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Brits can enjoy outdoor restaurants for years to come as al fresco dining is reportedly set to become law. more

Big high street pharmacy chains including Boots and Superdrug have run out of some hay fever medicines, with the manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, blaming temporary supply issues.more

In Q1 2022, sales of diesel cars fell by one-third y/y, sales of petrol cars by almost 23%, while registrations of purely electric cars jumped by half - writes today's "Rzeczpospolita".more

More than half (51%) of identifiable litter can be traced back to just 10 brands, according to the third annual Planet Patrol report. more

Shoppers not complying with the new legislation will now face tougher punishments, including jail time. more

Boohoo's profits have taken a hit after online shoppers returned clothes at a faster rate than before the pandemic. more

The pub chain said it had returned to profit since March 13 and is hopeful of a further gradual improvement in sales over its final quarter. more

Environment Secretary George Eustice said rising fertiliser and feed costs had hit the farming industry.more

Due to the war in Ukraine, bird flu and rising inflation, there are shortages of certain food products in French supermarkets, including oil, flour and eggs. Sixty per cent of the shortages are in groceries and fresh produce.more

Post Office workers at 114 branches directly owned by the Post Office are staging a one-day strike in a dispute over pay. more

Free-range eggs are returning to supermarket shelves after measures to curb bird flu cases were dropped.more

Profits at Sainsbury's have more than doubled but the supermarket has warned it faces tougher times ahead as shoppers see their finances squeezed. more

Britain’s fish and chip shops are facing the ‘biggest crisis’ in history as they struggle to secure cooking oil due to the war in Ukraine. more

UK shoppers have begun to stockpile some essentials such as cooking oil as grocery price inflation hits it highest level in more than a decade in April. more

Primark has warned that it will increase prices on its autumn and winter collection as costs go up for businesses around the world.more

The British government announced yesterday night that it has lifted tariffs and quantitative quotas on all goods from Ukraine, and has banned the export of products and technology to Russia that can be used to intercept and monitor communications.more

Motor vehicles and toys are at the top of this year's list of unsafe non-food products in the EU, according to a report by the European Commission. Personal protective equipment such as protective masks still accounts for a significant proportion of the notified products.more

To Poland last year hit by as much as 67 percent. more goods infringing intellectual property than in 2018. Illegal practices will increase by the war - informs today's Rzeczpospolita.more

Some supermarkets are limiting how much cooking oil customers are able to buy as supplies are hit by war in Ukraine. Tesco is allowing three items per customer. Waitrose and Morrisons have limited shoppers to two items each.more

The use of cosmetics was already declining before 2020, but a survey of 10,000 British women by market research firm Kantar has revealed big changes to post-lockdown beauty routines.more

The product has already proved successful in the US.more

Back by popular demand, The Classic Car Boot Sale will be returning to King’s Cross on 23-24 April 2022. To celebrate Earth Day weekend, this year the event will include a repair shop to tailor or fix up your most loved vintage items, as well as a stunning collection of classic cars updated with modern electric engines.more

Santander is cutting back bank branch opening hours as it shifts towards digital banking.more

As part of another round of sanctions imposed on Russia over its attack on Ukraine, the UK yesterday banned imports of caviar and other high-end products from Russia, while raising import duties on further product groups to 35 per cent.more

One-third of mothers buy accessories for their babies 3-4 times a year. More than one-fifth do it more often, which is especially noticeable among women with a monthly income of at least 5,000. PLN on hand. Nearly 60% of respondents spend up to PLN 300 on this type of shopping at a time, and less than 20% - over PLN 400.more