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Downtown Americus to host Armed Forces Appreciation Day - Americus Times-Recorder
Downtown Americus Main Street invites the community to join in honoring and celebrating members of the Armed Forces during Armed Forces Appreciation Day, taking place on Saturday, May 16, 2026. This community-centered event will serve as a day of recognition, reflection, and celebration, while also kicking off Americus’ participation in the upcoming America’s 250th anniversary.
Pathways to tackling food insecurity
In a world abundant with resources, the harsh reality is that millions suffer from food insecurity. Natural disasters, man-made conflicts and economic instability condemn people in the most vulnerable parts of the world to hunger and ill health.
Fortifying cereal grains could tackle malnutrition - here's how
Unprocessed cereal grains provide energy and could reduce hunger for billions of people, writes Nigel Poole Professor of International Development. These grains make up 50% of people's diets, and can be grown widely, so their benefits could be harnessed to improve micronutrient deficiency. Enriching new cereal varieties with additional vitamins and minerals provides an opportunity to improve nutrition without changing diets drastically.
Cereal grains: how they can help tackle global malnutrition
Low-carb diets have become increasingly popular in the UK, US, and Europe in recent years, with no shortage of information being spread online about the harms of carbohydrates for your health. Indeed, some carbs do worsen some digestive disorders in some people, and eating too many definitely can contribute to poorer health and obesity – including diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease.
How to build trust with your online customers
By Caroline Riches on July 14, 2019 in Contributor Trust is the cornerstone of a retailer’s success, writes Nigel Poole. ADVERTISEMENT By 2020, companies that are digitally trustworthy will generate 20 per cent more online profit than those that are not, according to Gartner. Trust is essential to forming an intention to purchase. When trust is high, people are much more likely to take risks (such as sharing payment details) and purchase online.
BPF submits real estate Sector Deal proposal to government
The British Property Federation (BPF) has submitted a Sector Deal proposal to government on behalf of the real estate industry. The announcement follows today’s publication of the government’s Industrial Strategy White Paper – and of the first three Sector Deals committing industry and government to achieving the Industrial Strategy’s ambition in partnership.
Compulsory CMP will bring industry one step closer to transparency
The introduction of compulsory membership of a Client Money Protection (CMP) scheme for letting agents, alongside a raft of other regulatory proposals, will ensure the private lettings sector in England is more transparent than it has ever been.
12 simple steps to protect your rental property this winter
Protect your rental property and ensure tenants are happy and warm this winter with these useful 12 simple steps from property franchise network Belvoir. 1) Avoid the big freeze “As we enter the colder months it’s important to remind tenants that if they are planning to be away from a property for a few days they should keep the central heating on a low setting to maintain a temperature of between 12-15 degrees Celsius in the property,” advises Major Mahil of Belvoir Birmingham Central.
Paper reporting and management could be prohibiting agents’ growth
Using paper, spreadsheets and other legacy payment administration processes could be prohibiting letting agents from growing their businesses, according to PayProp. The automated rental payment provider says agents who digitise parts of their payment processes and partner with the right PropTech providers could expand their lettings book without having to take on new staff or significantly increase overheads.Are manual processes knocking agents’ confidence?
Five things you should know about data mining
Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on letting agent fees charged to tenants generated ten tips for growing your business. Since then, we’ve been exploring each tip in detail. This week, we’re sharing five things you should know about data mining. The concept is easy to understand Data mining simply involves analysing your client and property data in a bid to spot patterns of behaviour that you can use to inform your business strategy.
Learning and growth - top tips for upskilling
Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on tenant fees generated 10 tips for growing your business. Since then, we’ve been exploring each tip in more detail. Last time out, we looked at how to create new revenue streams for your letting agency. This week, we’re examining how to upskill. The most obvious starting point is to research the area about which you’d like to learn more.
How can letting agents review their fee structure?
Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on tenant fees generated a range of tips for growing your business. We recently discussed how you can review you cost base and this week, we’re examining how to review the fees you charge. Here's five tips to get you started... Review alignment with your business values A great place to start your review is by ensuring that your fee structure is aligned to your business values, as this will help you to build client trust.
How to create new revenue streams for your letting ag...
Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on tenant fees generated a selection of tips for growing your business. We’re now exploring each tip in more detail. Over the past few weeks we've discussed how an agency can review their cost base and fee structure. This week we’re taking a look at how to create new revenue streams...
Agents: Here’s how to review your cost base
Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on tenant fees generated ten top tips for growing your business. We plan to explore each topic in detail and this time we’re looking at how to review your cost base. Here’s five tips that may come in handy… This may sound obvious, but it’s staggering just how many costs can creep into your cost base, escalate or, worse still, go unnoticed or even ignored. It’s time to be honest with yourself.
Reviewing your business objectives - five top tips
Our recent roundtable on the proposed ban on tenant fees generated ten tips for growing a lettings business. We’re exploring each tip in more detail and last time out we looked at how to review your fees. This week, we’re examining how to review your business objectives… You’re nothing without a mission statement for your business. It underpins your business objectives and overarching business strategy.
Reducing Anemia Prevalence in Afghanistan: Socioeconomic Correlates and the Particular Role of Agricultural Assets
Citation: Flores-Martinez A, Zanello G, Shankar B, Poole N (2016) Reducing Anemia Prevalence in Afghanistan: Socioeconomic Correlates and the Particular Role of Agricultural Assets. PLoS ONE 11(6): e0156878. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0156878 Copyright: © 2016 Flores-Martinez et al.
The failure of multinational food retailers in Japan: a matter of convenience?
Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the question of why world major supermarket chains have been unsuccessful so far in the Japanese market. The paper considers arguments from the literature that differences in consumer attitudes and behaviour between the two markets may be the determinants of the success, or otherwise, of the large US and European supermarkets.
Quality in citrus fruit: to degreen or not degreen?
Keywords Fruit Quality Food industry Nutrition Citation Poole, N.D. and Gray, K. (2002), "Quality in citrus fruit: to degreen or not degreen?", British Food Journal, Vol. 104 No. 7, pp. 492-505. https://doi.org/10.1108/00070700210418730 Publisher : MCB UP Ltd
Consumer awareness of citrus fruit attributes
Keywords Diet Food Health Citation Poole, N. and Baron, L. (1996), "Consumer awareness of citrus fruit attributes", British Food Journal, Vol. 98 No. 1, pp. 23-28. https://doi.org/10.1108/00070709610111296 Publisher : MCB UP Ltd
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