19,920 source-backed business facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 174 of 200.
“Tesco Metro burst onto the scene in Covent Garden in 1992”
“Introduced in 1995”
“Clubcard now has 20 million active members.”
“The company brought in its upmarket Finest range - another first - in 1998.”
“Supermarkets were not known for having any ability apart from selling food - until Tesco started its banking joint venture with the Royal Bank of Scotland in 1997.”
“The company employs almost half a million staff worldwide, 250,000 of which are in the UK.”
“It has about 2,500 stores in the UK.”
“A relatively small city, its three Tescos have been said to have 51% of the grocery market, higher than anywhere else in the UK.”
“When I became chief executive I had a plan to build Tesco around its customers, to make it number one in the UK and to find new long-term growth in non-food, in services and in international expansion”
“toasting a 90% increase in profits.”
“In 2009, Ian Macleod Distillers moved into the Scandinavian market by taking a 34% share in Norwegian spirits distribution company, Cask Owners AS.”
“now produces and sells more than 15m bottles of spirits a year.”
“It employs 185 staff at three different sites across Scotland.”
“then took a major step with the purchase of Glengoyne Distillery in 2003 to become a single malt distiller.”
“the company, which was founded in 1933”
“One of the largest independent family companies in the UK spirits industry is toasting a 90% increase in profits.”
“Broxburn-based Ian Macleod Distillers said profits after tax reached £2.2m in the latest financial year as a result of increased volume and margin.”
“Turnover soared 18% to £26m thanks to increased sales to export markets, especially in the Middle and Far East.”
“The company, which was founded in 1933, now produces and sells more than 15m bottles of spirits a year.”
“opens next year”
“Cornwall produces roughly 900 tonnes a year”
“we are looking at 6,000 tonnes a year”
“The BBC understands that BT has replaced a single-year offer of a 2% rise, with a two-year deal, offering 2% in the first year, followed by 3%.”
“Staff will also be in line for bonus payments of £250 each year.”
“BT has also pledged to avoid compulsory redundancies between now and the end of 2011.”
“The CWU, representing 50,000 employees, decided to hold a strike ballot in protest at the original offer.”
“2% was 'not good enough when the company is making profits of over £1 billion'.”
“BT has replaced a single-year offer of a 2% rise, with a two-year deal, offering 2% in the first year, followed by 3%.”
“Last week, the Communication Workers Union (CWU), representing 50,000 employees, decided to hold a strike ballot in protest at the original offer.”
“The CWU deputy general secretary Andy Kerr said at the time that 2% was "not good enough when the company is making profits of over £1 billion".”
“are growing at a rate three times faster than the US average.”
“which starts in January when OWN - The Oprah Winfrey Network launches.”
“Winfrey's long-running talk show is coming to an end in September 2011 after 25 seasons.”
“auditions are taking place in Texas and California this month.”
“The proposed fees would see drivers paying between 50p and £3 a day.”
“He began his career as the post boy at the William Morris talent agency in the late 1970s.”
“He went on to become a producer in the 1980s.”
“He was the executive producer on Dirty Dancing in 1987.”
“Reuther created a production company with actor Michael Douglas in the 1990s.”
“which went to number one at the UK and Ireland box office.”
“The Highways Agency is holding a two-day public exhibition outlining proposals for the M40 junction 9, where the motorway meets the A34 trunk road.”
“The scheme includes building a third lane on the busiest parts of the interchange.”
“The work, which will be completed in phases, is expected to start in July.”
“The two-day exhibition is being held at Weston-on-the-Green Village Hall on Wednesday afternoon and at the Wyevale Garden Centre in Bicester on Saturday morning.”
“EDF Energy faces a £2m penalty over its handling of a three-day power cut which affected 94,000 Kent and London homes.”
“EDF Energy now has until 7 July to respond.”
“Following the power cut, EDF Energy offered a goodwill payment of £50 to properties left without electricity for more than 24 hours.”
“by 2011, the maximum charge for making an inter-Europe call would be 35 euro cents (29p) and for receiving a call, 11 cents.”
“one of the 27 European Union countries”
“as much as five times the wholesale price”
“could cost 2.50 euros a minute”
“The knitwear firm has been in the town for more than 130 years”
“Peter Scott & Co in Hawick went into administration last month”
“and the majority of its 140 staff have been made redundant”
“Interested buyers have until 14 June to contact administrators KPMG.”
“It is clear that the administrators are working hard to find a buyer and I am encouraged by the early interest of investors, ... I hope that this interest results in formal and viable bids for the company by next week's deadline.”
“HarperCollins had agreed to pay more than $2m (£1.37m) for the book.”
“STV currently provides two distinct news services - one for the historic STV area in the central belt and the West Highlands, the other for the former Grampian TV area in the north.”
“Its news programmes at 1800 also include local news opts-out.”
“To raise £2,500 for a new camera, Carrbridge Films has offered sponsors "perks" such as roles as associate producers.”
“Director Fergus Thom, 18, said the project was one of the company's most ambitious.”
“Mr Thom said: "We're all very excited to be embarking on another big project and look forward to getting out and about and capturing all the wonderful locations we have on our doorsteps. "Having said this, we also have a lot of work ahead …”
“The group hope to complete the film by early next year.”
“I don't think we've been brave enough in the past to stand up and say 'no'," he said at a conference in Germany.”
“BA boss Willie Walsh said he would hold out against the striking cabin crew "for as long it takes". Mr Walsh said the airline would continue to focus on building up the number of flights it runs during the strike.”
“Its top speed is 160 km/h (100 mph)”
“It will offer a cheaper alternative for airport transfers from Sandton and Johannesburg which on average cost 300 rand ($40; £27.32) but will now cost just $13.”
“BP said on Monday that the cost of its response to the disaster in the Gulf had reached about $1.25bn (£860m).”
“This number does not include $360m for a project to build six sand berms to protect Louisiana's wetlands from the spreading oil, BP has said.”
“Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank on 20 April, killing 11 workers.”
“Adm Allen, the co-ordinator of the clean-up operation, told reporters it would take 'a couple of months' to clear the oil slick from the surface of the Gulf.”
“Tesco has announced that chief executive Sir Terry Leahy is to retire from the supermarket chain next March.”
“Sir Terry has led the chain for more than 13 years”
“Mr Clarke has worked for Tesco for many years and joined the board in 1998.”
“The company now employs almost half a million staff worldwide”
“The group employs 250,000 staff in the UK across almost 2,500 stores”
“has a market share of about 30% of the grocery market”
“It has taken 14 years but that strategy has become a firm reality now”
“and has a market share of about 30% of the grocery market”
“thousands of farmers have been forced under because of the low prices they receive for their goods due to the buying power of supermarkets such as Tesco.”
“UK potato growers spray crops 10-15 times a year and in 2007 Europe ran out of chemicals to control blight, it was such a wet year. If our research is successful, this will cut chemicals and carbon dioxide generated by the use of tractors.”
“Rennet used in the manufacture of hard cheese traditionally came from the stomachs of calves. But demand was so great that the enzyme chymosin which forms the rennet is now made using genetically modified bacteria.”
“Like-for-like sales, which take out the impact of new store openings, rose by 0.8% compared with a year ago, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said.”
“has decided to dispose of two more.”
“Powys council is switching about 100 staff in Brecon from Watton Mount and its annex to Neuadd Brycheiniog.”
“The council said social care staff would move from Watton Mount, and the annex, to Neuadd Brycheiniog between 15 and 23 June.”
“The company bought the old factory site after the works closed in 2007.”
“£1.3m worth of work-based training grants.”
“70 placements for jobseekers”
“£224,400 for 10 three-month placements”
“£498,100 grant”
“30 placements would be on offer”
“£662,400 grant”
“towards the end of 2010 and the beginning of 2011”
“Mr McGuinness said he told the PM vital services must be protected. The deputy first minister said the government had promised to look at lowering corporation tax and examine the setting up of an enterprise zone.”
“More than 2.5 million Spaniards work in the public sector”
“The British Retail Consortium estimated the 2006 World Cup in Germany boosted retail by £1.25bn.”
“according to a survey from market research company Mintel in May, 31% of people who go to the pub will buy alcohol as a result of the World Cup and 29% food and snacks.”
“The British Retail Consortium estimated the 2006 World Cup in Germany boosted retail by £1.25bn. With spending on televisions, food and drink, replica kits and novelty items that is set to be repeated.”
“But what about anyone wanting to throw a party but feeling the pinch of the global economic downturn? Perhaps try the pub option, says Sophie. "If it's in a place where people can buy their own food, fantastic. If the budget's smaller, the…”
