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As the Northern Ireland government lurched from crisis to political crisis in recent years there has been less focus on the rivers of dirty money flowing through and out of the province, the results of criminal enterprises run by Ulster’s paramilitaries.…

GERMANY is one of Denmark’s largest export markets for organic meat, but industry experts say there is still room for sales growth. A key target market is northern Germany, including the major city of Hamburg, given its close proximity to southern Denmark where the bulk of Danish organic farms are located. …

Fast fashion is all about getting product to market quickly without over-spending. And while new technologies such as digital printing machinery can speed up the process, they can also add cost.

Guido Schlossmann, president and chief executive officer of Thailand-based consultants Synergies Worldwide, stressed to just-style that the key issue is getting the balance right.…

Sun protective clothing is continuing to move from its health-focused niche origins to become a general and versatile product, protecting consumers of all ages from the harm of prolonged sun exposure. What first began as products for children or for people with varying skin ailments, such as melanoma or xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), a rare disease where the body is unable to repair damage caused by ultraviolet (UV) light, the market has been expanding robustly.…

The average British investment fraud victim is a 65-year-old man in a metropolitan area, according to Action Fraud, the UK’s nationwide anti-fraud agency, run by the City of London Police.  Reporting results from Operation Broadway, launched in 2014 to track down boiler room fraudsters in London, Action Fraud said that 77% of people falling victim to such dishonest high-pressure sales of dubious investment products are men in their 60s living in cities with more than GBP30,000 in savings.…

BRITISH company boards will have another Brexit-related issue to consider now that the European Union (EU) appears set to approve the controversial Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada. Will it apply in Britain once the UK quits the EU?…

Indonesia’s personal care product sector is faring well at first glance, with domestic sales more than doubling in size in value terms over the past five years. Multinational companies see it as a lucrative market, while local firms also seem to hold their own.…

As offshore wind takes off, China’s expanding wind turbine and clean energy manufacturing sectors are demanding more specialised coatings. China is the biggest market in the world for wind power installations: Chinese installations match the figure for the entire European Union (EU) according to the EU Chamber of Commerce in China.…

KNITTING production is likely to move away from its long-time Chinese production base and move closer to “home”, Lutz Walter, secretary general of the European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing (ETP) – the largest European textiles research and innovations network – told Knitting International at the 12-13 October ‘European Textiles: Going Digital – Going High-Tech’ conference in Brussels.…

SINGAPORE has signed deals allowing for the automatic exchange of financial account information with two key trade partners – Britain and Australia. The agreements were struck by the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) with the UK’s Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).…