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Which? — nutritional therapists giving “dangerous advice” Pandamonium! Store-within-a-store treatment for Nutri Centre Dudley EC brushes aside industry protests to forge ahead with controversial claims regulation Blog Spot: Still making waves H&B raises record £95,000 for children’s hospice
 
Which? — nutritional therapists giving “dangerous advice”

Which? — nutritional therapists giving “dangerous advice”

The consumer group Which? has published a report accusing nutritional therapists of providing advice that “could seriously harm patients health”.

Pandamonium!

Pandamonium!

Early in January the Panda Liquorice team took a trip to Edinburgh Zoo to meet the Chinese pandas they help support through profits from the brand’s Strawberry Bears.

Store-within-a-store treatment for Nutri Centre Dudley

Store-within-a-store treatment for Nutri Centre Dudley

Nutri Centre’s latest store opened in Dudley last month and is the first to get a full store-within-a-store treatment.

EC brushes aside industry protests to forge ahead with controversial claims regulation

EC brushes aside industry protests to forge ahead with controversial claims regulation

The European Commission has brushed aside Europe-wide industry protests to forge ahead with implementation of the controversial Nutrition & Health Claims Regulation.

Blog Spot: Still making waves

Blog Spot: Still making waves

As Rainbow Warrior III sets sail Craig Sams congratulates Greenpeace on being a pain in the bum for evildoers the world over

H&B raises record £95,000 for children’s hospice

H&B raises record £95,000 for children’s hospice

Holland & Barrett has handed over a cheque for £95,000 to the Rainbows Children’s Hospice – the largest single amount the charity has received from a corporate event.

Flapjack range gets pack refresh in time for Fairtrade Fortnight

Flapjack range gets pack refresh in time for Fairtrade Fortnight

27 January 2012

Doves Farm’s popular cereal bar and flapjack range gets a pack re-fresh from next month, to coincide with Fairtrade Fortnight.

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Blog Spot: Can I get my NHS no-claims bonus?

Blog Spot: Can I get my NHS no-claims bonus?

27 January 2012

Isn’t it amazing that the ‘hippy diet’ the authorities once warned would corrupt a generation is now officially endorsed by the medical establishment, says Craig Sams

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Campaign wants “political will and muscle” on THMPD enforcement

Campaign wants “political will and muscle” on THMPD enforcement

26 January 2012

The companies behind the recently launched Herbal Quality Campaign are warning that small UK herbal firms could be forced out of business because, they say, the government’s medicines agency — the MHRA — is failing to enforce the THMPD.

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Stevia: how sweet is that?

Stevia: how sweet is that?

26 January 2012

Last month the first of a new wave of stevia products hit UK shelves. Natural Products asks what the natural herbal sweetener could do for your store? Last month the first of a new wave of stevia products hit UK shelves. Natural Products asks what the natural herbal sweetener could do for your store?

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The Big Breakfast Butty Challenge is on

The Big Breakfast Butty Challenge is on

26 January 2012

The Vegetarian Society is challenging home cooks and chefs across the UK to come up with a Big Veggie Breakfast Butty “that is such a tasty handful even meat eaters are desperate for a bite”.

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Chief medic voices vitamin D concern

Chief medic voices vitamin D concern

25 January 2012

England’s chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies, is concerned that young children and some adults aren’t getting the levels of vitamin D they need.

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