European cereal production is only slightly lower than a year before
In its third forecast for the 2022 harvest, COCERAL sees the total grain harvest in the EU-27+UK at 309.5 million tonnes. This would be higher than the 305.6…
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The UK goes back to Imperial, at least for measurements
We are going back to yards and ounces. Prime Minister wants to get rid of the European measurement system and Brexit sentiment behind it. That’s ridiculous in many…
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Spending on credit and debit cards tumbles
British consumers were spending less on credit and debit cards and reserving fewer restaurants than the week before, while the number of job advertisements increased sharply, weekly figures…
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Rishi Sunak tries to contain oil prices with extra taxes
The UK is going to impose a temporary levy on oil and gas producers to ease the pain of rising energy prices for consumers. The British government announced…
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Lyudmila Burlakova Marchenko: from a typist to billionaire, the controversial career
A new name, Lyudmila Burlakova (Marchenko), pictured right on this undated photo, has begun to appear in the rankings of Russia’s richest women recently. She is credited with…
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Let’s mix inflation and recession into reality and embrace the years to come
The world’s fifth-largest economy faces an unhealthy mix of slowing growth and rising inflation. Official data shows that inflation in the UK peaked at 9% in April in…
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Morocco passes Spain as UK’s second largest tomato supplier
Between 2019 and 2021, Spain lost 43.07% of its tomato sales in the United Kingdom. The Netherlands sold 22.03%, while Morocco could sell 63.44% more tomatoes on the…
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