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• Nine in ten honey samples from UK retailers fail authenticity test

  09-11-2024 15:54
  
  Call for industry reform as latest results support belief that products are being bulked out with cheaper sugar syrupThe honey industry faces new demands to overhaul its supply chain after more than 90% of sampled products bought from large British ­retailers failed pioneering authenticity tests.The UK branch of the Honey Authenticity Network sent 30 samples last month from Britain for a novel commercial test based on the DNA profiles of genuine honey. Five were from UK beekeepers and 25 fro
  
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• In no great rush to get back to the office? UK home workers may not have a choice

  09-11-2024 13:00
  
  Supermarket chain Asda has joined the growing number of firms demanding staff return to the workplace. Does this signal the end for remote working or is it a new battle line?For anyone who has recently spent their morning commute nestled under a stranger’s armpit, it may come as a surprise to hear that passenger numbers on public transport have not returned to pre-Covid levels.What Transport for London calls “ridership” has remained stubbornly stuck at about 90% of the levels s
  
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