known for its enthusiastic owners, staff and […]

Two key votes pending in European Parliamentary Committees: ITRE Thursday 23rd and ECON Thursday 30th January. A draft EU Regulation designed to restore confidence in financial benchmarks1 following the LIBOR and EURIBOR scandals is set to undermine press freedom and journalists’ right to protect their sources, if MEPs fail to adopt important amendments to the […]

Thousands of investors have rejected compensation offer over failed funds.An estimated 2000 private investors have rejected the Capita offer over the failure of Arch cru funds.  The offer closed at mid-night on New Year, leaving litigation as the only route left open for those seeking compensation  from Capita.  Capita’s offer of roughly 15p in the […]

Myanmar authorities have indicated that they will speed up company registration by cancelling the ‘temporary permit’ issuance, as the country sees strong international investment. Company formation traditionally worked in Myanmar by applying to the Directorate of Company and Investment Administration (DICA) to obtain a permit to trade and to register. This granted the applying company […]

A Carillion telent (60:40) joint venture has been appointed as a preferred supplier by BT to support the delivery of its Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) programme to 33 local authority regions. Carillion telent will work with BT on the BDUK Programme for the next three and a half years. The appointment has the potential to […]

Investors taking legal action over the failure of a supposedly safe investment fund have severely criticized a Tory MP for advising them to take an out of court settlement.  The Arch cru Litigation Committee (ACLC) says advice by Hexham MP Guy Opperman is ‘massively ill-informed and in ignorance of the facts” and could fall foul […]

Neogen has introduced a rapid test method for the accurate detection of aflatoxin M1 at very low levels in dairy products. Neogen’s new Veratox® for Aflatoxin M1 is intended for the quantitative analysis of aflatoxin M1 in commodities such as milk, milk powder, butter and cheese. The test is a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) […]

Οne year after the introduction of tyre labelling, Rezulteo, the purchasing guide and tyre comparison website, wanted to find out whether European consumers were more familiar with the system and if their purchasing behaviour had changed. The survey, conducted by the Ipsos Institute, shows that while tyre labelling has gained more awareness, it is still […]