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KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPE’S retail businesses and associations have been asked to comment on detailed plans released by the European Commission for a broad ‘framework’ directive on fair trading; the legislation may for instance, ban “business from engaging in commercial practices that are misleading or likely to mislead the consumer.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL Atomic Energy Agency assembled team has been searching for two abandoned Strontium 90 generators in western Georgia, the Caucasus. They are highly radioactive and had been used by the former USSR military as thermo-electric generators for communication stations.…

Keith Nuthall
AS the European Union moves towards the mandatory application of International Accounting Standards for listed companies, the European Commission has proposed reforms to the existing directives that harmonise national accounting laws that will remain in place for other businesses.…

BY MARK ROWE
THE BEST selling international brand, Lucky Strike, launched in 1871, is older than BAT and its eye-catching bull’s eye remains one of the oldest trademarks in the world. It is sold in some 90 countries and is BAT’s premier global brand for the key ASU30 segment of the market, particularly with urban smokers.…

Keith Nuthall
A EUROPOL-led crackdown on illegal immigration through international airports in Europe has netted 410 migrants trying to illegally enter the EU. Those arrested in the one-day swoop were mainly from China, South America and Africa. More than a quarter were detected at Paris airports; other important entry points were airports in Madrid and Dublin.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN OFFICIAL Brussels working party set up to monitor European Union data protection legislation has called on businesses to take a balanced approach regarding their right to monitor the e mails of their employees, avoiding, for example, blanket bans on the personal use of the Internet.…

Keith Nuthall
AIRPORTS Council International (ACI) Europe has accused European Union Member States of dragging their feet over the implementation of the EU’s airport security plan, involving the implementation of recommendations outlined in ECAC (European Civil Aviation Conference) Document 30. ACI Europe Director General Philippe Hamon called on governments to release money to pay for the reforms.…

BY MARK ROWE
JIMMI Rembiszewski looks upon the transformation of Dunhill with some pride. “I was told that once a brand is in decline you may as well give up,” said BAT’s marketing director. “We have turned it around without reducing price and it’s enjoying an enormous revival.”…

BTY MARK ROWE
THE TOBACCO industry has not been exempt from the problem of young children working in developing countries. But in the past 12 months BAT has taken significant steps to address the question of child labour. Earlier this year it helped launch the Elimination of Child Labour in Tobacco Growing Foundation, which supports community-based initiatives to address the issue.…

Keith Nuthall
AS the European Union moves towards the mandatory application of International Accounting Standards for listed companies, the European Commission has proposed reforms to the existing directives that harmonise national accounting laws that will remain in place for other businesses.…