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Regal Foods announce charity partnership with Bradford Community Kitchen

Regal Food Products Group Plc has announced a 12-month partnership with Bradford Community Kitchen to strengthen the ongoing support and work received by the Regal food group. The partnership with Bradford Community Kitchen aims to support, deliver, and grow its services through employee volunteering, Regal sponsored open kitchen events and fundraising activities. With the continuous […]

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London\’s Night Czar calls for urgent government support for the high streets

 Image courtesy by Hospitality & Catering News London’s Night Czar calls for urgent Government support for the high streets after 6pm. London’s Night Czar, Amy Lamé, has called for urgent support to help the capital’s high streets as she brought together leaders and decision makers from across the city to help plan for the future of

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Glasgow company bosses banned after making false claims to get Bounce Back Loans

Representational Image by Getty Shahzad Arshad, 43, and Alexander Stewart Cooper, 70, from Glasgow, have been disqualified as company directors following separate investigations which found they had both made false claims in order to receive Bounce Back Loans for their businesses. Arshad was the director of two companies – Town Discount Ltd and Naz Accessories

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Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire Presents Regal Foods with Queen’s Award

Image by Regal Foods On Monday 28 November, the Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire visited Regal House, the home of Regal Food Products Group Plc, to present the company with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade. Younis Chaudhry, CEO of Regal Foods, greeted the Lord Lieutenant at Regal’s head office in Bradford before

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34th Asian Trader Awards recognises excellence in the retail sector

Shailesh Solanki, Aditya Solanki, Shamly Sud, Madhuri Sood, Kalpesh Solanki, Matt Forde (Image by Asian Trader Awards) On Wednesday, 9 November, the 34th Asian Trader Awards took place against a backdrop of great achievement, personal loss and economic challenges for the grocery sector sat London’s Park Plaza Westminster Hotel. Kevin Hollinrake, minister in the Department

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Asda becomes UK’s first supermarket to double the amount of toilet paper per roll in an effort to reduce plastic and cardboard waste

Image by Asda Asda has become the first UK supermarket to change all of its own brand toilet rolls to double length in a move which will see it remove 74 tonnes of plastic and save 760 tonnes of cardboard a year. The supermarket giant, owned by brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa, has doubled the

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Model and influencer Faryal Makhdoom launches her beauty line

 Image by Instagram @faryalbeauty Social media influencer, model and wife of former boxing world champion Amir Khan, Faryal Makhdoom, has launched her own beauty line. The 31-year-old entrepreneur has launched Faryal Beauty this week with five shades of liquid lipsticks, and many more shades are set to be out soon. Makhdoom took to Instagram to share

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50-year-old North London stationery store struggling to survive this winter

Image by MyLondon A shop in North London is struggling to stay afloat due to massive price hikes. Owned by Taha Gulamhusein, Highgate Stationers, located on Highgate High Street, has been up and running for the last 50 years. Now, due to the sharp rise in inflation, the shop has faced price hikes of almost

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Asda takes another step towards sustainability through changes in packaging

Image by Asda Supermarket giant Asda has made a major change to its own brand tea bags by introducing plant-based packaging, meaning that the 550 million tea bags it sells each year can be disposed of in kerbside food waste bins. The new tea bags are made from PLA derived from corn starch, which is

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