Just under 3 years ago we learned of the plight of the British honey bee. Scientists had expressed concern that in the preceding 2 years alone, we had lost 40 to 50% of our honey bees. The exact cause of the problem has not been identified but is made worse by an infestation of a [...]
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Last week Mary Queen of Shops TV star Mary Portas, published The High Street Review alongside new government-commissioned research which underlines how badly affected the town centre is. The report, entitled Understanding High Street Performance, suggests that a third of High Streets are “degenerating or failing”. It says retail spending in town centres has fallen [...]
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We have been pleasantly surprised with a record 3rd quarter turnover (August to October). Most encouragingly we have averaged 11% growth on last year’s previous record turnover for the months of October and November. This has come at a time when there is “wall to wall” news coverage of the Euro crisis and dire predictions [...]
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