The UK government feeds a lot of mouths each year people in schools, hospitals, armed forces, central and local government, government agencies, prisons and courts. The procurement budget for food and catering services is now running at £2.4bn a year
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When transport minister Claire Perry set out government plans to raise the speed limit for lorries on single carriageway roads…
Over the next five years, the UK grocery market is to grow by 16.3 per cent to £203bn, according to a new five year forecast from the IGD. That sounds very healthy, but that basic figure conceals some trends that will be exercising minds…
There’s always a bit of excitement about opening up the packaging on a new mobile phone, but for many Samsung buyers that will now be tinged with the disconcerting realisation that child labour may well have been used in the construction of their new phon
Can you imagine a utopia when returns are not just a black hole for inventory and resources, but a bona fide revenue stream, adding value for customers and even cost reductions? Ian Towell, head of general merchandise returns at Tesco can…
The Commonwealth Games are set to start in Glasgow in just three weeks and out of hours deliveries will be…
I am a regular recipient of emails from someone in West Africa who wants to make me rich – all I have to do is provide a little assistance and my bank account details
International sales may be seen as a major growth market for many UK retailers but delivering the goods is not…
It hardly seems credible that anyone would say something so crass in the wake of a life-threatening disaster, but someone did actually tweet: “can’t believe I probably won’t receive my prom dress. Thanks alot ASOS”
Revolting taxi drivers have been bringing London to a halt on a regular basis recently in protest at the arrival of Uber in the city
