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Waterstones new boss - James Daunt

Duration:
57 minutes
First broadcast:
Friday 09 September 2011

James Daunt the new boss at Waterstones the High Street book chain talks to Peter White about whether he's ditching their popular 3 for 2 offer.

The scientist who's creating artificial meat in a laboratory, says he'll make a burger by the end of the year. But will anyone really want to eat it?

Producer: Karen Dalziel.

Chapters

8 items

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    All new cars may have to be fitted with a new alarm system which would call the emergency services automatically in the even of a crash. It's a measure being pushed by the EU.

  • Paralympics' Tickets

    Tickets for next year's Paralympic Games go on sale today - will demand be as great as for the Olympics?

  • Cornwall bans second Home Votes

    Should a second home qualify you for a vote in more than one council election? Cornwall has become the first county in Britain to ban second home voters.

  • Heating Oil

    The Office of Fair Trading has forced heating oil websites to clean up their act.

  • James Daunt of Waterstones

    The new boss of the UK's biggest book chain tells us why he took the job and what his plans are. Is the trademark "3 for 2" offer likely to be an early casualty?

  • Fake meat burger

    The "meat" made of tissue grown from pig's stem cells fed with serum from a horse's foetus

  • Gastropubs

    The Good Food Guide has called time on the term "gastropub" but plenty in the industry defend the term.

  • James Daunt of Waterstones 2

    The boss of Britain's biggest book chain is introducing a new gadget to rival Amazon's Kindle.

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