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20th June 2006

GOVERNMENT legislation requiring retailers to seek planning permission before building mezzanine floors could create damaging logjams in local authority planning departments.

Interiors in brief

20th June 2006

Japanese Retail Market Recovers

16th June 2006

TOKYO - Japan’s retail sector seems to be picking up, as December sales rose 1.2 per cent over the previous year, the second consecutive month of growth.

Benz showcase in Singapore

16th June 2006

SINGAPORE - Cycle & Carriage has opened a new Mercedes-Benz Centre in Singapore, the first outside Europe.

North West companies embrace China opportunities

16th June 2006

A NUMBER of businesses attended a recent seminar organised in Manchester by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) on the essentials of doing business with China.

Multin billion Bawadi project launched

16th June 2006

DUBAI - The £15.4 billion ‘Bawadi’ hospitality and tourism development project has been unveiled, signalling the launch of Dubai’s next major phase in tourism development.

Sites set on Soco

16th June 2006

DEVELOPMENT company, Whiteburn, has launched a worldwide search for potential occupiers and co-investors for a major regeneration project in Edinburgh’s old town.

Competition probe confirmed

16th June 2006

THE Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has decided there are sufficient competition concerns in the grocery sector to warrant a full inquiry by the Competition Commission (CC).

Lack of competition

16th June 2006

THE cracks are showing once again in the UK’s Co-operative movement as two of the country’s largest Co-ops struggle to agree on a new nationwide branding strategy.

UK heading for cashless society

16th June 2006

Spending on plastic reached £150 billion last year compared with £81 billion in cash, taking the UK a step closer to becoming a cashless society, but SMEs are still reporting whopping cash transactions.

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