2020 Bonmarché, the value-oriented clothing retailer, went into administration for the second time in a year on December 2, 2020. There are 226 stores and more than 1200 employees. It is owned as a separate business by Philip Day, whose EWM is also in crisis (see below). Philip Day put this company into administration a … Read more
Nestlé will axe nearly 600 staff and shut Newcastle factory that makes Fruit Pastilles – with plan to shift production of products to EU plants The company’s site in Fawdon will close at the end of 2023, costing 475 jobs Changing working practices at its site in York will see a further 98 losses The … Read more
Coca-Cola has been named the world’s worst plastic polluter for the third year in a row, followed by fellow non-movers PepsiCo and Nestle. An annual audit by environmental group Break Free From Plastic collected almost 350,000 pieces of plastic from 55 countries, finding that Coca-Cola products – including brands Fanta and Sprite – were by … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: What happened to the Milkybar Kid? Child star admits he was BULLIED over the famous ’90s adverts – and reveals his surprising new career By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:51 BST, 18 August 2020 | Updated: 06:28 BST, 18 August 2020 He played the Milkybar Kid in Australia’s popular Nestlé commercials … Read more
Four multi-national companies – Coca-Cola, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever are responsible for half a million tonnes of plastic pollution in six countries per year. A study by international relief agency Tearfund is the first to quantify the amount of plastic waste burnt in Brazil, Nigeria, Mexico, India, China and The Philippines. The plastic being burnt by the … Read more