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Business
IKEA considers India
Global home furnishing major IKEA is betting big on India as the next major destination for its global expansion plans. “India is a very important market for IKEA. It is the last big market for IKEA... -
Business
Curry houses closing rapidly
The shortage of skilled chefs in the country is forcing at least two curry houses to close each week. The shock number of closures was revealed by the sales data of Cobra, the beer sold in... -
Business
Coco-Cola license suspended
The Environmental Protection Licence (EPL) granted to the Coca-Cola beverage factory which is being blamed for oil leakage into the Kelani River, Sri Lanka has been temporarily suspended, Central Environmental Authority (CEA) Chairman Prof. Lal Dharmasiri... -
Business
Packaged bank account complaints
The financial watchdog has seen a “substantial” rise in the number of complaints about packaged bank accounts, making it the second biggest problem financial product behind payment protection insurance (PPI). The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) said... -
Business
Promises to employ autistic workers
The apparel manufacturing and exporting industry lobby BGMEA has agreed to recruit people with autism in the clothing industries in a move to create job opportunities for them. US-licensed school psychologist Saima Wazed Hossain Putul, the... -
Business
Art for a new generation
Manchester born Ranaaz Shahid is becoming one of the UK’s most influential artists of this generation to merge both Islam and art. Attending an all Girls Islamic high school, she was already immersed in the influences... -
Business
WOW BRITANNIA
Our Travel Editor, David Powell, takes a mini cruise on the fabulous new cruise ship Britannia … It was shortly after 6am when I looked out of my hotel bedroom window. The sun was up early... -
Entertainment
Do video games make you violent?
More than 200 academics have signed an open letter criticising controversial new research suggesting a link between violent video games and aggression. The findings were released by the American Psychological Association. It set up a taskforce... -
Entertainment
Data breach causes
Did you know that 90% of data breaches happen because software is not up to date? Falling behind with patching updates can leave your business vulnerable to attack. Ask yourself this: if you knew that burglars... -
Motoring
The Renault Twingo
The third-generation Renault Twingo may have a familiar name and the same pert and fun-to-drive qualities of its predecessors, but links with the past stop there. In every other respect it’s all-new and radically different, introducing...