| 17/05/2013 | Apple at the core of Which? store poll Results from a recent Which? consumer survey have revealed the most popular stores on the UK high street.
Top of the pile for 2013 is the Apple store, which was com... |
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| 16/05/2013 | Catalogue of preventable hospital slip-ups revealed The BBC has identified that 762 patients in hospitals across England have been subjected to the kind of errors that the Department of Health categorises as ‘never events’ in recent years.
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| 16/05/2013 | Budget stores look to make the pennies count Two of Britain's most popular discount retailers appear to have engaged in something of a battle to see which can offer the better value.
Poundland, which tradition... |
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| 14/05/2013 | NHS England to get 100,000 people online The NHS is to address the number of people in England who do not have access to health services online by training them up on how to use the Internet.
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| 13/05/2013 | 'Click and collect' hailed as the way forward for independents The Association of Town & City Management is encouraging small independent stores to embrace the boom in online retail rather than fear it.
It says that indie ... |
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| 10/05/2013 | No time to waste for leading retailers A number of the largest retailers in the UK have signed up to a commitment to reduce waste by over one million tonnes within the next two years.
The leading four su... |
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| 09/05/2013 | Survey shows shoppers lose patience with poor retail websites Recent research has revealed that nearly two thirds of shoppers would not waste their time on an e-retailer's website if it did not present them with what they were looking for quickly.
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| 08/05/2013 | M&S goes contactless in the UK Following good feedback from its trial of the system in London, as well as an encouraging take-up from customers, Marks & Spencer is to offer a contactless payment facility in all of its stor... |
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| 07/05/2013 | European Commission wants to sure up meat labelling and testing The European Commission (EC) has proposed more unannounced testing and a greater emphasis on improved food labelling schemes as a way to avoid incorrectly labelled meat being sold.
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| 03/05/2013 | NHS looks to the future with NICE idea The NHS is hoping to speed up the influx of technology and innovation needed to power it forward over coming years, and has appointed the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NI... |
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| 03/05/2013 | Argos records best sales results in five years Home Retail Group, the parent body of Argos, has announced that the catalogue retail outlet has enjoyed its first underlying sales rise since 2008.
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| 03/05/2013 | Mintel survey shows emphasis on thrift One of the most notable findings of a recent study carried out by marketing intelligence group Mintel is that over half of Britons say they are no longer buying items that are not entirely necess... |
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| 30/04/2013 | Men turning to web for fashion, survey shows A survey has shown that 85% of men in the UK prefer to do their shopping online than on the high street, with fashion proving to be an area in which males are particular web-savvy.
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| 29/04/2013 | Plain packaging could help extinguish female smoking, survey suggests A Stirling University survey on plain tobacco packaging has found that the number of young women taking up smoking could decrease if the scheme were to be introduced to the UK.
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| 26/04/2013 | 3D project helps Scottish medics use their heads Glasgow School of Art has used digital art to come up with what could be a revolutionary tool in dental and medical training – a three dimensional computerised simulation of the head of a human.<... |
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| 25/04/2013 | Customers plump for John Lewis as top 2013 retailer This year’s Customer Satisfaction Awards, carried out by retail researcher Verdict, have seen a return to the summit for John Lewis after it was ousted from its top spot last year.
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| 24/04/2013 | Plastics chief seeks to keep packaging weight low The new chief executive of a world leader in plastic packaging has explained how companies in the industry are placing an emphasis on keeping products lightweight, as they strive to meet targets ... |
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| 23/04/2013 | Bank urges businesses to shape up for m-retail surge A report from leading bank Barclays has claimed that online retailers are not ready for the expected boom in online retail that will be created by widespread use of 4G networks.
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| 22/04/2013 | Skyfall brings sales windfall to supermarkets Supermarket shelves have been shaken and profits have been stirred by the DVD arrival of the latest James Bond film ‘Skyfall’, according to figures from Kantar Worldpanel.
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| 19/04/2013 | Britain to have “largest online retail penetration” by 2025, report predicts A report from US market analysis group Frost & Sullivan has estimated a huge growth in online retail and the channelling of digital devices in internet sales over the next 12 years, with the ... |
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