Cott Beverages Manages Weather’s Business Impact with Planalytics

September 28th, 2009 LONDON - Impact Executives, a leading interim management ( www.impactexecutives.com ) consultancy, has revealed striking findings from the latest Harvey Nash & CIO UK IT leadership report. Findings suggest IT has entered the downturn as a true "business" function, rather than simply a technical function.

September 28th, 2009 WILMINGTON - According to a new market research report, 'Probiotics Market (2009-2014)'(www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/probiotic- market-advanced-technologies-and-global-market-69.html), published by MarketsandMarkets (www.marketsandmarkets.com), the global probiotics market is expected to be worth US$ 32.6 billion by 2014, with the Europe and Asia accounting for nearly 42% and 30% of the total revenues respectively. The global market is expected to record a CAGR of 12.6% from 2009 to 2014.

August 18th, 2009 NEW YORK - - Bliss Beverages to Host Global Music Festival Bliss Beverages C.E.O. Aaron Fraser, says he will be hosting a global music festival to promote cultural, racial, religious and social tolerance in the world.

July 22nd, 2009 GUANGZHOU, China - An experienced entrepreneur will see business opportunities everywhere, be it a way to provide a good just a little bit cheaper, or a way to give more people access to something they didn't previously have access to, what matters is being in the right place at the right time; where business is being done and opportunities are being made. The Canton Fair provides this exact convenience by putting visitors at the center of the world's manufacturing.

July 9th, 2009 LONDON - In response to the decision taken by the Australian town of Bundanoon to ban bottled water, Jeremy Clarke, director, Natural Hydration Council, commented: "From a UK perspective, a ban on bottled water as undertaken by the residents of Bundanoon would actually be counterproductive; with potentially detrimental consequences for health and the environment. "We know that when bottled water sales fell in the UK last year 71 per cent of that came from people actually switching to other soft drinks(1).

June 25th, 2009 LONDON - Over 300 senior executives attended the annual Harvey Nash "Digby lecture" this year, to hear Lord Digby Jones talk about his experience at the top of UK business and government. Interim management professional Clive Sexton, Director of Impact Executives, summarises the highlights of the fifth annual lecture.

May 20th, 2009 LONDON - In the first of a series of podcasts, Clive Sexton of Impact Executives, a global interim management provider, talks about how you can make radical changes to your career, and by radical he means doing more, sometimes much more, than simply changing job. Joined by Rob Grimsey and Carol Rosati of Harvey Nash, Clive explains that around 25% of people make a significant change before the age of 40.

March 31st, 2009 CAMBRIDGE, England - New Award Scheme to Recognise and Celebrate the Success of Knowledge Transfer Opens for Entries - With Photo Nominations are invited for The Impact Awards, a new award scheme designed to recognise and celebrate the success of knowledge transfer. The Impact Awards are open to all sectors of research that have made an outstanding impact through successful knowledge transfer.

March 30th, 2009 LONDON - Planalytics Inc. announced today that Hozelock Limited, a market leading garden watering, spraying and aquatics manufacture, has licensed its Business Weather Intelligence(R) platform.

March 19th, 2009 BASINGSTOKE, England - Latest Global Beverage Forecasts from Canadean The combined forces of the economic downturn and environmental pressures are causing a sharp slowdown in the global bottled water market, according to a recent analysis by global beverage industry specialists, Canadean. The situation is most marked in the USA, where Canadean is forecasting annual growth of under 1% for the next five years.

July 27th, 2009 Cott Corp. 2Q profit readily beats streetTORONTO — Private-label beverage manufacturer Cott Corp. reported Monday that its second-quarter results vastly exceeded expectations as more U.S.

September 24th, 2009 Correction: Postal worker theft storySPRINGFIELD, Mass. — In a Sept.

September 22nd, 2009 Mass. postal worker admits to stealing 30,000 DVDsSPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A former postal service employee has pleaded guilty to stealing more than 30,000 DVDs that moved through a western Massachusetts post office.

August 20th, 2009 Starbucks boosts prices on some beveragesSEATTLE — Starbucks Corp. is raising prices on certain harder-to-make beverages — and cutting the costs for simpler ones like a plain cup of coffee, the company said Thursday.

September 22nd, 2009 Pepsi Bottling inks natural beverages dealSOMERS, N.Y. — Soft drink bottler Pepsi Bottling Group Inc.

March 20th, 2009 TORONTO - Acetaldehyde in alcohol is the greatest risk factor for digestive tract cancers, particularly for heavy drinkers, according to the latest evidence. Acetaldehyde is inhaled from the air and tobacco smoke, ingested from alcohol and foods, and produced in our body during the metabolism of alcoholic beverages.

July 29th, 2009 Cadbury 1H profit nearly triplesLONDON — Candy and gum maker Cadbury PLC tripled its net profit in the first half of the year compared to the same period a year ago, with results boosted by a strong gain from its discontinued beverage business. The company, which makes Cadbury chocolates, Trident and Dentyne gum, and Halls and Bassett's candies, said Wednesday that net profit was 313 million pounds ($513 million), compared to 113 million pounds a year earlier.

September 11th, 2009 Russian leader orders restrictions on beerMOSCOW — President Dmitry Medvedev is ordering new restrictions on the sale of beer and similar beverages in what appears to be his first effort to battle Russia's rampant alcoholism. Medvedev has publicly decried Russia's drinking problem and its effect on the nation's well-being.

April 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Children and adolescents can be prevented from consuming an average of 235 excess calories per day by replacing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) with water, according to a study. Such a replacement may prove very helpful in dealing with childhood overweight and obesity, and address dental cavities and other health problems associated with added sugar, say the study's authors.

September 17th, 2009 Sector Snap: Beverage shares offer good valuationMILWAUKEE — Shares of the beverage sector, including companies such as PepsiCo Inc. and Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc., have been underperforming the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index and offer attractive valuations for investors, an analyst said Thursday.