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Larvae flows erupt in Scotland’s protein push

SCOTLAND’S Beta Bugs Ltd has secured a £1.72m investment to scale-up the production, sale and supply of black soldier fly eggs and larvae. Insect farming...
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Effective waste-management: a duty, not an option

A WELL-STRUCTURED waste management plan can affect the internal and external perspectives of a company. It can also make a company more desirable to work...
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Vibrant high streets key to economic revival

WORKSPACE hub SiGNAL surveyed 1,172 Britons to take the economic pulse of local high street* — and found room for improvement. When asked how likely...
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Mental health: an ignored human right…?

TODAY, October 10, is World Mental Health Day — and this year’s theme focuses on the virtues of best practice. Care for mental wellbeing is...
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Times are tough, but recession next year ‘unlikely’

THESE are challenging times for the global economy. While activity expanded at a healthy pace in the first half of the year, growth appears...
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Slovenia is Europe’s most ‘crypto-obsessed’ country

A STUDY by cryptocurrency experts has analysed search volumes for popular cryptocurrency terms in European countries — and found that Slovenia heads the list. Searches...
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Are marketers in the financial sector too ‘gung ho’?

RESEARCH has highlighted continuing tensions between the legal-and-compliance and marketing teams across the financial services sector. Perceived problems include archaic approval processes for marketing materials...
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Are you an office TWaT? Perhaps you should be…

By JOE HARRIS IT’S OFFICIAL: Thursdays are the new Fridays. Thursday is the most popular day for commuters to meet after work for a social evening,...
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Bummer of a talent, but we all have it…

By HAL WILLIAMS IT’S NICE to find I’m finally an expert in something — and so, BV reader, are you. At which task are we so...
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Converting page visitors into paying customers

By GRANT FARHALL ON AVERAGE, people spend 53 seconds on a product page — and Britain’s SMEs are grasping for ways to hold their attention. Research...