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Apps downloads hit record high at the end of December
For the first time more than a billion apps have been downloaded in a single week according to new research.Analytics firm Flurry said 1.2 billion apps were downloaded in the last week of December. Activity was buoyed by the facts that many users received new devices for Christmas and firms offered discounted apps over the [...]
Luxury carmaker Bentley sees sales rise 37% in 2011
Luxury carmaker Bentley has reported a 37% rise in sales in 2011, claiming global demand has returned to pre-recession levels.The Crewe-based firm sold 7,003 cars, whose prices start at £133,000, in the year to December 31. The US continues to be Bentley’s number one market with 2,021 cars sold in 2011, an increase of 32%. [...]
Car parts firm Cobra UK to create 49 jobs
A new £12 million order to supply General Motors (GM) with parts will see the UK company double its workforce.Welshpool-based Cobra UK has won a contract to provide load space covers for the Vauxhall Astra, which is made at a plant in Cheshire. The expansion will create 49 jobs, taking the workforce to nearly 100. [...]
Scotch on the rocks as exports up 23 per cent
Scotch whisky exports rocketed up over the first nine months of this year, with the valuation of shipments rising by 23% on the same period last year.The value reached nearly £3 billion, with the industry pulling in £125 every second. Exports to Brazil were up nearly 50%, reaching almost 10 million litres of pure alcohol, [...]
Starbucks coffee chain will create 5,000 UK jobs
The coffee giant Starbucks plans to expand further in the UK, creating 5,000 UK jobs over the next five years.The company intends to increase the number of drive through coffee outlets, typically found at motorway service stations, from nine to 200. It also plans to open another 100 High Street coffee shops. The announcement comes [...]