All articles by Simon Mowbray – Page 3

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    Spayne Lindsay club splashes the cash on first three ventures

    2010-05-29T00:00:00Z

    A Dragons' Den-style collective of venture capitalists has finally made its first investments more than a year after launching its search for the next big things in food and drink.Spayne Lindsay Investor Club made up of investors who...

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    House party

    2006-04-22T00:00:00Z

    Could the multiple retailers really sell their shoppers' houses on the internet for a knockdown fee? Simon Mowbray reports. Buying or selling a house is a painful experience. Wrangles with estate agents, solicitors, building societies...

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    Waitrose finds mileage in greener credentials

    2006-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose is speeding up efforts to reduce food miles by cutting down on unnecessary journeys for its lorry fleet. The retailer is to extend its backhauling and forward hauling initiatives in a bid to shave transport costs and...

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    Its Irish creator says British Groceries Order is a possibility...if the OFT keeps out of it

    2006-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Any wins for independent retailers and wholesalers in the eagerly anticipated Competition Commission grocery market probe must be policed by an independent retail regulator and not by the Office of Fair Trading. That was one of the...

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    Mosquito 'not illegal'

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    A gadget that gives gangs of unwelcome youths hanging outside shops an earful of ultrasonic soundwaves does not infringe human rights legislation, its inventor has insisted. Howard Stapleton, MD of Compound Security Systems, has...