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Latest News [2006] archive from August 2006
| All over for Powerhouse
PRESSURES from internet retailers and a competitive retail market have been quoted as the key reasons behind Powerhouse’s move into administration. | |
| Marks & Spencer set to start selling flat TVs
MARKS and Spencer, better known for its clothing and food, is to move into mainstream consumer electronics. | |
| 'Too complex' say recyclers
CRITICS warn that the system recommended by the Government to verify producer responsibility under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive is too difficult to manage. | |
| Battech to charge into independents
BATTERY supplier, Battech International UK, is looking to move into independent retailers after three years of predominantly Web-based sales. | |
| Shock at rise in interest rate
THE Bank of England’s surprise move to put a quarter point on interest rates to 475 per cent has been attacked by business chiefs. | |
| Euro revamp for US giant
THE White-Westinghouse brand is being revamped by UK licensee, Premium Appliance Brands. | |
| EU to probe next-gen formats over licensing
THE format war – as it is already being hailed in the USA – between rival next-generation DVD formats Blu-ray and HD-DVD has caught the eye of Brussels. | |
| Aufwiedersehn from Wal-Mart
MEGA retailer Wal-Mart is to pull out of Germany in a move that could see it paying much more attention to the business it owns in the UK – supermarket group Asda. | |
| 'Exciting' year as Sky profits up 7%
SKY has reported an increase in profits, revenue and subscribers in a year that chief executive James Murdoch described as “important and exciting”. | |
| 'Doomed' without a fee for historic WEEE
THE Government’s plans to encourage the recycling of waste electrical equipment are doomed to failure without an enforceable recycling charge for historic waste, warned white goods makers’ association Amdea. | |
