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Fuller’s buys cider maker for £3.8m

Fuller, Smith & Turner is looking to expand cider maker Cornish Orchards after buying the business for £3.8m.

The Business Matrix: Saturday 8 June 2013

Olympics wipe out Hornby’s profit

Mussels in cider with tarragon

1–1.5kg mussels
Rapeseed oil
3 shallots, sliced into half moons
1 garlic clove, crushed under a knife and then finely sliced
250ml medium-dry cider
250ml chicken stock
100ml double cream
4 sprigs of tarragon
Sea salt
Sourdough bread, to serve

Laurie Lee, author of 'Cider with Rosie' (1959)

Campaigners fighting off 140-homes plan for Laurie Lee's Cider With Rosie valley

But the Save The Slad Valley action group believes developer Gladman will appeal against the decision

Yes, dressing as a rodent is a man skill

So what usually happens when a minor celebrity does the move into a country house thing? What follows is normally a terrible quad bike accident that leaves them brain damaged or a long, slow descent into heroin addiction. When I first moved away from London 10 years ago, I went a bit Ted Nugent and bought loads of guns – paintball, air rifles, pistols … the sort of stuff I thought was illegal in London but, like fox hunting, seems to be OK outside the capital as long as you don't tell anybody.

A view from outside Rangers' stadium, Ibrox

Rangers post loss of £7m

Charles Green's consortium purchased the business and assets of Rangers last summer

Man accused of beating heavily pregnant ex-fiancee to death was 'addicted to cheap supermarket alcohol and Guitar Hero'

A man accused of beating his heavily pregnant ex-fiancee and their unborn baby to death has described how he became addicted to cheap supermarket alcohol and the Guitar Hero computer game.

The 10 Best ciders

Forget the cheap stuff at the back of the supermarket fridge, properly made scrumpy is the drink of the gods.

Costs force Carlsberg to backtrack on targets

Carlsberg, the world’s fourth-largest brewer, today scrapped its medium-term profit margin targets, blaming unpredictable raw material and energy costs and increased investment in its supply chain.

Geoff Fisher of The Apple Shop has been forced to change the name of his business after he was inundated by callers asking for phone and computer repairs

That takes the pip! Apple brand forces name change at cider store

People calling with an iPod problem were told to have a nice cider to get over it

Pear cider boom angers purists

Pear cider boom angers purists

The sweet fizzy tipple bears little resemblance to traditional perry

David Cameron and the Home Secretary, Theresa May (pictured), highlighted a possible 40p baseline for alcohol earlier this year when they confirmed the coalition supported minimum pricing

Cameron to set minimum price for alcohol

PM to publish plan this week to tackle binge drinking by outlawing cheap drink

The 10 Best mulled drinks

A glass of something spicy – whether it’s boozy or soft – will get you in the mood for winter. Just add a roaring fire...

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